Ms. Pac-Man

1981 Namco - Licensed to Midway

Year Acquired: 2002

When I first bought this machine I thought that it might have originally been a Pac-Man game. Actually, it started off as a Galaxian (serial number tag is still attached inside), then it became a Galaga and finally was converted to a Ms. Pac-Man. The first thing that I did was replace the whole control panel assemblies. The joysticks that were originally installed were very sloppy and there was just contact paper over the old Galaxian CP. Luckily I found some Pac-Man control panels for Galaxian cocktail cabinets. The big problem that I had was having to chisel out the inside of the control panel holder sot the joysticks would fit. The PCB also had issues when the speed chip was installed, so I also had to have it repaired. It currently has a 96 in 1 Multi-Pac kit installed. This kit Ms. Pac-Man, Pac-Man, Pac-Man Plus, and a number of Pac-Man maze variations. I made a list of the maze variations here.

Ms. Pac-Man is the sequel to Pac-Man. Varying mazes and fruit that moves around the screen are a few things that make this game more interesting - and more fun - than Pac-Man!

Useful Ms. Pac-Man and Pac-Man Links:

Break A Million At Pac-Man ebook.

Killer List of Video Games page on Ms. Pac-Man.

Mower Man's Pac-Man repair page.

Mike's Arcade Pac-Man repair page. Mike also services Pac boards.

First Church of Pac-Man. This person eats, sleeps and live Pac-Man.

Ms. Pac-Man Project. Ms. Pac-Man is not totally random? This site reprints what some people discovered in the early 80's - a way to figure out the ghosts action.

More general links on the Links page.