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* SeriesContinuityError: Within the game itself as well as Japanese promotional flyers, Clyde is depicted as the red ghost being the one that chases Pac-Man most aggressively and Blinky as the orange ghost. This is the reverse of their personalities from the original ''Pac-Man'', though it is more in-line with how they are depicted in the [[WesternAnimation/PacMan Hanna-Barbera animated series]]. However, in the North American bezel of the arcade machine, they have their respective colors from the older games. This would not be the last ''Pac-Man'' game to get Blinky and Clyde mixed up.
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* SeriesContinuityError: Within the game itself as well as Japanese promotional flyers, Clyde is depicted as the red ghost being the one that chases Pac-Man most aggressively and Blinky as the orange ghost. This is the reverse of their personalities from the original ''Pac-Man'', though it is more in-line with how they are depicted both in the [[WesternAnimation/PacMan Hanna-Barbera animated series]].series]] and [[VideoGame/PacLand Pac-Land]]. However, in the North American bezel of the arcade machine, they have their respective colors from the older games. This would not be the last ''Pac-Man'' game to get Blinky and Clyde mixed up.
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* SeriesContinuityError: The bezel of the arcade machine describes Clyde (the orange ghost) as the leader, and Blinky (the red ghost) as the slow, absent minded one. This is the reverse of their personalities from the original ''Pac-Man'', though it is more in-line with how they are depicted in the [[WesternAnimation/PacMan Hanna-Barbera animated series]]. However, within the game itself, they have their respective personalities from the older games, with the red ghost being the one that chases Pac-Man most aggressively. This would not be the last ''Pac-Man'' game to get Blinky and Clyde mixed up.
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* SeriesContinuityError: The bezel of Within the arcade machine describes game itself as well as Japanese promotional flyers, Clyde (the orange ghost) is depicted as the leader, red ghost being the one that chases Pac-Man most aggressively and Blinky (the red ghost) as the slow, absent minded one.orange ghost. This is the reverse of their personalities from the original ''Pac-Man'', though it is more in-line with how they are depicted in the [[WesternAnimation/PacMan Hanna-Barbera animated series]]. However, within in the game itself, North American bezel of the arcade machine, they have their respective personalities colors from the older games, with the red ghost being the one that chases Pac-Man most aggressively.games. This would not be the last ''Pac-Man'' game to get Blinky and Clyde mixed up.
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''Pac-Mania'' is an UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame in the ''VideoGame/PacMan'' series developed and released in arcades by [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Namco]] in 1987. It is the final ''Pac-Man'' game to be released in the 1980s, and was also the final ''Pac-Man'' game to be directed by the character's original creator, Toru Iwatani, before he temporarily returned to the series two decades later with ''VideoGame/PacManChampionshipEdition''.
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''Pac-Mania'' is an UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame in the ''VideoGame/PacMan'' series developed and released in arcades by [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Namco]] Creator/{{Namco}} in 1987. It is the final ''Pac-Man'' game to be released in the 1980s, and was also the final ''Pac-Man'' game to be directed by the character's original creator, Toru Iwatani, before he temporarily returned to the series two decades later with ''VideoGame/PacManChampionshipEdition''.
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''Pac-Mania'' is one of the more frequently-ported ''Pac-Man'' arcade games of its time, with at least twelve different systems receiving ports prior to 1992. As of UsefulNotes/TheNinthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames, the game remains a staple of Namco's classic game library, receiving ports on most platforms that feature their games for sale.
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''Pac-Mania'' is one of the more frequently-ported ''Pac-Man'' arcade games of its time, with at least twelve different systems receiving ports prior to 1992. As of UsefulNotes/TheNinthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames, MediaNotes/TheNinthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames, the game remains a staple of Namco's classic game library, receiving ports on most platforms that feature their games for sale.
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** The UsefulNotes/AtariST version of the game has an entire half of the screen taken up by the HUD.
** Due to the screen resolution of the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance, the version of the game featured in ''Pac-Man Collection'' has the character sprites take up a large amount of the screen, and not even a fourth of the maze can fit on the screen.
** Due to the screen resolution of the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance, the version of the game featured in ''Pac-Man Collection'' has the character sprites take up a large amount of the screen, and not even a fourth of the maze can fit on the screen.
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** The UsefulNotes/AtariST Platform/AtariST version of the game has an entire half of the screen taken up by the HUD.
** Due to the screen resolution of theUsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance, Platform/GameBoyAdvance, the version of the game featured in ''Pac-Man Collection'' has the character sprites take up a large amount of the screen, and not even a fourth of the maze can fit on the screen.
** Due to the screen resolution of the
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* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: As is tradition for the series, Pac-Man must avoid the ghosts unless he eat a Power Pellet, at which point he can eat them, before going right back to running. This is reflected in the intermission before Pac-Man's Park, which shows Pac-Man chasing two weakened ghosts off one side of the screen, only to return being chased by a massive wave of ghosts in the other direction.
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* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: As is tradition for the series, Pac-Man must avoid the ghosts unless he eat eats a Power Pellet, at which point he can lets him eat them, before going right back to running.them for a short while until it wears off. This is reflected in the intermission before Pac-Man's Park, which shows Pac-Man chasing two weakened ghosts off one side of the screen, only to return being chased by a massive wave of ghosts in the other direction.
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Following more experimental games like ''VideoGame/SuperPacMan'' and ''VideoGame/PacAndPal'', ''Pac-Mania'''s gameplay has more in common with the original ''Pac-Man'', with the objective being to eat all the dots in each maze while avoiding being caught by the Ghost Gang. While the gameplay continues with traditions established in the earlier entries, the presentation has seen a major overhaul. The simplistic 8-bit graphics of the original games have been replaced with more detailed isometric 16-bit graphics, giving the game a pseudo-3D look. The mazes are more detailed, with the game's rounds being divided across multiple mazes, featuring more elaborate theming than previous ''Pac-Man'' titles.
Some new features have been added to the gameplay. With the advent of a third dimension, Pac-Man now has the ability to jump in the air with the press of a button, and leap over ghosts. To counter this new advantage, the game adds more ghosts beyond the classic four, and they clear stages, the ghosts gradually become more plentiful and more dangerous, with some even being able to jump any time Pac-Man does, requiring more specific timing in order to clear.
Some new features have been added to the gameplay. With the advent of a third dimension, Pac-Man now has the ability to jump in the air with the press of a button, and leap over ghosts. To counter this new advantage, the game adds more ghosts beyond the classic four, and they clear stages, the ghosts gradually become more plentiful and more dangerous, with some even being able to jump any time Pac-Man does, requiring more specific timing in order to clear.
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Following more experimental games like ''VideoGame/SuperPacMan'' and ''VideoGame/PacAndPal'', ''Pac-Mania'''s gameplay has more in common with the original ''Pac-Man'', with the objective being to eat all the dots in each maze while avoiding being caught by the Ghost Gang. While the gameplay continues with traditions established in the earlier entries, the presentation has seen a major overhaul. The simplistic 8-bit graphics of the original games have been replaced with more detailed isometric 16-bit graphics, giving the game a pseudo-3D look. The mazes are more detailed, with the game's rounds being divided across multiple mazes, four different layouts, featuring more elaborate theming than previous ''Pac-Man'' titles.
Some new features have been added to the gameplay. With the advent of a third dimension, Pac-Man now has the ability to jumpin the air with the press of a button, and leap over avoid ghosts. To counter this new advantage, the game adds more ghosts beyond the classic four, and they clear stages, the ghosts gradually become more plentiful and more dangerous, with some even being able to two of which will jump any time whenever Pac-Man does, requiring more specific timing does. Take too long in order to clear.
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* BreakablePowerUp: The Pink Pellet increases the amount of points Pac-Man gains from eating ghosts, but once he loses a life, the effects go away.
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* BreakablePowerUp: The Pink Red Pellet increases the amount of points Pac-Man gains from eating ghosts, but once he loses a life, the effects go away.
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* MirrorMatch: Spunky can jump exactly as high as Pac-Man, making it impossible to jump over him. Funky can be avoided in this way since he jumps a tiny bit lower.
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''Pac-Mania'' is an UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame in the ''VideoGame/PacMan'' series developed and released in arcades by [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Namco]] in 1987. It is the final ''Pac-Man'' game to be released in the 1980s, and was also the final ''Pac-Man'' game to be directed by the character's original creator, Toru Iwatani, before he temporarily returned to the series two decades later with ''VideoGame/PacManChampionshipEdition''.
Following more experimental games like ''VideoGame/SuperPacMan'' and ''VideoGame/PacAndPal'', ''Pac-Mania'''s gameplay has more in common with the original ''Pac-Man'', with the objective being to eat all the dots in each maze while avoiding being caught by the Ghost Gang. While the gameplay continues with traditions established in the earlier entries, the presentation has seen a major overhaul. The simplistic 8-bit graphics of the original games have been replaced with more detailed isometric 16-bit graphics, giving the game a pseudo-3D look. The mazes are more detailed, with the game's rounds being divided across multiple mazes, featuring more elaborate theming than previous ''Pac-Man'' titles.
Some new features have been added to the gameplay. With the advent of a third dimension, Pac-Man now has the ability to jump in the air with the press of a button, and leap over ghosts. To counter this new advantage, the game adds more ghosts beyond the classic four, and they clear stages, the ghosts gradually become more plentiful and more dangerous, with some even being able to jump any time Pac-Man does, requiring more specific timing in order to clear.
''Pac-Mania'' is one of the more frequently-ported ''Pac-Man'' arcade games of its time, with at least twelve different systems receiving ports prior to 1992. As of UsefulNotes/TheNinthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames, the game remains a staple of Namco's classic game library, receiving ports on most platforms that feature their games for sale.
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!!''Pac-Mania'' provides examples of:
* BreakablePowerUp: The Pink Pellet increases the amount of points Pac-Man gains from eating ghosts, but once he loses a life, the effects go away.
* {{Determinator}}: Unlike the other ghosts, Sue does not have a scatter mode, and is always on Pac-Man's trail.
* DifficultyByAcceleration: All the characters in the game, including both Pac-Man and the ghosts, gradually get faster the more levels the player clears.
* GoroawaseNumber: The highest number of points the player can earn for eating a single ghost is 7650. In Goroawase, 765 can be pronounced as "na-mu-ko", a reference to Namco, the game's owner.
* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: As is tradition for the series, Pac-Man must avoid the ghosts unless he eat a Power Pellet, at which point he can eat them, before going right back to running. This is reflected in the intermission before Pac-Man's Park, which shows Pac-Man chasing two weakened ghosts off one side of the screen, only to return being chased by a massive wave of ghosts in the other direction.
* IsometricProjection: The environments in this game make use of oblique projection to give them a more three-dimensional look, and the character sprites are all designed to move around in this perspective.
* NoEnding: Depending on the settings of the DIP switch. One option causes the game to loop back to Block Town at a higher difficulty after clearing Jungly Steps instead of ending, turning the game into an EndlessGame.
* NostalgiaLevel: The second world is Pac-Man's Park. The levels in this world have the same maze layout as the maze from the original ''Pac-Man'', and the music makes use of the melody from the game's Coffee Break intermission sequences.
* ScreenCrunch:
** The original arcade version uses a TATE (vertical widescreen) display, but the isometric mazes would be more well suited to a 4:3 display, which can make detecting ghosts to the left or right difficult.
** The UsefulNotes/AtariST version of the game has an entire half of the screen taken up by the HUD.
** Due to the screen resolution of the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance, the version of the game featured in ''Pac-Man Collection'' has the character sprites take up a large amount of the screen, and not even a fourth of the maze can fit on the screen.
* SeriesContinuityError: The bezel of the arcade machine describes Clyde (the orange ghost) as the leader, and Blinky (the red ghost) as the slow, absent minded one. This is the reverse of their personalities from the original ''Pac-Man'', though it is more in-line with how they are depicted in the [[WesternAnimation/PacMan Hanna-Barbera animated series]]. However, within the game itself, they have their respective personalities from the older games, with the red ghost being the one that chases Pac-Man most aggressively. This would not be the last ''Pac-Man'' game to get Blinky and Clyde mixed up.
* ShiftingSandLand: The third world is Sandbox Land, which seems to be made from glasslike pyramids creating walls around a series of sandy paths.
* ToyTime: The first world is Block Town, where the mazes are built from giant colorful interlocking building blocks.
* TimedPowerUp: In addition to the typical Power Pellets, the Green Pellet will temporarily increase Pac-Man's speed, but the effect disappears after a certain amount of time.
* TurnsRed: Once Pac-Man has eaten a certain number of Pac-Dots, the red ghost (named either Blinky or Clyde, depending on the source) will start moving faster as it pursues him. This change is indicated when his eyes turn angry.
* UnnaturallyLoopingLocation: Pac-Man's Park and Sandbox Land have tunnels on the side that loop to the opposite side of the maze. Since the camera follows Pac-Man in this game, however, he enters a seemingly identical maze instead of teleporting to the other side of the screen.
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