Ms. Pac-Man Plus (c) 1981 Two-Bits Score.

Basically this game is "Pac-Man", with a few minor differences. The
major difference is that the ghosts have fewer restrictions on their
movement, making them more formidable. Also adding to the challenge are
the different mazes and the fact that the fruit no longer stays in one
place, but moves in, out and around the maze. Fortunately there is a
power pellet in each corner that (usually) turns the ghosts blue for a
period of time, allowing you to eat them for points.


- TECHNICAL -
Main CPU : Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Namco 3-channel WSG (@ 96 Khz)
Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 288 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.61 Hz
Palette colors : 16
Players : 2
Control : 4-way joystick

- TRIVIA -
Ms. Pac-Man Plus seems to be the original "Ms. Pac-Man" hack, as the
mazes here show up the same way they do in Ms. Pac-Man (each maze shows
up in each rack between the intermissions).

While the Ms. Pac-Man hacks are creative with the mazes, they have
trouble dealing with other aspects of play. One problem the Ms. Pac-Man
hacks have is that the fruit walks along the routes of the original
mazes, meaning the fruit is unreachable during part of its walk to and
from the center. Also, the ghosts slow down at odd places during the
first three racks. Such slowing down only makes sense by looking at the
original mazes and seeing where the tunnels would be.

Unlike the Pac-Man hacks, the Ms. Pac-Man hacks don't mess with the
scores you get from eating dots, fruit and ghosts.


- SCORING -
Dot : 10 points
Energizer : 50 points
Ghosts : 200, 400, 800, 1600 points
Cherry : 100 points
Strawberry : 200 points
Peach : 500 points
Pretzel : 700 points
Apple : 1000 points
Pear : 2000 points
Banana : 5000 points
