An edition of Video Masters Guide to Pac Man (1982)

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An edition of Video Masters Guide to Pac Man (1982)

Video Masters Guide to Pac Man

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This is a tips, hints, and strategy guide for the arcade video game Pac-Man. Along with the text, it has many illustrations, of the area of play with arrows showing the player which routes through the maze they should take. It details 'Scoring,' ways to escape the ghosts, and even ways to tell what speed the machine is playing, and which patterns to choose, including those for the "New Chip" release.It also tells of what will happen to the game when it reaches it's 240th key, and how the machine then malfunctions. The Co-Author was the world Champion at the time of writing the book. The last page of the book has a letter written by Tim Lee, to Bantam Books, describing Birkner's accomplishment while he was filming it. There are several different editions of this book know all with the same ISBN number, the differences come with a sticker attached to the book such as "Special Book Fair Edition," and "Special Edition," however the contents are exactly the same. This is the third, book in the Bantam 'Master' video game book series.

  • How to Master the Video Games, by Tom Hirschfeld. ISBN: 0553201646
  • How to Master Home Video Games, by Tom Hirschfeld. ISBN: 0553201956
  • The Video Master's Guide to Pac-Man, by Jim Sykora, and John Birkner. ISBN: 0553229591
  • The Video Master's Guide to Defender, by Nick Broomis. ISBN: 055322980X
  • The Video Master's Guide to Donkey Kong, by Steve Sanders. ISBN: 0553230727
  • The Video Master's Guide to Centipede, by Ron Dubren. ISBN: 0553229664
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Bantam Books
Language
English
Pages
84

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Video Masters Guide to Pac Man
April 1982, Bantam Books
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Table of Contents

Introduction. vii
Pac-Man Basics. 1
The Game Board. 2
Object of the Game. 4
Scoring. 4
Game Speeds. 6
"Stand-Up" Versus "Sit-Down" Machines. 9
Getting Ready for the Pac-Man Challenge. 10
Keys to Success. 10
Getting Comfortable. 10
Beginning the Game. 11
Using Intermissions. 11
Escaping the Monsters. 12
Learning From Others. 12
Patterns for Pac-Man Success. 14
Pattern A. 15
Pattern B. 19
Pattern C. 23
Pattern D. 26
Pattern E. 30
Pattern F. 35
Pattern G. 37
Pattern H. 43
Pattern J. 45
Pattern K. 49
Pattern L. 51
Pattern M. 53
Pattern Z. 55
Expanding Your Pac-Man Skills. 61
Developing New Patterns. 61
Tournament Play. 61
Turning the Machine Over. 62
Ninth-Key Play. 62
Beating the Machine. 62
"New Chip" Play. 64
Pattern 1. 65
Pattern 2. 70
Pattern 3. 75
Ms. Pac-Man. 81
Meet John Birkner. 83
{A letter to Bantam Books from Tim Lee}. 84
{Librarian's Note: The last page of the book is an untitled letter to Bantam Books, from Tim Lee, about the books co-author John Birkner and his accomplishment at gaining a world record high score and the machine malfunctioning at that point. This is not listed in the books 'Contents' page.}

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Format
Paperback
Number of pages
84
Dimensions
17.5 x 10.5 x 0.7 centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7821093M
ISBN 10
0553229591
ISBN 13
9780553229592
OCLC/WorldCat
8702030
Library Thing
2233292
Goodreads
2040156

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