Pac-Dude

Pac-Dude intro screen V1.0 Pac-Dude intro screen V1.3
Pac-Dude original 1.0, and latest 1.3 intro screen #1's. Note new training mode (Break still brings up credits)
Pac-Dude intro screen #2 V1.3
Pac-Dude intro screen #2 V1.3
Pac-Dude level 1 game screen Pac-Dude level 2 game screen
Pac-Dude level's 1&2 game screens.
Pac-Dude level 3 game screen Pac-Dude level 4 game screen
Pac-Dude level's 3&4 game screens.

Pac-Dude is a clone of the arcade smash PacMan, and was the first Coco 3 only version that took advantage of the new Coco 3 graphics modes. It went beyond the original arcade game, and borrowed the technique from Ms. Pacman, of having 4 different mazes to play on. The game play is virtually identical to the original arcade game, although navigation is slightly different when you go around corners, and you can stop moving anywheres, rather than having to run into a wall. Brian has mentioned that he designed this game for the "black beauty" joysticks rather than auto-centering.

Brian O'Neill later went on to write Pac-Dude 3D: Monster Maze, a horizontal and vertical scrolling Pacman game based on the arcade game Pac-Mania. Pac-Dude was the best version of Pac-Man available for the Coco 3 until the release of Nickolas Marentes Pac-Man in 1997.

Brian has given me permission to also now release the source code for this game, which has now been updated to the 1.3 release.

Brian's notes on what was updated from versions 1.0 through until 1.3:
- The ghost sprites were changed slightly -- the eyes shift in the direction the ghost is moving, which is more like Pac-Man.
- The Pac-Dude sprite has changed a bit. The mouth is stretched more when fully open, looking less like a simple pie chart.
- A bug fix when checking for a high score (this was done in 1.1).
- Training mode was added for my younger sibling. You get an extra life, no score is kept, sometimes you get lucky and don't die.
- Although hitting BREAK for more information is not longer mentioned on the title screen, it still works in 1.3.

Title: Pac-Dude

Author: Brian O'Neill

Publisher: Shareware release

Released: 1990

Requires: Color Computer 3 only, 128K RAM, joystick, disk only.

Download PACDUDE_13_WITH_SOURCE.zip. This contains the .DSK image for Pac-Dude, both the game itself and the source code for version 1.3. LOADM"PACDUDE" and EXEC to run.

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