sandmountainslim Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 With the Pac 35th anniversary this week I have been playing Pac Man on Stella and of the two Pac homebrews I know of I am having a hard time choosing between PacMan 4k (Debro) and the ROM I got on this site called "PacMan26004k" by another programmer whom I can't remember their name. both are miles and miles ahead of VCS Pac and even VCS Ms Pac. Anyone else know both games and do u have a fav? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 With the Pac 35th anniversary this week I have been playing Pac Man on Stella and of the two Pac homebrews I know of I am having a hard time choosing between PacMan 4k (Debro) and the ROM I got on this site called "PacMan26004k" by another programmer whom I can't remember their name. both are miles and miles ahead of VCS Pac and even VCS Ms Pac. Anyone else know both games and do u have a fav? I think you mean DINTAR816, and the thread for it is here: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/229152-new-pacman-for-atari-2600/ Check out the latest 8k versions. It gets better and better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmountainslim Posted May 26, 2015 Author Share Posted May 26, 2015 WOW!!! Thanks! I had missed the 8k version entirely! It's beyond amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 I have Pac-Man Arcade for the 2600 and that one is good enough that I haven't explored any other version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 I have Pac-Man Arcade for the 2600 and that one is good enough that I haven't explored any other version. You need to check out the one by DINTAR816, the sound effects are amazing. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey.shake Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Been playing a lot of Ms. Pac-Man lately (my favorite original for the 2600), so I went through my files to try and sort out what I have in the homebrew/hack. It looks like I have three different "strains" -- Pac-Man Arcade, Pac-Man 4K (with and without intermissions), and Pac-Man 8K. Since I'm still without a Harmony Cart for the time being, I'm playing them all via Stella. Pac-Man 8K's been getting the most playtime. Trying each of them, they're all pretty great. All really fun to play, all technically impressive, and each a little different from the others, beyond just how many bytes they use. Thanks to all the programmers/hackers/developers who've worked on these... my hat's off. Playing your work has made my day better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZ Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 (edited) Dintar's (Dintar816) 8k Pac-Man (recently updated), is by far the best. The sounds are incredible, monster AI, attract screen, and intermissions. Listen to that brilliant dying sound effect, and the energizer frightened mode sound effect. It is flat out my favorite game ever made for the Atari 2600 (past or present). Pac-Man 8k (Dintar).bin Edited May 29, 2015 by KAZ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Dintar's (Dintar816) 8k Pac-Man (recently updated), is by far the best. The sounds are incredible, monster AI, attract screen, and intermissions. Listen to that brilliant dying sound effect, and the energizer frightened mode sound effect. It is flat out my favorite game ever made for the Atari 2600 (past or present). Amazing - how did I miss this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 (edited) Dintar's (Dintar816) 8k Pac-Man (recently updated), is by far the best. The sounds are incredible, monster AI, attract screen, and intermissions. Listen to that brilliant dying sound effect, and the energizer frightened mode sound effect. It is flat out my favorite game ever made for the Atari 2600 (past or present). DINTAR816 is still working on it too. It's best to post a link to the first post of the thread instead of re-posting the rom here, since years from now someone will find this thread and think that is the final version. The first post of the thread is usually updated by the homebrew author to point to the current rom, and is done so in this case. Edited May 30, 2015 by Omegamatrix 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZ Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 (edited) Here is the current version of this game. Author: Dintar816 Version: "pacman2600_8k_v8test_corn" Date: October 11, 2018 https://atariage.com/forums/topic/229152-new-pacman-for-atari-2600/ pacman2600_8k_v8test_corn.bin Edited August 28, 2020 by KAZ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGHMW Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 You know that back in 1999, 8 years before Dennis @DEBRO came up with HIS great version of Pac-Man 4K, a company named Ebivision came up with their own 4K version of Pac-Man, I had only heard about it but never actually saw it in action, so searched for it in Google and found both the video, and, eventually, the ROM for it as well, so here is a clip of it during its gameplay, and, the actual ROM I found online after a lot of searching. BTW when it comes to doing Pac-Man in 4K I thought Dennis @DEBRO's version was the best 4K version ever, Take THAT Todd Frye!!! .....but this version was not so bad either. I originally found it here, BTW, pay no attention to it being advertised in SECAM, it works here on my Flashback and may also work on both emulators and also the Harmony Encore as well. http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-pac-man_13367.html PacManEbivision.bin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacman000 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 (edited) I do believe Ebivision eventually released it as Pesco, heavily modified of course. Edited September 2, 2020 by pacman000 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGHMW Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 That they did, I also have that ROM as well, so here it is. BTW I also did download all of Ebivision's games on ROM too, you can find them right here: http://www.atarimania.com/list_games_atari-2600-vcs-ebivision_publisher_2219_2_G.html BTW, ignore the SECAM listing, they work fine on my Flashback 9 and might work on Harmony Encore as well. Pesco.bin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGHMW Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Getting back to the 8K version of Pac-Man BY FAR THIS ONE succeeds in bringing the (almost) true arcade version to the 2600, you can find out about it right here: ...and here is the ROM for it, I hope this was @DINTAR816's work if so then this is genius!!! PacManFinal.bin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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