Pop Quiz: Name this Pac Man

[hsstie]

Here is some pics, I've looked in my mame and in klov can't match it up.



I thought it was a pirate copy till i looked at the pcb, it says midway mfg under that dust:





Sorry bout the blurry pics, my camera isn't the best.

[WareWolF]

Probably just a hacked rom installed as an "upgrade" on a Midway board. 
Some operator probably put it in because he thought the original game was too easy.

[bigh4th]

I saw that one at the RIR auction and thought the same thing.  Also thought the buy it now price was insane for a bootleg and walked away.

So did you end up getting it?  If so (and you don't mind me asking), what did it go for?

I really wanted the hogans alley machine, but the owner wouldn't sell it on friday.  I read it went for $35 the next day, but i dunno if it was bought back or not.

-Harry

[Pac-Fan]

Dump the eproms from row 5 and 6 and then run the images through Widel's latest RomIdent file and you should find a match. If not, you have something rare (worth something.. thats another story, as clearly it is just a 'prom hack). Someone will be interested I'm sure.

Also you could check Jerkys and the other guys who do / catalog all of the pac-hacks and see if you spot something there. There are over 100 pac hacks out there.

You can also check with Widel or Mike (the 96-in-1 guys) and see if they recognize it. Good luck.

And before someone guesses, no, it's not Hangly Man.. that has round medians all over the center. No round ones on this screenshot anywhere.

[hsstie]

Yea i picked it up at RIR.
I ended up paying 495 for it at the buy it now part of the show. ( Wasn't around for the auction part ) knowing it had issues. I looked in the cab and made sure it had the mfg name on the pcb before i bought it so it wasnt a 48 in 1 or simialr bootleg.

Clearly, i could have done better ,depending on how long i wanted to wait for another one but looking at what it would have cost me to get another pacman cabinet with originial pcb with shipping i could have done alot worse also. It plays fine, just a bit fast, and the board is odd...but hey its fun (isn't that the important part ?)   All my friends that played it so far are not complaining 

The cabinet didnt have any coin mechs, found a small sign in the coin box that said "out of order wont take money".
I put in some coin mechs i had and works fine. Needs a new coin door lock no biggie, monitor bezel missing also no big deal there eithier. Only other issue i really have is there is some wavyness at the right side of the monitor and its somewhat discolored in this area also. If you look close on right hand side of the pic in the middle you can see it. From what i've read a cap kit may fix this, or it may be just a matter of degaussing ( i swear i didnt see this there when i bought it ....so hoping for some degaussing luck ).
There are a few things i am looking at doing in the future to it as upgrades, such as led marquee light, new orange t-molding and sideart. But they are not really critical before i put it on site, which is why i bought it.
Sideart may be quite a while only place i can find it's over 200 bucks.

[hsstie]

You were right pac-fan its wasn't hangly man...it was puck man.




where's best place to get the original roms? How many chips do i need?

 

[zorg]

You were right pac-fan its wasn't hangly man...it was puck man.

where's best place to get the original roms? How many chips do i need?

hey, knowing that Pacman is the Puckman bootleg  midway changed the name for obscure reason from puck to Pac

maybee you have one of the first PacMan produced board. 

[hsstie]

The inside of the cab is dusty enuf to be one of the first ones lol. If anyone wants the roms i'd gladly trade for a set of regular maze roms that is normally in pac man. Its cool but I want the original maze in the machine.

 

[clok]

The name was changed from Puckman (if i rember right) becuase of vandels. The P could be changed to a F with some scratching. As for that version of Pacman, it was in several arcades (at least in my neck of the woods) in about 82-84ish. it was in original machines and was (again a guess) a upgrade/addon pack of some kind. I used to go to Arcades in about a 200 mile radius from my home and almost all Pacmans where upgraded (hacked?) to that version in my area (North Dakota) . It was the first pacman machine i ever got any good at. it had only the one maze (in the piucture) but some stages the Maze was invisble. It had patterns just like regualr Pacman (not the same ones due to the extra exits).
I prefer it to Reg Pacman myslef.

I would be interested to know if its in mame, guess i will have to look 

[RayB]

Although Puck Man was the original japanese name for the game, a bootleg WAS made that was also called Puck Man.

[zorg]

Although Puck Man was the original japanese name for the game, a bootleg WAS made that was also called Puck Man.

so funny a bootleg of a bootleg 

I have to puckman boards, but none is an namco one.

[Level42]

Although Puck Man was the original japanese name for the game, a bootleg WAS made that was also called Puck Man.

I have to puckman boards, but none is an namco one.

Do you have pictures Zorg ? Does one of them look like this ?:

[zorg]

nop any of the 2 board I have looks similar to this one, I'll post some pics later (when twins will be quiet for 5 minutes )

I have seen once on the japanese yahoo auction  a real NAMCO puckman board, but far far more expensive that I'm willing to pay. I'll try to locate the pic and post it too.

regards

[zorg]

pics of the boards


first board double layer board

layer one

[zorg]

layer 2

[zorg]

second board, single layered