Pacland Mystery

[Foxsolo2000]

Does anyone know how many flowers there were in Pac Land and what they were put in the game for? I was playing the arcade version the other night and accidently began finding flowers that would emerge if you jumped up and down in the right place.

Secondly does anyone know where all the secret obstacles were placed? For example in the first town you could move a fire hydrant to gain points. In the woods a tree stump etc etc

[Artlover]

Huh? I just tried it out in MAME and didn't see any of this. No flowers, can't move any of the hydrants or stumps.

 

Does this happen after a specific level or something? Or maybe there is a dipswitch setting. Or alternate/hacked versions?

[yuppicide]

I have never seen it either. Here's a quote from gamefaqs.com:

 

"First, make sure you're in Round 2. Move a tree stump (There's only one in the level that you can move) and you will warp to Trip 3 Round 9, and earn an additional 80,000 points (Arcade and Atari Lynx versions only)."

 

"-The "765" or Namco items-

 

These are very hidden items that I think appear when you make a flower bloom on

the ground. And they are worth 7650 points. But don't let it touch the ground,

or it's gone. Note: I think in the arcade version, its just the Galaxian and not

the other Namco characters.

 

(Note: "765" means Namco in Japanese.)"

 

"-Hidden Stuff-

 

These are things that you can get by pushing a fire hydrent or a cactus.

 

Helmet: This will protect you from baby ghost. It will give you points for

every baby ghost you touch. You get 1000 points if you get one. And each baby

ghost you absorb will give you 300 points.

 

Invisibility: Makes you invisible to ghost, and you don't die by touching them."

[Foxsolo2000]

I have never seen it either. Here's a quote from gamefaqs.com:

 

"First, make sure you're in Round 2. Move a tree stump (There's only one in the level that you can move) and you will warp to Trip 3 Round 9, and earn an additional 80,000 points (Arcade and Atari Lynx versions only)."

 

"-The "765" or Namco items-

 

These are very hidden items that I think appear when you make a flower bloom on

the ground. And they are worth 7650 points. But don't let it touch the ground,

or it's gone. Note: I think in the arcade version, its just the Galaxian and not

the other Namco characters.

 

(Note: "765" means Namco in Japanese.)"

 

"-Hidden Stuff-

 

These are things that you can get by pushing a fire hydrent or a cactus.

 

Helmet: This will protect you from baby ghost. It will give you points for

every baby ghost you touch. You get 1000 points if you get one. And each baby

ghost you absorb will give you 300 points.

 

Invisibility: Makes you invisible to ghost, and you don't die by touching them."

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I had forgotten about the warp zones. There was another one on a later level. Are you sure that pushing the log wapred you though? You could also push the small cactus and pushing one warped you while the other released a load of balloons which were worth points that accumlated with each balloon caught. In the return leg of level one when Pac Man has the flying boots he could make a small pacman appear with an S in its mouth by floating around a certain area which froze time I think. But the flowers, what were they for for in one level I found 5 and in the game I believe I discovered 15 in all on all the various levels but no one seems to know what they did?

Edited December 7, 2005 by Foxsolo2000

[dogcorn]

I have encountered the 7,650 bonus at the "Break Time" at the end of the level. If you jump at just the right place, the screen will end a split-second before Pac-Man lands. That gives you 7,650 points. A little too early and you'll get 1,000. A little too late and Pac-Man just lands, and you get nothing.

 

I wonder what the signifcance of the number is though...very odd for a video game. Sort of like the "27" that is so prevalent in Weird Al songs.

 

(Whoops, sorry, just saw your comment about Namco.)

Edited December 17, 2005 by dogcorn

[CARTRIDGE STEALER]

I have encountered the 7,650 bonus at the "Break Time" at the end of the level.  If you jump at just the right place, the screen will end a split-second before Pac-Man lands.  That gives you 7,650 points.  A little too early and you'll get 1,000.  A little too late and Pac-Man just lands, and you get nothing.

 

I wonder what the signifcance of the number is though...very odd for a video game.  Sort of like the "27" that is so prevalent in Weird Al songs.

 

(Whoops, sorry, just saw your comment about Namco.)

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Ive seen the flowers a million times and I believe its some sort of "timer". but i actually never knew for what.

[Foxsolo2000]

I dont think that they were meant as timers for unless you actually jumped on the spot where they were hidden they wouldn't grow. Some one once claimed that if you found them all you would be awarded with a free game but that was never proved

[dogcorn]

Perhaps unrelated, but also neat: after eating a power pellet, if you can manage to get enough ghosts on the screen (say right after the airplanes drop a bunch of mini-ghosts), the 6th one you chomp is worth 7,650 points.

[Foxsolo2000]

Arguably this was one of the best arcade games released. There was so much to discover on each level as well as great gameplay

[davidbrit2]

The 765 thing is pretty easy to explain. In Japanese, that sequence of numbers can be read as a sort of mutilated version of the word "Namco".

 

Na(na) - Mu(tsu) - Go

 

 

The same applies to Konami's 573.

 

Go - Na(na) - Mi

[Foxsolo2000]

Does anyone know if this game had a true ending or how many levels it possessed before it started repeating itself?

[yuppicide]

I thought the game was horrible. Definately wouldn't put it up in the league of one of the greatist games ever. Same thing with Mappyland for NES.

[dogcorn]

Don't play the Lynx version then. Once you get to the log level, it's almost impossible to control. Didn't frustrate me as much as Batman Returns, but close.

[DtM2000]

Round 1 - Jumping on the first three fire hydrants will generate five cherries which are safe to collect because you don't have any cars until after the third hydrant. Before reaching the first Pac-Pill try to have 4 enemies following you and in reach when you collect the Pac-Pill.  If you then eat the four enemies and leave Doris until last (Doris is the one that chases you and the only one that has no hat after eating a Pac-Pill) you will create a Pac bubble that flies around the screen containing the letter 'L' - this gives you points for the timer you have left and refills the timer to 100%. This applies to all Pac-Pills in the game. Continuing you can see another fire hydrant just after the Pac-Pill and pushing this backwards gives you a helmet. This protects you from the baby ghosts falling from the flying ghosts and each one will give you 300 points. Be warned though - you lose your hat if you run out of time or die. At the end of level you have an opportunity to jump and collect 7,650 points as opposed to the standard 1,000. Again, this is available at the end of every level except the one where you jump down into the flower fairy. 7,650 is sequence of numbers can be read as a sort of mutilated version of the word "Namco".Na(na) - Mu(tsu) - Go (765).

 

Round 2 - The Forest : the first 'cheat' is achieved by pushing the second cactus back - giving you 80, 000 points and transporting you to your house at the end of level two. If this doesn't work then try the second, third and fourth logs in the woods. The machine randomly chooses one of these (pushing the logs only work if you haven't died and you have 15, 000 points). Get the cherry that appears as it turns into another three.

 

Round 3 - The mountains : these have no cheats - but watch out for the plane that always flies over the first mountain (a flower sometimes grows here and in many other places, I am sure that this means nothing). After completing the mountains you pass two cacti. Pushing the first one back, on earlier versions, makes you invisible and invincible to everything except the water (which just happens to be the next obstacle!) To jump over the water - run at full speed over the spring board and at the edge press jump and keep on whacking the joystick to the right - you should glide over the pool! You have then reached Fairyland! Here the Queen gives you a gift of magic boots that enable you to fly. You then start Round 4 going back the opposite way.

 

Round 4 - Journey home : you first encounter cacti that you must jump over. If at any point you see the letter 'S' in a Pac bubble flying about - get it - it's an extra life. The last cactus that you jump over is very tall. Try pushing the lower section of it backwards as this generates 7 balloons. Six of which are worth 100 points but one is worth 7650 points. Get this and don't bother with the others. Continue going home once you reach the town, jump on all fire hydrants as this always generates cherries. If pushing the cactus back didn't do anything then try pushing the second to last fire hydrant back - this will generate the balloons. When you arrive home you can still jump to get 7650 points.

 

Round 5 - The Town : jump on the fire hydrants to generate cherries. Push the third hydrant back to give you the hat. If you pass two fire hydrants on top of each other then jump on top of these. The blue things that push you along (water jets) can also push you on top of the houses. This is advisable as it keeps you away from any double decker buses! If the second fire hydrant didn't give the helmet then the fourth fire hydrant along will.

 

Round 6 - The water pool area : you have two short(ish) pools to clear, followed by more ghosts on pogo sticks (here appears another floating cherry). The last pool is the longest of these and must be judged carefully to clear.

 

Round 7 - The water jets : you have three different platforms to jump on (always try to stay on the highest one). If a flying water jet happens to hit you then whack the joystick everywhere and press fire as it is possible to escape. Not much on this round, just collect loads of strawberries. After this you reach fairyland again, you receive the boots again, and have to return home.

 

Round 8 - The trip home : firstly, you have to cross the long pool - backwards. Jump to the top of the screen straight away to get the cherries and clear the planes. There are stumps sticking out that you can land on and get cherries. After this there is the forest to complete. The first or second to last log will give the balloons.

 

Round 9 - The Water Pool Area : you leave your house and go straight into the water pool area. There are three cacti on this round. Pushing either the first (before the pool), second (before the skeleton) or third (before the Pac-pill) back will give you the helmet. The pool is slightly different as it has a stump sticking out of the water that has an extra spring board you can land on. After this there is a skeleton (that drags you down into the ground) and must be jumped over.

 

Round 10 - The forest : pushing one of the logs back will make you invincible to the ghosts. This works even if you have died. When you start flashing, the invincibility is about to ware off.

 

Round eleven - The logs and clouds : much like the one on Trip 1 except after jumping the logs, you have to jump onto clouds (although not essential as Pac can clear all the cloud jumps in one). After this you reach fairyland yet again and you receive the boots.

 

Round 12 - The trip home : first collect the three cherries. Then you have to jump backwards over a large pool - with no stumps. After this you reach the town. One of the few fire hydrants gives the balloon's.

 

Round 13 - The Town : this level has many double hydrants. Jump on these and wait for the water jet to push you up onto the houses. Walking along the houses gives you some cherries. On many versions there is no helmet on this round.

 

Round 14 - The cavern : you have to collect the keys to open the doors. The first key is on the top layer. Jump up there to get it. Keep going right and fall down the hole. Keep going right and fall down the next one too (you should now be on the bottom layer). Keep going right (staying on this level) and open the door. Keep going right. Jump up through the next hole and get the apples. Continue right, fall down the hole and get the key. Use this immediately to open the door. Keep going right, do not jump through the first hole and stay on the lowest level. You can then get two apples, jump through the hole and get a key, and then fall through another hole to get another two apples. Continue right and after opening the door, jump through the holes to get from the bottom level to the top. Open the door you reach and go through. Fall through the next two holes (so that you are back on the lowest level). Open the door you reach and get the two apples. Return through the door you've just come through, jump to the middle layer and continue right. You will now be out of the cavern and have reached 'break time'. So long as you don't waste time and keys it is actually easy.

 

Round 15 - The water jets : i think that pushing one of these fire hydrants may give the helmet, but I'm not too sure. Watch out for the planes at the very end of the level. Try to jump on them.

 

Round 16 - The trip home : the first gives the balloon's. Next it's the mountains. The is normally an extra life lurking around the second mountain so go backwards once for it if it doesn't come (an 'S' in a Pac). Then is the forest. The first log encountered gives the balloon's if the cactus didn't.

 

Round 17 - A forest level : on some versions of the machine the very first cactus will give the helmet. Just before the water is a Pac-Pill and it is quite easy to get the time bonus. After the pool, there is a short forest, following that is a spring board that must be used to clear a second pool that cannot be seen from that point.

 

Round 18 - The cavern : you only have limited sight. The first key is on the lower level. Go right, then jump up to the middle level, then jump up to the top layer. Keep going right and fall down a hole to the middle layer (you'll be in between two doors). Jump back up to the top level (making sure you don't open either of these. Once back on the top level, keep going right and you'll reach a door. Open it and get the key directly behind. Keep going right, fall down to the middle layer, get the key, fall down to the lower level, collect the fruit. Open the door you come across. Don't jump through the next hole, but through the one after that. Jump to get the key (fall straight back down again). Keep going right. Jump up through the next hole, go right, and fall down the next. Open the next door (you're still on the bottom level) and jump through the next hole. Then jump up to the top level, open the door and get the fruit. Go through on the top and open the end door. Fall through the holes and go to the bottom level. Go right and collect the fruit there. finally, go to the middle level and exit to 'Break Time'.

 

Round 19 - The mountains : clear these and the clouds as usual, but watch out for the planes at the end (over the part with three sets of moving logs). Enter fairyland.

 

Round 20 - The return home : this is very easy. Keep on going left, You first hit a forest. Watch out for the ghost near the end. This is followed by a pool, get all the cherries on the way, but DON'T stop for anything. Then you reach another forest, then another pool, then the last forest (watch out for another ghost here) and then the town. By the time you reach the town you will be out of time and must run full speed from Doris. Try to get the Pac-Pill but if you miss it, don't go back for it!

 

Round 21 - The town : this is hard as there are so many ghosts. It is pointless jumping onto the double hydrants as getting on top of the houses may involve hitting a plane. Try to stay on the top of the double-decker busses, jumping from one to another. This will stop you needing a run up. The Pac-Pill at the end can only be got by first jumping onto a ghost. Don't bother with it unless you are already on a ghost. Go straight for 'Break Time'.

 

Round 22 - The mountains : as well as the clouds, you meet a new section - four logs in water that must be jumped onto and crossed. Careful judgement is needed here. Get the Pac-Pill afterwards as you'll need it. Time is short so don't stop for anything.

 

Round 23 - The water jets : this gets hard towards the end as there are many ghosts around. Try to stay on the planes. You then reach fairyland.

 

Round 24 - The trip home : first are the water jets to cross. This is quite easy as there aren't many ghosts and enables you to collect a lot of fruit. Then you enter the town. The last part of this is very hard. Just jump for the Pac-Pill when you see it and hope you get it before you are killed! Don't wait around.

 

Round 25 - The woods : there are two woods split up by lots of skeletons. DON'T use the spring board or you will hit one of the planes. All of the skeletons are fake apart from the first and last. So don't worry about touching them. When you enter the first wood, look for the helmet at the fourth log. I think it is hidden in there.

 

Round 26 - The mountains - again! : this time you don't have many logs to jump on and there are very few clouds. Most of the mountains have to be jumped without any clouds. This level also contains the logs in water.

 

[DtM2000]

On 1/12/2006 at 11:41 AM, Foxsolo2000 said:

Does anyone know if this game had a true ending or how many levels it possessed before it started repeating itself?

Yes, it ends at Round 32. See complete run through of game below.

 

 

Edited September 17, 2020 by DtM2000

[CreeB]

The fact they didn't have Mezmaron in this game,,,   he could've been the first boss  battle in a video game..  HE WAS THE BEST CHARACTER IN THE SHOW..