A downloadable game

First Released:  Friday 22nd May 2020

Two - Three Player game, Competitive

A port of the 1980 arcade game "Pac Man", under its original name "Puck Man". This was released for the 40th anniversary of Pac Man (yes, its been that long now!) in an inventive way using the Odyssey console. This uses Game Card 2 (Simon Says) which is essentially just two squares visible. This acts as the Ghost characters and you can leave one in place if you only have two people available to play. The third (second?) player acts as Pac Man, using the provided accessory (a yellow square) that you need to print out and attach to some kind of pole / stick. The pac man player then moves their character around the screen physically while the ghost players try to catch them.

Full instructions provided, you can play this with simulation programs as long as you have the ability to place the overlay on top for the maze.

StatusReleased
Release date May 21, 2020
AuthorMikebloke
GenreAction
Tags2D, Homebrew, magnavox, Multiplayer, odyssey
Average sessionA few minutes
InputsGamepad (any)
AccessibilityColor-blind friendly, High-contrast
MultiplayerLocal multiplayer
Player count2 - 3

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Puck Man (Odyssey) Demake.odt 27 kB
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Puck Man Overlay enlarged.png 98 kB
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Puck Man Overlay.png 27 kB
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Puck Man square image enlarged.png 20 kB
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Puck Man square image.png 22 kB
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Puck Man Accessory.png 217 bytes

Install instructions

Use Game Card 2 (Simon Says) on a real Magnavox Odyssey.

Or use a simulation program with Game Card 2 / Simon Says. Use overlay provided for the  Channel F "Pac Man" experience.

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