Baby Pac-Man

Infobox Pinball | title = Baby Pac-Man


manufacturer = Bally/Midway
system = Bally/Midway MPU AS-2518-133
designer = Designer: Claude Fernandez
Artwork: Margaret Hudson
release = October 1982
production = 7,000 units

"Baby Pac-Man" is an arcade pinball/video game hybrid made by Bally Midway in 1982. Upon inserting a coin, the game begins its typical maze-style play like in the original "Pac-Man", but upon entering an escape tunnel, a pinball is launched below on the main playfield where the player can gain extra points. The monsters are noted for being extremely aggressive, fast, and unpredictable, frequently breaking the rules of movement established in Namco's official "Pac-Man" games. Also, the game initially starts off with no energizers: the player is forced to earn them in the pinball portion of the game, making "Baby Pac-Man" notoriously difficult despite its infant hero.

Description from the arcade flyer:

:"Mr. and Mrs. Pac-Man beam with pride as Baby Pac-Man follows in his parents' dot-chomping footsteps. A video game with a great pinball feature, Baby Pac-Man leads you where neither video nor pin has gone before.

:"Game action begins with the ever-popular Pac-Man maze where Pac-Baby happily munches away on white dots. However there are no helpful energizers to help you fight against the deadly monsters. Make your escape to the pinball playfield and enhance your video action by earning energizers, tunnel speed-up, and valuable fruits.

External links

*KLOV game|id=6987
*StrategyWiki
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* [http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=125 The Internet Pinball Database Presents "Baby Pac-Man"]