Pac-Man book. How to....

[Bones]

I found this while looking for something else of which I have not yet found...

[Nailz]

Very cool!  I have one called Mastering Pac-Man.  I remember using it as a kid and doing well enough that I would have to quit the game out of boredom, not from dying. 

I have noticed though that these patterns don't seem to work with Mame Pac-Man (any version).  I wonder if it's because there is something in the emulation that still isn't quite right?

Anyone else find that, or do my reflexes just suck worse than they did 20+ years ago?

[ChadTower]

I'll have to look for that one, I love those old game books.

[Bones]

I find it funny the book was written by gentleman who has a PhD in Computer Engineering. Wow!! He must have been good at Pac Man!

I can imagine walking into a bookstore in 1982 and seeing 2 Pac Man books. One is written by Joe Lunchbox and the other by a "Computer Engineer". Hmmmm... Better grab this one as that guy MUST know what he is talking about. 

[lucindrea]

heh computers took hours and hours to do anything back then , he was good at pacman because he would enter a command ... go play game , play another game , spend another quarter on the game , enter next command in computer , go play game ................

[paigeoliver]

I have had no problem getting classic patterns to work on either Puckman or Pacman. Remember you have to have speed up turned off, and most patterns aren't good until at least the apple stage.

Of course I play speed up, which requires different patterns.

[Nailz]

I have had no problem getting classic patterns to work on either Puckman or Pacman. Remember you have to have speed up turned off, and most patterns aren't good until at least the apple stage.

Of course I play speed up, which requires different patterns.

Oh, so you're saying my reflexes suck then huh?  Crap......      I'll have to practice more I guess.