#pacmania

Atari Power Pack

Pacmania is a Pac-Man clone developed by Mr. Chip Software and released in 1983 for the Commodore 64, Commodore 16, Plus/4, and VIC-20. This maze game follows the classic Pac-Man formula where players guide their character through a maze collecting dots while avoiding four patrolling ghosts, consuming power pellets to temporarily turn the tables on pursuers, and progressing through multiple levels with increasing difficulty.

The game was noted for staying relatively faithful to the original arcade experience while introducing distinctive features that set it apart from other clones. Unlike the original Pac-Man, bonus fruits appear randomly throughout the labyrinth rather than in a fixed location, ghosts immediately regenerate upon reaching the center of the game area after being eaten creating continuous pressure, and special H-Fields power-ups make Pac-Man invisible for several seconds while teleporting him to a random maze location as a strategic escape mechanism.

Stratos: Sure. What is it, Leilani?

Ohana: You and I both know that Kinzo and the Commons Ghosts only show up when they need something. That tinkerer and his lot are trouble, and who knows what kind of Netherworlder they screwed around with and found out about to come running to you this time.

Stratos: It’s nothing Pac Man can’t handle.