Last updated 8/8/2004
Since the birth of our round yellow redeemer, there have been many people, motivated by greed, boredom, or simply a desire to program, who have attempted to create a false Pac-Man. Should these people be praised for attempting to preserve the glory of Pac-Man? Or should they be condemned, accused of Marioism, whipped, beaten, and burned at the stake, with a hard copy of their code as kindling? Whatever their fate, these programmers have gone and made a hell of a lot of Pac-Man rip-offs, clones, and wannabes, and I've never seen anybody attempt to catalog them all. So I'm gonna give it a shot.
Obviously, this list is about as far from complete as a list can be. I need help. So if you notice that YOUR favorite Pac-Man ripoff is missing, don't just scream "HEY!! I can't believe that moron forgot Cataract-Man! I'll kill him!!" because I can't hear you scream from here. Instead, send me e-mail. Also, send me e-mail if you have more info about a game that's already on the list. I have a lot of question marks on here and I'd really like to get rid of them all.
| Game Title |
Description |
Year Released |
Platform |
|
3-D Frog Man |
(See also 3D Maze Man) This is identical...*IDENTICAL* to 3D Maze Man, except you're a frog instead of a Pac-Man-looking thing, the levels are different, and you're eating bugs instead of dots. You can probably find this for under $15, or grab it directly from RomTech if they still have it. |
1998 |
Windows |
|
3D Maze Man |
(See also "3-D Frog Man") A scrolling 3D Pac-Man game with elaborate backgrounds, hills and valleys in the mazes, and lots of power-ups and interesting features like the ability to jump (stolen from Pac-Mania, although you can't jump over the ghosts,) speed-up arrows (stolen from Pac-Man arrangement,) keys and locks (stolen from Super Pac-Man,) and "Death Tiles" (stolen from a sadistic early version of checkers, I assume.) This game is a lot of fun, but FAR too easy. You can probably find this in the cheapy section of Electronics Boutique, or you can grab it directly from RomTech for under $20. |
1998 |
Windows |
|
3D Maze Man: Adventures in Winter Wonderland |
10 new wintery-lookin' 3D Maze Man levels! And this time, he's wearing a silly-looking santa hat! |
1998 |
Windows |
|
3-Demon |
A CGA Pac-Man game with a Doom-esque view and a PC squeaker version of "Maple Leaf Rag" as background music. If you happen to get eaten by a ghost, you're treated to a horrific display of the monster's jaws coming together upon your round yellow self! |
1983 |
MS-DOS |
|
Ack! Man |
Freeware. |
? |
MS-DOS |
|
Alien |
A game based on the movie. Doesn't seem to be the type of movie that would translate well to a Pac-Man rip-off, but whatever. |
? |
Atari 2600 |
|
Amidar |
A strange one...the maze looks like a messed-up grid and your character alternates between a monkey and a paint roller. Rather than energizers, your weapon is a "jump" button, which makes all of your enemies jump for a moment (during which time they are harmless.) |
1981 |
Arcade, Various |
|
Anteater |
You are an anteater at the entrance of the anthill. Thread your tongue through the maze inside and snack on ants and larvae. |
1982 |
Arcade |
|
Bachman |
Semi-3D looking Pac-Man game with a rock soundtrack. Level editor in the registered version. Shareware. |
? |
Macintosh |
|
BacMan |
? |
? |
Amiga |
|
Bezman |
? |
? |
Apple ][ |
|
Bob the Amazing Lemon |
Click here for details |
? |
Amiga |
|
Bookyman |
A Make Trax clone for the Nintendo. Included on the Caltron 6-in-1 game cartridge. |
? |
NES |
|
Brak's Bean Chomper 2000 |
A freeware Pac-Man clone featuring Brak from the Space Ghost cartoon! Available in both Windows and Macintosh formats. Hail Brak!! Click here for the download page. |
1998? |
Windows/Macintosh |
|
Cartman |
A java applet Pac-Man type game featuring Cartman from South Park! Click here to play it right now if your browser can handle it! |
1997 |
Java Applet |
|
CD-Man |
A nice Pac-Man game with many very interesting backgrounds. |
? |
MS-DOS |
|
CerealMan |
You are an english muffin. Your mission: eat cereal, milk, and marshmallows and avoid the evil toasters. Yes, evil toasters. Play as CerealMan, Ms. CerealMan, or, with two players, both! Keenoriffic VGA graphics. Go here for more info or to download the shareware version. |
1998 |
MS-Dos |
|
Chip Chewer |
Freeware. |
? |
Windows |
|
Chomp |
A black and white Pac-Man game |
? |
OS/2 |
|
Chomp |
A very popular Pac-Man clone for Windows. Decent... |
? |
Windows |
|
Chomper |
An early Vic-20 Pac-Man ripoff with multiple screens. |
? |
Vic-20 |
|
Chomper |
A Pac-Man game with a huge scrolling maze. |
? |
MS-DOS |
|
|
A FANTASTIC Java Ms. Pac-Man game. The gameplay isn't perfect, but the graphics and sounds are right on. Play it right on your web browser by clicking here! |
2000 |
Java Applet |
|
Chomper Guy |
Freeware. |
? |
Windows |
|
Chomper Man |
? |
? |
Vic-20 |
|
|
Scrolling-maze Pac-Man game with Pov-Ray rendered graphics, five different "Chompster" characters, Vertical and horizontal scrolling mazes, a final boss (!!), 60 mazes + secret bonus mazes, a between-level map ala Donkey Kong Country, powerups, powerdowns, bonus point prizes, and a corny storyline. Apparently allows you to plug in your own midi files for background music! Available from the official page here. Apparently doesn't run too well on newer computers. |
1997 |
MS-DOS |
|
Clean Sweep |
You're a bank president, using your vaccuum cleaner to recover money (dots) while avoiding "evil thieves" (ghosts.) Interesting twist: The vaccuum can only hold so much, so every once in a while you have to empty it! |
1982 |
Vectrex |
|
Crapman |
This game has normal Pacman play, but two things are different. The playing field scrolls up and down to give a bigger playing field. And it has a 2 player mode. The players play in the same screen, but when they go too far away from each other, the screen splits to have them play in different windows, until they get back together again. Very different. |
? |
Atari ST |
|
Dac-Man |
"Move DACMAN with the stick and gobble up pellets. Avoid the Monsters ! Touching a monster will kill DACMAN, but if you can eat a large pellet the monsters Will turn blue for a short time and you can eat them !" Sound familiar? New semi-buggy homebrew game for the Colecovision!! Find out more info and order a copy for yourself for $20 at the Official Dac-Man page! |
2000 |
Colecovision |
|
Deluxe PacMan |
Shareware Pac-Man game for the Amiga with various levels and several bonus levels. |
? |
Amiga |
|
Dodger |
Pac-Man with lasers instead of ghosts and a level designer. Shareware. Click here for the Dodger page. |
? |
Windows |
|
Doodle Bug |
? |
? |
Vic-20 |
|
Eat It |
? |
? |
MS-DOS |
|
Eclipse Pac-Man |
See "Greedy" |
1995 |
MS-DOS |
|
Fantasy Zone: The Maze |
Fly your ship around a maze and collect dots while avoiding bad guys. Interesting twist: You can buy weapons, thrusters, and other power-ups! |
Sega Master System |
|
|
|
A Pac-Man game from CodeMasters featuring "Dizzy," an egg-shaped character that was in a lot of games back in the day. More info here |
Amstrad CPC, Spectrum, Commodore 64, Atari ST, Amiga, PC (MS-DOS) |
|
|
Footman |
Almost exactly the same as Pac-Man, but with a graphic and maze editor. |
Amiga |
|
|
FPacman |
A Pac-Man game for the TI-92 calculator. |
? |
TI-92 |
|
Ghost Hunter |
The first Pac-Man rip-off with 2-player simultaneous gameplay! |
? |
Atari 400/800 |
|
Gobble |
? |
? |
MS-Dos |
|
Gobble-Man |
If you have an older PC, this is your game. Very smooth. PC Squeaker sounds. The intro is very similar to the Ms. Pac-Man intro, and the READY! music is from an older PC Pac-Man game, the name of which I can't remember. |
1991 |
MS-DOS |
|
Gobbler |
This Pac-Man wannabe has far too many dots on the screen, and ghosts turn GREEN instead of blue. This is especially annoying because one of the ghosts is green all the time, even when he's NOT edible. Not the worst I've seen...but definitely not up there among my favorites. |
? |
Apple ][ |
|
Gobbler |
A Java applet Pac-Man clone. Click here to play if your browser can handle it! |
1997? |
It's Java! |
|
Gobman |
Nice 256-Color graphics, red dots which make walls invisible, different mazes for each level, glorious monaural PC-Speaker sound, bombs which kill all ghosts and level skip powerups. |
1992 |
MS-DOS |
|
Grandpa Pac-Man |
In this freeware game, Pac-Man is old and grey. Very grey. And the ghosts aren't looking too good either. But the battle continues. The gameplay is very similar to Pac-Man, with guns and bombs added along with some new intermissions. There are a few annoying little quirks in this game, but it's fun. It's obviously designed to look like it's being run on an arcade machine. Click here to visit the author's page and download this game. |
1998 |
Windows |
|
Greedy |
Originally released as "Eclipse Pac-Man" in 1995. A SVGA Pac-Man ripoff "For the 90's." 70-80 levels in the full version. Shareware. Click here for more game info and download info. |
1996 |
MS-DOS |
|
|
Flash Pac-Man game billed as "The World's Smallest Pac-Man game." Play Pac-Man on your computer in a window the size of your fingertip. Play it on your browser here |
? |
Flash |
|
Guzzler |
You play a creature full of water, and you spit water to exstinguish flames and flame monsters while gathering more water from puddles. You advance to the next level by extinguishing all the flames on the screen. |
? |
Arcade, Various |
|
Hacman |
? |
? |
Atari ST |
|
Happy Weed |
A Pac-Man ripoff with marijuana instead of dots. Click here to check out the Happy Weed page |
1995 |
Macintosh |
|
Hatman |
A very nice-looking high-resolution Pac-Man ripoff for Linux. You can create your own levels, sprites, and fonts! They're looking for more developers to continue work on this game. Click here for the Hatman page. |
1997 |
Linux |
|
Hideous Bill and the Gi-Gants |
? |
1984 |
Commodore 64 |
|
Jawbreaker |
You're a yellow pair of teeth, eating stuff in a maze and being chased by strange round things. When you die, your teeth all fall out. When you clear a level, a toothbrush flies onto the screen and gives you a good brushing. Click here for some screen shots. |
? |
Various |
|
Jawbreaker II |
Better graphics than the original, different maze. |
1982 |
Various? |
|
K3 |
A 2-player Pac-Man game, with the second player controlling either another Pac-Man or a ghost! And there are up to 6 ghosts! |
1996 |
MS-DOS |
|
K.C. Munchkin |
The Pac-Man rip-off with the infamous dancing dots! This came out before the Atari 2600 version of Pac-Man, making Odyssey 2 owners very popular people for a while. |
? |
Odyssey 2 |
|
KC6 |
A translation of the Odyssey 2 K.C. Munchkin game for the PC. Click here for the author's page. |
? |
MS-DOS |
|
Kid Grid |
Guide a robot-looking guy around a grid, connecting the dots. Very similar to Amidar. |
? |
Atari 400/800 |
|
Ladybug |
Control a ladybug which gobbles dots and veggies while avoiding predators. Maze has rotating doors in the walls, allowing you to escape a pursuer and shut the door on it. |
? |
Arcade, Various |
|
Lobe Runner |
Mike Tyson is Pac-Man in this unique shockwave game. Click here to play it. |
1997? |
Shockwave Applet |
|
Lockjaw |
See "Shark Attack" |
? |
Atari 2600 |
|
Lock 'n' Chase |
You're a thief stealing gold coins and other such things from a bank, and cops are after you. But instead of EATING the cops, you can throw up walls to block them. |
1981? |
Arcade, Various home systems |
|
Luxman |
Not much of a clone, but the animation's very smooth. Plus, it has a level editor. |
1995? |
Linux/MS-DOS |
|
Macman Classic Pro |
? |
? |
Macintosh |
|
Make Trax |
You are a mop(?) cleaning the floor of the maze while being chased by a pair of fish. Animals come out of cages and dirty the floor. Incredibly silly Midway arcade title. |
1981 |
Arcade |
|
MakMan/2 |
? |
? |
OS/2 |
|
Maniac |
Apparently a combination of Pac-Man and Hangman! This game was nice enough to provide Pac-Man with a hat. |
1994 |
Macintosh |
|
ManIX |
Black and white Pac-Man game. Additional levels can be created. |
1994? |
Linux |
|
Maze Craze Construction Set |
You say you're sick of a little yellow guy running around being chased by ghosts? You'd rather see Gumby running around being chased by rabid poodles? Or the decapitated head of Newt Gingrich being chased around by Spatulas? Well, the Maze Craze Construction Set lets you create your own characters! The game itself is okay. |
? |
Apple II, ? |
|
MazeMan |
Crappy maze game from TSI with power pellets and a tunnel. When you eat the power pellets, the monsters just return back to their pen temporarily. |
1983 |
Commodore 64 |
|
McMinos |
Black and White Pac-Man game |
? |
Atari ST |
|
Megabug |
You guide Megabug, your bug-munching bug, through a randomly-generated maze, which changes with every game. Megabug's goal is to avoid the other bugs while clearing all the dots out of the maze. If Megabug eats all the dots, you get a new maze. If the other bugs get Megabug, they shout "We Gotcha" in full TRS-80 computer-generated monaural sound. |
? |
TRS-80 |
|
MiniPac |
? |
? |
Amiga |
|
Mini Pac-Man |
Click here for more info. |
? |
Windows |
|
Mister Pack's Nightmare |
? |
? |
Windows |
|
Mouse Trap |
Maneuver a mouse around a maze and through gates to eat cheese and avoid cats. |
1981 |
Arcade |
|
MOUSKATT??? |
I have no idea what the actual name of this game is, as I only have a copy of it. (Anyone with more info, PLEASE contact me!) Instead of eating dots OFF of the screen, your character builds links of dots ON the screen. This is a terrible game...chock full of bugs. |
? |
Atari 400/800 |
|
Mouth-Man |
Includes a level editor. |
? |
Amiga |
|
Mr. Muncher |
? |
? |
MS-DOS |
|
|
A Pac-Man clone on a keychain from Senario Games. Has hard-to-see scrolling screens and your character looks like a CD. The game includes horribly out-of-tune music, but a really nifty crunching sound when Mr. Chomper eats dots. Helpful directions on the back of the blister pack state that there are four difficultly levels: "Maze Low Difficulty Level," "Maze High Difficulty Level," "Chomp Moving - Low Difficulty Level," and "Chomp Moving - High Difficulty Level." It also informs the reader of such important details as "LEFT: Move Mr. Chomper to left," "RIGHT: Move Mr. Chomper to right," and "NOTE: Mr. Chomper will flash after eating 'Power Dot.' This allows him to eat ghosts." Made in China! Seriously! |
1999 |
Standalone (keychain) |
|
Munch Guy |
Shareware. |
? |
MS-DOS |
|
Munch Man |
? |
? |
TI-99 |
|
Muncher |
A CGA Pac-Man look-a-like with a board editor. |
? |
MS-DOS |
|
Munchkin |
A CP/M (Damn, I feel old...) Pac-Man game using character graphics, but rather than simply using one-character players and enemies, this one tried to have a BIG Pac-guy and BIG ghosts built from many characters. Unfortunately, the machines at the time couldn't take it, so this game is WAAAY too slow. |
? |
Z-100 CP/M |
|
Munchman |
In this game, a little green blob makes links and eats different characters. The power pellets are shaped like little states of Texas. There are twenty different levels before it starts over with 20 different characters to eat as well. In the last level, Munchman eats the chain (each piece look like the game's power pellets) until he is manuvering in an invisible screen. For a while, Munchman came free with the purchase of a TI-99 4/A. Click here to see a screen shot. |
1982 |
TI-99 |
|
Munchman |
(Is this the same as the TI-99 game? Anybody know?) |
? |
Vic-20 |
|
Munchman II |
This sequal to Munchman was put out several years after the original, and was released by a different company. This game made Munchman go through two attached screens of links for each level. |
? |
TI-99 |
|
Munchy |
? |
? |
Commodore 64 |
|
Oil's Well |
Sierra On-line created this one...the Pac-Man character is at the end of what appears to be a pipeline that streams out behind him, and although he can always eat the monsters, if they touch the pipeline, he dies. This is a very intense, very playable game. Definitely worth checking out. |
? |
Commodore 64, ? |
|
Pacamaze |
Pac-Man meets Doom! Click here for the Pacamaze page |
? |
MS-DOS |
|
Pac-Bar |
Pac-Man meets Lock'n'Chase, apparently...as Pac-Man can put up bars to stop the ghosts. |
? |
MS-DOS |
|
PacBoy |
A Pac-Man game with a level editor and a graphics editor. Click here to visit the PacBoy page. Shareware. |
? |
MS-DOS |
|
Paccer |
Includes a level editor. |
? |
Amiga |
|
Pac-Classic |
The ultimate BASIC Pac-Man clone from QuickBasic master Phillip Jay Cohen! EGA graphics, smooth control, SoundBlaster sound effects, and it even mentions Reverend -=ShoEboX=- in the credits! Freeware. Includes source code, so you can check it out and suggest improvements to the author. |
1999 |
MS-DOS |
|
Pac-Em |
A decent adaptation...but not a clone. The resgistered version has a "Champ" mode with all sorts of added goodies. CHAMProgramming, the company that makes this, also has several other adaptations of classic games and an adapter available that lets you plug an Atari joystick into your printer port. Shareware. Click here for the Pac-Em page |
1996 |
MS-DOS |
|
Pac-Guy |
A very interesting Pac-Man game. Lots of fun if your machine can support it. This is the first Pac-Man ripoff I've ever seen which actually attempts to have a PLOT! Click here to check it out. |
? |
Windows |
|
Packman |
? |
? |
MS-DOS |
|
Packri Monster |
A handheld Pac-Man clone from Bandai. The only handheld Pac-Man game to include an intermission! |
? |
Handheld |
|
PacMac Deluxe |
3D rendered cartoon-like graphics, the ability to play .MOD and Midi files during the game, and a level editor. Shareware. Click here for the PacMac Deluxe page. |
1996? |
Macintosh |
|
Pacman |
A java Pac-Man game. Click here to play it if your browser can handle it. |
? |
Java Applet |
|
Pacman |
Another java Pac-Man game with the same name. Click here to play it if your browser can handle it. |
? |
Java Applet |
|
Pacman |
Yet another java Pac-Man game with the same name. Click here to play it if your browser can handle it. |
1996 |
Java Applet |
|
Pacman |
A shareware Pac-Man ripoff for the Psion Series 3a palmtop computer. Click here for more info or to download it. |
? |
Psion Series 3a |
|
Pacman |
Just a hyphen away from copyright infringement... :) |
? |
Macintosh |
|
Pacman |
An Apple Pac-Man ripoff in which the maze was turned on its side. Similar to the original, but with crappy gameplay. |
? |
Apple ][ |
|
Pacman |
Includes a level editor. |
? |
MS-DOS |
|
Pacman |
A Pac-Man game you can play on your TI-82 or TI-83 calculator. Click here for more info |
? |
TI-82/TI-83 |
|
Pac-Man |
Yes, there are MANY Pac-Man clones, ripoffs, and wannabes whose programmers had no originality and thus just called their game PAC-MAN!! What the hell were they thinking?!?!? Maybe someday I'll try to catalogue some of these games, but not today. |
Since 1980 |
You name it |
|
Pac-Man 2001 |
A Pac-Man game for the TI-85 calculator |
? |
TI-85 |
|
Pacman 4K |
A 4K Pac-Man game for the PC claiming to be "The smallest Pac-Man ever!" Obviously, this isn't true...but it's pretty damned small. Click here for more info, or to download it! Freeware. |
2000 |
MS-DOS |
|
Pac-Man '87 |
Features various new obstacles such as flames and knives. |
1987 |
Amiga |
|
Pac-Man '97 |
A Pac-Man game for the TI calculators |
Guess. |
TI-85 / TI-92 |
|
Pac-Man '98 |
A Pac-Man game for the TI-86 calculator |
1843!! |
TI-86 |
|
Pac-Man DX |
This freeware Pac-Man game for Windows by DF Designs is an attempt to remain true to the original Pac-Man game while adding some shading and stuff to the graphics to make 'em look more modern. The movement seems rather slow in th latest version I've tried, but it has great sound and lots of hidden features (apparently there's a way to play as one of the ghosts!) You can grab it from the DF Designs website. |
1999 |
Windows |
|
Pac-Man for Excel |
A Pac-Man game that runs in Excel v5.0 or higher! Click here to download it now! |
1996? |
Windows |
|
Pac-Man: The Return |
A Freeware Pac-Man game for Windows '95. Still in the testing stages, but you can download a copy, play it, and check it out. A level editor is also available. Click here for more info or to download the game. |
1998 |
Windows |
|
Pac-Man's Revenge |
A drunk Pac-Man?!? |
? |
Macintosh |
|
Pacmania |
NOT the famous 3-D Pac-Man game, but a Pac-Man game of the same name. PC Squeaker sound, CGA. |
1990 |
MS-DOS |
|
Pacmania |
Another Pac-Man game for the TI calculators. |
? |
TI-82 |
|
Pac-Manic |
Very cool scrolling Pac-Man game. Great graphics, no sound yet. A work in progress. Check the Pac-Manic web page for the latest info and to download the beta version. |
1995-96 |
MS-DOS |
|
Pac-Men |
Eight-player Pac-Man! With Missiles! |
? |
Atari ST |
|
Pac-Mon |
A fellow QuickBasic programmer wrote this one! And it's pretty damned good! It's definitely one of the better Basic programs I've seen. He also made a "Super Pac-Mon," which may be the only Super Pac-Man clone in existence. Click here to visit the JessCREATIONS page. |
? |
MS-DOS |
|
Pac-PC / Pac-PC II |
This is the best Freeware Pac-Man game I've ever seen, and may in fact be cloned from Pac-Man's actual DNA. The samples are from the original coin-op, and the ghosts' patterns are well done. This is as close to the original as you can get, barring emulation. I think even Ms. Pac-Man would do a double-take if she saw Pac-PC. Click here to visit the author's page. |
1995-97 |
MS-DOS |
|
PacVB |
A Visual Basic Pac-Man game. Click here for more info. |
? |
Windows |
|
PacVenture - Pac's Oddysee |
This is a 3-D Pac-Man game similar to Pac-Mania, but with far better graphics, some GREAT animated sequences, and a PLOT! The beautiful "Ms. Pac" has been kidnapped by the Ghost King, and you must travel through seven worlds to save her. You can jump, like in Pac-Mania, and Pac-Man says "Boing!" when you do, which is neat. But even better is the fact that ghosts SCREAM when you eat them! The version I played was VERY buggy...hopefully there's a new version either available or in the works since I LOVE the game. Freeware, available from the Chechesoft web site |
2000 |
Windows |
|
PacWar |
Two-player Pac-Man game with powerups. Shareware. |
? |
Amiga |
|
Pakacuda |
? |
? |
Vic-20 |
|
PakMan |
Pac-Man game with randomly generated mazes. |
? |
MS-DOS |
|
Pako I |
? |
? |
MS-DOS |
|
Pako II |
? |
? |
MS-DOS |
|
Patuman |
? |
? |
Windows |
|
Pax |
A freeware Pac-Man game with some nice-looking graphics, 1 and 2-player mode, and a level editor. Click here to check out some screen shots or download it. |
? |
Windows |
|
|
Shareware. No sound. Three different mazes, the first one similar to the original Pac-Man. The major problem is that the ghosts become evil again even before they stop flashing (so you can be killed by a blue ghost). Ghost patterns are somewhat predictable - they will always travel directly toward you on the shortest path. This means at certain points there is no escape, and at other times, you can trap them. |
? |
MS-DOS |
|
Pesco |
A new homebrew Atari 2600 game from Ebivision! Pesco the Fish must eat all the plankton in his maze while avoiding the crabs! Make it to the 9th level and, apparently, you win a special unreleased Ebivision game. Check out the ultra-flashy Ebivision site for more info. |
2001? |
Atari 2600 |
|
Piranha |
A dot-munching fish! This game runs on Pac-Man hardware...the graphics and sound have been altered. It's really very strange. |
? |
Arcade |
|
Plaque Man |
Yet another Pac-Man game promoting oral hygiene (see "Jawbreaker" above!) You are a toothbrush on a maze full of teeth, and every time you go over a tooth with a cavity, the cavity dissapears. Instead of ghosts, there are weird blobs and every time they go over a tooth, they add a cavity. If a tooth has more than 3 cavities, it disappears. The object is to clean all of the teeth, and every clean tooth left over awards point bonuses or something. |
? |
Commodore 64 |
|
Pocman |
A Pac-Man game for the TI-85 calculator. |
? |
TI-85 |
|
Pucman Worlds |
Different "worlds" with passwords. Public domain. |
? |
Amiga |
|
Scarfman |
A black and white Pac-Man game from a company which, for some inexplicable reason, is called "Cornsoft." Click here for a picture. |
1981 |
TRS-80 |
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You're a diver, the dots are pearls, and sharks are after you. Rather than following you ghost-like through the maze, however, the sharks swim horizontally from one edge of the screen to the other, ignoring the walls of the maze. The control in this game is absolutely horrible...it's very easy for your diver to get "caught" in a wall. This game was originally called "Lockjaw," but Apollo had to change the name for legal reasons (The name "Lockjaw" was somehow considered a "Jaws" ripoff.) Apparently, there are a few minor programming differences between the original "Lockjaw" and "Shark Attack." |
1982 |
Atari 2600 |
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Snack Attack |
In this bizarre Pac-Man wannabe from Datamost, the hero is a whale, complete with odd-shaped mouth and waving tail, and the enemies are...well, they sure as hell look like ghosts. The interesting thing about this particular game is that your whale can go through maze walls of a certain color, but your enemies can't. There are also maze walls of another color for which the reverse is true. In addition, this game has multiple mazes. The speed gets progressively faster throughout the game, and ultimately becomes so insane that gameplay is impossible. |
1982? |
Apple ][, ? |
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SnackMan |
Looks decent, but the gameplay is reasonably crappy. |
? |
Vic-20 |
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SnackMan |
Any relation to the Vic-20 game of the same name? |
? |
Amiga |
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Snap Jack |
A large head on wheels rolls over mountainous terrain munching a string of dots. |
? |
Arcade |
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Solar Fox |
Collect dots on a grid, and avoid or shoot the guns firing at you from the outside edge of the grid. (This is only loosely a Pac-Man wannabe and I'm not sure it should be here.) |
1981 |
Arcade, Atari 2600 |
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Super MacMan II |
Guide a Macintosh through a maze, avoiding the evil PCs! |
? |
Macintosh |
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Super Taxman 2 |
? |
? |
Apple ][ |
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Taxman |
A very faithful rendition of the arcade classic, with a few differences: The maze was green, the bonus fruits were different items, like spiders and cacti, and the ghosts had different names (yes, it even had the character/nickname screen). The intermissions were similar to the arcade intermissions, but slightly different (in one of them, one of the ghosts would chase Taxman up a ramp but wouldn't make it all the way.) |
1981 |
Apple ][ |
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Theta Man |
A Pac-Man game for the TI-82 calculator...your main character, predictably, is a theta symbol. Hideous graphics, decent gameplay. Click here for more info. |
? |
TI-82 |
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Thingy |
A text-based Pac-Man game for Win '95?!? |
? |
Windows |
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TitanMan |
? |
? |
MS-DOS |
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Trashman |
You are a garbage truck trying to clear the maze of dots while being pursued by what look like birds. There are 4 power pellets, a side tunnel and a prize that occasionally appears. |
1983 |
Commodore 64 |
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Trawing-4 Pac-Man |
A Java clone with GREAT sound effects...though the graphics aren't too great. Written by some flight school guy. Click here to play it right now on your browser!! |
1998? |
Java Applet |
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Trog! |
You're a triceratops racing around a maze gathering eggs (a.k.a. dots.) One-eyed cavemen called Trogs chase you around, trying to eat you. You can also fall off the sides of the screen. The power pellets are pinapples which turn you into a T-Rex so you can eat the cavemen. There are also additional power-ups that let you shoot fire or freeze the Trogs in ice. The graphics look kinda like claymation. |
? |
Arcade, Various |
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Tube Runner |
Nice Java Pac-Man wannabe from Pogo games! You control a robot, cleaning up tools and debris in pipes, left behind by workers. But "Pipe Dwellers" are after you for some reason, and you must avoid them! Or pick up a battery, which chargers your robot and allows you to shock the Pipe Dwellers. Play it online right now by clicking here! Nice gameplay...the sound is also impressive, but gets annoying after a while. |
2001 |
Java Applet |
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Turbo-Man |
You're a teardrop, and your enemies are octopi (the natural enemy of the teardrop.) In addition to power pellets (which make the octopi turn blue,) you also have a TURBO button which allows your teardrop to run real fast, but you can't eat dots while you're running. |
1984 |
Commodore 64 |
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Vic-Man |
? |
? |
Vic-20 |
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Wabes |
2-player simultaneous play |
? |
Amiga |
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WackMan |
? |
? |
Amiga |
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CGA Pac-Man game with a level editor, SoundBlaster support, and lots of jelly. Can you guide wibbling Wilf around the maze madness? His only hope of survival is to fill in the mazes flung at him by the evil jelly-like Glumphs. Shareware game by Graham Cluley, which he briefly mentions on his homepage. |
1991? |
MS-DOS |
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WinPac |
A Windows Pac-Man game with ray-traced graphics, 2-player mode, and level editing. The gameplay is less than fantastic, however. Click here for the WinPac page. |
1997? |
Windows |
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Wordman |
An educational Pac-Man game. Shareware. |
? |
Windows |
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XChomp |
Nice-looking XWindows Pac-Man game. Click here for more info. |
? |
XWindows |
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XFred |
XWindows Pac-Man game. Additional levels can be created by modifying ASCII files. |
? |
XWindows |
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XPacman |
A very basic Pac-Man game...no scores, no fruit, no special items. If you hit a ghost, instead of losing a life you are forced to restart the level with all the dots replaced! |
1996 |
XWindows |
