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PacMan 4K

PacMan 4K

Aka: Pac-Man 4K, Pac Man 4K
Console: Atari 2600
TV Standard: Region Not Set
Developer(s): Dennis Debro
Publisher(s): AtariAge
Release Date: 2008-01-01
Players: 1
Co-op: No
ESRB: Not Rated
Type: Puzzle
PacMan 4K screenshot

The DEFINITIVE home version of the arcade classic!

Gobble your way through the maze of Pac-Land, chomping on dots and avoiding the four hungry monsters, Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde. But if you can manage to eat an energizer, turn the tables on those monsters by feasting on them for bonus points!

Dennis Debro sought to create an adaptation of Pac-Man more faithful than Atari's 1982 version for the VCS. Utilizing the same 4K memory limit as the original, Dennis' game is a feat of programming that finally brings Pac-Man to the Atari 2600 as it was intended.

Improvements over Atari's Pac-Man

Original, arcade maze layout
Proper "siren" sound that changes pitch
Monsters are proper colors
Maze is correct colors
Pac-Man and Ghost graphics much truer to arcade
Monster behavior modeled after arcade
Bonus items true to arcade
Feels like Pac-Man!