Pac-Land ( パ ッ ク ラ ン ド Pakku Rando ) is a computer game from the Pac-Man arcade game series released by Namco in August 1984 and distributed in the USA by Bally Midway (now Midway Games ). It was the first Namco arcade game to use the new slot machine, which was later called Namco Pac-Land .
| Pac-land | |
|---|---|
| Developer | Namco |
| Publisher | Namco Bally midway |
| Date of issue | August 1984 Arcade  August 1984 1984Famicom November 21, 1985Amstrad cpc  1988Commodore 64 1988Amiga 1989Atari st 1989Msx 1989ZX Spectrum 1989PCengine (TG16) June 1, 1989 January 1, 1990Atari lynx December 31, 1992iOS 2012 |
| Genre | Platformer |
| Technical details | |
| Platforms | Arcade , Amiga , Amstrad CPC , Atari Lynx , Atari ST , Commodore 64 , NES , MSX , TurboGrafx-16 , ZX Spectrum |
| Game modes | two players (in turn) |
| Control | buttons |
| Display | horizontal raster |
| Arcade platform | Namco pac-land |
| CPU | M6809 (@ 1.536 Mhz), HD63701 (@ 1.536 Mhz) |
Pac-Land enables parallax scrolling of background elements. This feature was rare in computer games up to the 4th generation of gaming systems (16-bit), which appeared much later.
Gameplay
The player must bring the fairy , who is under Pakman's hat, to the country of fairies and return back to the house. Obstacles such as ghosts, jets of water and quicksand should be avoided. If time ends before the end of the round, the purple ghost, who previously moved at a safe distance from the player, begins to pursue him.
The penultimate campaign ends with Pakman returning the fairy under the hat of the fairy queen. In exchange for this, he receives magic boots. In the last round, Pac-man moves back home. Magic boots allow you to jump while already in the air. At home he is met by Mrs. Pakman and Pakman Jr. After this, the next trip begins with the same goals, but increased complexity.
On some systems, the game is characterized by control, in which the action buttons indicate movement, and the cross - a jump.
Ports and Related Releases
Pac-Land has been ported to many home game consoles and computers, including Commodore 64 , Commodore Amiga , Atari Lynx , Atari ST , TurboGrafx-16 , ZX Spectrum , Amstrad CPC , MSX, and NES . Pac-Land was re-released in 1996 as part of the Namco Museum Volume 4 for the PlayStation . A board game and a portable game with a liquid crystal display were also released. In 2012, Namco released Pac-Land in the Namco Arcade app for iPhone and iPad .
Links
- Pac-Land in Arcade History Database
- Pac-Land Guide on StrategyWiki