[TAS] Pac-Man Arrangement in 7:24 Co-Op (Arcade 1996) (2 Players)
235Tool-assisted speedrun (TAS) of Pac-Man Arrangement Arcade Co-Op (1996) in 7:24 (2 Players)
Game from Namco Classics Collection Vol. 2
Goal: Finish the game as fast as possible.
-Time begins upon "PUSH 1p OR 2p START BUTTON" (0:26) and ends when you lose control of Pac-Man on the final stage (7:50).
-The record on Speedrun.com for Co-Op is 8:16. They had a very good game. I was surprise the TAS was able to cut almost a full minute out of that time. I didn't expect to improve this time so much.
-I lost some time to get a few fruits. I shouldn't do this in a speedrun but I can't help it. This leaves room for improvement.
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====Description==== (from Wikipedia)
Pac-Man Arrangement is a 1996 arcade game in the Pac-Man series. Pac-Man Arrangement follows Pac-Man as the player guides him to eat all the dots in the maze while avoiding Clyde (Blinky), Pinky, Inky and Blinky (Clyde). This game features a name error in which Blinky and Clyde's names are swapped. Alongside retaining identical gameplay from the original game, a few new gimmicks have been added as well. The game features 23 rounds in total split into 6 worlds, each with their own unique maze similar to Ms. Pac-Man, with the last round taking the form of a boss fight.
A fifth, yellow ghost who wears glasses named Kinky is introduced in this game. Kinky wanders around and can merge with other ghosts to give them special abilities, such as giving Clyde (Blinky) the ability to dash, giving Pinky the ability to jump close to Pac-Man, giving Inky the ability to create a mirror clone which can harm Pac-Man, and giving Blinky (Clyde) the ability to produce big Pac-Dots. Kinky, unlike the normal ghosts, can be eaten without the need of a power pellet, and produces power pellet effects when Kinky is eaten. The number of times Kinky appears increases throughout each World.
New features include Pac-Man being able to dash temporarily after eating a Dash Pellet, being able to jump to another part of the maze using a Jump Pad, and 4 new power-up pills with different functions, such as increasing Pac-Man's speed temporarily, trapping the ghosts in the ghost box, being able to create a mirror Pac-Man that can eat objects like the normal Pac-Man, being able to digest big Pac-Dots without slowing down, and stairs which prevent Pac-Man from changing directions when he enters them.
Pac-Man Arrangement is split up into six worlds, each having its own different theme, including a toy box world, a water land, a world themed off the original Pac-Man game, a grass land, a pyramid, and a mechanical base. The final round takes the form of a boss fight, where Pac-Man must defeat the Ghosts' Mech by eating all the Pac-Dots on the maze to destroy the Kinky clones and eventually the mech itself.
The game also incorporates two-player simultaneous play. A second player can join in anytime during gameplay, and will control a green Pac-Man, in which the player can help the other player complete the stage or compete for the highest score. At the end of every round when two players are present, a score total screen will appear and the player who scores the most wins per round. At the end of the game, the player with the highest score total overall wins the game. The game also features continues, however unlike the other arrangement games featured, the player's score is reset when they continue a game after losing all their lives.
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