StanJr Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Ok, so something weird happened playing Ms. Pac-man tonight. About 3 seconds before I grabbed a power pellet, a strawberry came bouncing onto the screen, but once I grabbed the pellet, the fruit vanished right off the screen! Is this a known occurrence? It robbed me of a perfect second screen by 200 points! Nothing else odd occurred, but I'd like my 200 points!!!! Anybody have an idea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Galaga Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 I have had a few times when I have played Ms. Pac that a fruit seems to come out "prematurely." It pops out for a second, disappears, and then a little bit later it really comes out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted July 22, 2009 Author Share Posted July 22, 2009 I had something like that happen once as well, the fruit started out the tunnel and then before it made the first bounce, was gone! What is up with the fruit in this game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassidy Nolen Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 STAN! Hey man, great to see you! I would suggest reseating each of the chips on the board. Usually the ROMS can get loose in the socket and cause some odd display glitches. There was a repair page that Mowerman did (search pac man repair mowerman) that described what chip caused what glitch. Came in handy, don't have a link right now. HTH, give them all a good push into their sockets and see if it fixes it. CN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted July 25, 2009 Author Share Posted July 25, 2009 Hey, Cassidy! Great to hear from you again! I'm going to be working on the Ms. Pac this weekend, I'll give those babies a push! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 AFAIK, this happens regardless...usually when the second fruit's "cue" has been slightly missed due to clearing too many dots while the first (or it's point value) are still onscreen. IMO it's probably that the two subroutines don't exactly jive...so one places it on the screen, and the other removes it when it bounces. Give her a break...she's only a hack (of a hack) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted July 25, 2009 Author Share Posted July 25, 2009 See, that is what I was thinking. I miss a lot of fruit in Pac-man as well because I clear too many dots too fast (my pattern is too good for its own good, apparently). Thanks for the confirm Nukey! Oh, and playing Ms. Pac-man has completely wrecked my ability to play Pac-man. (I am having trouble keeping the two sets of patterns differentiated in my head. How did Ken Uston do it?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacmanfevr76 Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 (I am having trouble keeping the two sets of patterns differentiated in my head. How did Ken Uston do it?)How did you is the question. You can't use patterns in Ms. Pac-Man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericwierson Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 (I am having trouble keeping the two sets of patterns differentiated in my head. How did Ken Uston do it?)How did you is the question. You can't use patterns in Ms. Pac-Man. I did not know that you can't use patterns in Ms. PacMan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorussell Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 (I am having trouble keeping the two sets of patterns differentiated in my head. How did Ken Uston do it?)How did you is the question. You can't use patterns in Ms. Pac-Man. I did not know that you can't use patterns in Ms. PacMan. I used a couple patterns for a few levels in Ms. Pac-Man. I forgot them though. But you sure can't use patterns in Pac-Man Plus! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacmanfevr76 Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 (edited) I'm not sure how many different openings there are, but in Ms. Pac-Man, Blinky and Pinky do not leave the ghost house the same way each time, meaning at minimum, you would have to have a different pattern for every opening. In addition, even the world record holders on this title aren't sure if the door the fruits enter through or the paths the fruit travels are random or not. I believe the same holds true for Jr. Pac-Man as well. In Pac-Man Plus, you can fully pattern the "fruit energizers" as long as there is no attempt to get one of the regular energizers. So, that's a partial pattern anyway and is good enough to clear 3.3 million. One can create a pattern that will work for the entire board, but it will only work if the credit was entered and the start button was hit at the exact same time it was when the pattern was made. If not, you could see the ghosts do different things when you hit an energizer even though the exact same pattern was being run. (You can, of course, use a pattern from the 21st board to the kill screen.) One can pattern Pac-Man, although grouping techniques aren't terribly difficult to master. Even if one has fully patterned every board, don't think that makes perfection easy. I had two perfect runs come to an end at boards 236 and 246 and my perfect game very nearly came to an end on board 244. Four hours ruined is NOT fun! Edited November 24, 2009 by pacmanfevr76 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger518 Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 I know that this is an old thread but I can't find anything posted about this programing error and how to trigger it. Follow this pattern and eat the first fruit just as it is about to enter the tunnel and leave. Chances are about 1 out of 10 in triggering a disappearing fruit. The pattern hoes not have to be exact, you are eating the right amount of dots to trigger it. I think it is 175 by memory. 176 triggers the single continuous fruit. Note: Also caught the very rare all red ghost with green eyes glitch while trying to film this. https://youtu.be/ix04-Q-SlRs https://youtu.be/eqn3A87gr2s https://youtu.be/FtC08IXjlKs All red green eye glitch https://youtu.be/Pjr-ae2D8ZI 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negative1 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 On 9/27/2022 at 6:03 PM, Ranger518 said: I know that this is an old thread but I can't find anything posted about this programing error and how to trigger it. Follow this pattern and eat the first fruit just as it is about to enter the tunnel and leave. Chances are about 1 out of 10 in triggering a disappearing fruit. The pattern hoes not have to be exact, you are eating the right amount of dots to trigger it. I think it is 175 by memory. 176 triggers the single continuous fruit. Note: Also caught the very rare all red ghost with green eyes glitch while trying to film this. https://youtu.be/ix04-Q-SlRs https://youtu.be/eqn3A87gr2s https://youtu.be/FtC08IXjlKs All red green eye glitch https://youtu.be/Pjr-ae2D8ZI yes, the red eye glitch is when you eat the ghost just as time runs out. later -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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