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The story of Ms. Pac-Man[1] (also linked in the article here) is very interesting. The developers created the game as an "enhancement kit" to Pac-Man. They didn
by EvanAnderson 7y ago
The story of Ms. Pac-Man[1] (also linked in the article here) is very interesting. The developers created the game as an "enhancement kit" to Pac-Man. They didn't just burn new ROMs, though-- they actually made a daughterboard that attached to a stock Pac-Man that could selectively patch-out the original ROMs to avoid duplicating any of the original code.
1] https://www.fastcompany.com/3067296/the-mit-dropouts-who-created-ms-pac-man-a-35th-anniversary-oral-history https://www.fastcompany.com/3067296/the-mit-dropouts-who-cre...
- CharlesW 7y agoThe uncredited artist who actually created the final visual design of Ms. Pac-Man was Sharon Perry/Barr, who also worked on Discs of Tron, Spy Hunter, Rampage, Demolition Derby, and many other classics. (I got to see some design artifacts while working with her on a Sega Genesis game. You can find a mention of this, as well as a picture of her as a vampire, here: https://www.arcade-history.com/?n=the-spectre-files-deathstalker&page=detail&id=146787 https://www.arcade-history.com/?n=the-spectre-files-deathsta...)