Namco Pac-Land
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- This article is a generic description of Namco's "Pac-Land" hardware. For the specific arcade game, see Pac-LandPac-Landis an entry in the Pac-Man series of arcade video games, released into arcades by Namco, and its American distributor Bally Midway , in 1984. It was the first Namco arcade game to use the then-new arcade system later titled as Namco Pac-Land...
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The Namco 8-bit Pac-Land arcade system board was first used in 1984.
Namco Pac-Land specifications
- Main CPU : M6809
- Sound/Controls CPU : HD63701
- Sound ChipSound chipA sound chip is an integrated circuit designed to produce sound . It might be doing this through digital, analog or mixed-mode electronics...
: Custom 8 channel programmable 4-bit WSG - Video resolution : 288x224
List of Namco Pac-Land arcade games
- Pac-LandPac-Landis an entry in the Pac-Man series of arcade video games, released into arcades by Namco, and its American distributor Bally Midway , in 1984. It was the first Namco arcade game to use the then-new arcade system later titled as Namco Pac-Land...
(1984) - the first side-scrolling platformer - Dragon BusterDragon Busteris a dungeon crawl action role-playing platform arcade game that was released by Namco in 1984. It runs on Namco Pac-Land hardware, modified to support vertical scrolling. In Japan, the game was ported to the MSX and Famicom; the latter version was later released for the Virtual Console in the same...
(1984) - the first game to feature a life bar - Metro-CrossMetro-CrossMetro-Cross is an arcade game, released by Namco in 1985. It runs on Namco Pac-Land hardware , modified to support a 2048-color palette...
(1985) - BaradukeBaradukeis a scrolling shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1985. It runs on Namco Pac-Land hardware but with a video system like that used in Metro-Cross and Dragon Buster.-Gameplay:...
(1985) - Sky KidSky Kidis a horizontal scrolling shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1985. It runs on Namco Pac-Land hardware but with a video system like that used in Dragon Buster. It is also the first game from Namco to allow 2 players to play simultaneously...
(1985) - the first game from Namco to allow 2 players to play simultaneously