Pac-Man / Puck-Man (1980 Namco, licensee Midway) VerticalScreen

Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde hunt Pac-Man through the maze.
Several stories have arisen to explain why PuckMan was renamed PacMan the most credable being that Midway were concerned that on its American relies vandal would turn the 'P' into an 'F'.

I have 2 Bootleg Pac-Man boards. My Alca Bootleg is almost identical to the namco original. The only obvious difference is that the word ALCA appears where NAMCO should appear.

ALCA Puck-Man bootleg Pin Outs and Dip Switch Settings

My second Pacman board is a very strange fish. It's actually a bootleg Galaxian PCB that has been reprogrammed
to play pacman. Very cool I think.The sound on this thing as truely horrible - the galaxian sound system really slauters
the pacman music. Very funny. The game also has some clever design to make up for the fact that galaxian is a lower
resolution than pac-man. The most obvious difference between the 2 versions though is the colour.

The galaxian pacman colours are a total mess. So much so that I took it upon myself to hack the colour prom and make some improvements. I think I did a prety good job.

Click Here for my improved PACMAN colour prom and a guide to making your own.

Galaxian PacMan



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