Cris1997XX Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 I've been playing Pac n Pal on MAME lately, and I wondered why there were no home ports -Even to those obscure Japanese computers, considering Namco's track record back in the day-. Is there any interest in bringing it to the Atari 7800? The game is apparently based on Super Pac Man, so it's probably possible to reuse some code from the fan-made A7800 port (Which I sadly don't own). I have a gut feeling one of the 320x240 modes would be required to keep the look of the original arcade game, but I can't say for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaden (JRH) Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Pac & Pal sucks. So, a 7800 port probably won't be a thing anytime soon. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Jaden (JRH) said: Pac & Pal sucks. So, a 7800 port probably won't be a thing anytime soon. It's not really my cup of tea either, but given that the 7800 has the distinction of having been the first system to have Baby Pac-Man ported to it, there is a precedent there for adding the less-well-known Pac-Man games. If it does happen, I'm putting in a vote for having it be switchable between Pac & Pal and Pac-Man and Chomp-Chomp. That said, there is also the one that nobody wants to touch - Professor Pac-Man. It's also kinda crappy (and I'm being kind when I say that), but given the incredibly low production run and lack of home ports, it is a valid target for 7800isation. I am not going to be the one to tackle that 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris1997XX Posted December 1, 2021 Author Share Posted December 1, 2021 6 hours ago, x=usr(1536) said: It's not really my cup of tea either, but given that the 7800 has the distinction of having been the first system to have Baby Pac-Man ported to it, there is a precedent there for adding the less-well-known Pac-Man games. If it does happen, I'm putting in a vote for having it be switchable between Pac & Pal and Pac-Man and Chomp-Chomp. That said, there is also the one that nobody wants to touch - Professor Pac-Man. It's also kinda crappy (and I'm being kind when I say that), but given the incredibly low production run and lack of home ports, it is a valid target for 7800isation. I am not going to be the one to tackle that Oh god, Professor Pac-Man is truly shite. It managed to hurt my ears and eyes when I played it some time ago. It doesn't even give you a dopamine rush like other Pac-Man games 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 2 hours ago, Cris1997XX said: Oh god, Professor Pac-Man is truly shite. It managed to hurt my ears and eyes when I played it some time ago. It doesn't even give you a dopamine rush like other Pac-Man games Professor Pac-Man is one of those games where I had both the fortune and misfortune to have played it when it was released. Fortunate because it was so rare to find in the wild, but misfortunate because, well, the game is crap. If I'm not mistaken, it was the final use of Bally's Astrocade hardware in arcade games. Shame to have gone out on that note when Gorf and Wizard of Wor (which shared essentially the same hardware) were decent games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris1997XX Posted December 1, 2021 Author Share Posted December 1, 2021 1 minute ago, x=usr(1536) said: Professor Pac-Man is one of those games where I had both the fortune and misfortune to have played it when it was released. Fortunate because it was so rare to find in the wild, but misfortunate because, well, the game is crap. If I'm not mistaken, it was the final use of Bally's Astrocade hardware in arcade games. Shame to have gone out on that note when Gorf and Wizard of Wor (which shared essentially the same hardware) were decent games. Yeah, the Bally Astrocade was ahead for its time. But it had a tough life cycle as a whole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knievel1 Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Prof Pac-Man = ugh. I rather like Pac N Pal though. Takes a while to figure out that little green gremlin is not actually your pal.... To me, there are many many worse spin-offs. An acquired taste? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nostalgic Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 I would actually love to see a Pac n Pal port to the Atari 7800. It looks close enough to Super Pac-Man that it would be viable. I first encountered it on Namco Museum Megamix for the Wii. I ended up playing it quite a bit. While it may not have quite the sense of accomplishment that clearing a maze full of dots has, it's still fun to try to keep Miru from carrying off your goodies so you can get more points and to try to stun a lot of ghosts with a single powerup. It's a nice diversion from the more "traditional" Pac-Man games. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r_chase Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Apologies in advance, for necro-ing this thread, but I really would love a Pac & Pal port on any Atari platform tbh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris1997XX Posted February 20, 2023 Author Share Posted February 20, 2023 2 hours ago, r_chase said: Apologies in advance, for necro-ing this thread, but I really would love a Pac & Pal port on any Atari platform tbh. I knew you would flock to this thread lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r_chase Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 14 minutes ago, Cris1997XX said: I knew you would flock to this thread lol Really? You see me on the Discord, do you? lmao 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIO2 Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 What kind of pal steals your fruit and hides it in the ghost house? Dumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 10 hours ago, SIO2 said: What kind of pal steals your fruit and hides it in the ghost house? Dumb. But is that better or worse than when your own dog does it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killersquirel Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 The first time I played Pac and Pal I didn't like it. I have actually grown to really enjoy the game. I also really like Professor Pac Man, so there's always that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 On 7/11/2023 at 12:21 PM, killersquirel said: The first time I played Pac and Pal I didn't like it. I have actually grown to really enjoy the game. I also really like Professor Pac Man, so there's always that. Agreed. Neither one is a particularly brilliant game, but they are playable and fun in their own ways. Having said that, it's likely a moot point given recent events surrounding games based on third-party IP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killersquirel Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 I understand that the ports will no longer be sold in the Atariage store, but I hope that people still work on making new ports. They were my absolute favorite types of homebrew games. I loved seeing how today's programmers could bring the arcade games home on the older tech. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Back Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 (edited) I'm sure ports will still be made, they'll just have to be shared or purchased as roms and played on flash carts. Original games will be the only physical releases it seems. Or games that are licensed... Edited July 11, 2023 by Silver Back Roms was autocorrected to Toms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 I rather like Pac & Pal. It's kind of a quirky little Pac-Man game that's not really like the others; but I find it fun for a video-game-playing diversion. I like the beam (or smokescreen on the levels that use the Rally-X cars) that can be fired to temporarily disable the ghosts, I like the graphics -- with the cards and so forth, and I find the music relaxing too. I do agree, I find Pal's activities more annoying than anything else; but I also find it an extra challenge to keep him from messing with things; and you can always grab them back away from him, if you do it in time. I'd love to see a version on the 7800 or 8-bit/5200 machines. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris1997XX Posted July 14, 2023 Author Share Posted July 14, 2023 On 7/12/2023 at 12:33 AM, Silver Back said: I'm sure ports will still be made, they'll just have to be shared or purchased as roms and played on flash carts. Original games will be the only physical releases it seems. Or games that are licensed... I damn hope they will, because that was the main reason I even got into emulating old Atari consoles. It was fun to see the A2600, 5200 and 7800 getting new ports of old games previously exclusive to arcade or Nintendo platforms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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