Jr. Pac‑Man Review & Legacy – The Forgotten Sequel
1🕹 Game Name: Jr. Pac‑Man
📛 Alternate Names: Pac‑Man Jr.
📅 Release Date: November 1983
🔫 Genre: Maze
👨 🏻 💻 Developers: General Computer Corporation
👨 🏻 💻 Publishers: Bally Midway
🔢 Max Players: 2 (alternating)
⁉ Cooperative: No
🕹 Game Introduction: Jr. Pac‑Man expands on the classic Pac‑Man formula with oversized, scrolling mazes and new power‑pill mechanics.
🕹 Game Description: Navigate winding corridors, gobble dots, avoid ghosts, and trigger dynamic tunnel closures for extra challenge in vibrant, wraparound levels.
🎴 Game Play:
👉 🏻 Four massive, scrolling maze designs—each wrapping both horizontally and vertically.
👉 🏻 Eat a power pill to turn ghosts blue and chase them down, with extended durations on special “Super” pills.
👉 🏻 Fruit and bonus icons appear in moving targets that dart around the maze.
👉 🏻 Touching tunnel walls triggers closing gates, temporarily blocking passages.
📕 Background & History: Built under contract by GCC to bypass Midway’s exclusive manufacturing rights, Jr. Pac‑Man hit arcades as the first official sequel—though purists missed the original’s tighter design.
🐣 Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs:
👉 🏻 “Super” pill glitch: Holding the joystick into a wall while eating a Super power pill grants extra blue‑ghost duration.
👉 🏻 Level‑skip trick: Rapidly tapping Start during demo mode can skip straight to later mazes.
🐱 💻 Hacks:
👉 🏻 MAME homebrew mods restore the original Pac‑Man tunnel shortcuts within Jr. Pac‑Man’s oversized mazes.
👉 🏻 ROM hacks add custom color palettes and new maze layouts.
🎉 Trivia:
👉 🏻 The maze tiles scroll beneath the screen, a first for the series.
👉 🏻 Jr. Pac‑Man was less commercially successful, leading to a long hiatus before Pac‑Man Plus.
👓 Lonster’s Review: Jr. Pac‑Man’s towering mazes and shifting tunnels are a wild departure—fun but occasionally frustrating compared to the lean original.
🌟 Legacy: Though a commercial misstep, Jr. Pac‑Man pioneered scrolling maze design and inspired later variants in the series.
✨ Cultural Impact: Its quirky cabinet and oversized screen make it a prized collector’s piece among retro‑arcade enthusiasts.
💭 Lonster’s Final Thoughts: A must‑play for die‑hard Pac‑Man fans curious to see how far the maze can stretch—just brace for the glitchy quirks!
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