20 Facts About Ms Pac-Man

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Ms Pac-Man is a 1982 maze arcade game developed by General Computer Corporation and published by Midway.

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2.

Ms Pac-Man ultimately collected the same royalties on each cabinet as they had with Pac-Man.

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3.

Ms Pac-Man was acclaimed by critics for its improvements to the original gameplay and for having a female protagonist; some have described it as superior to Ms Pac-Man.

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4.

Ms Pac-Man was originally conceived as an enhancement kit for Ms Pac-Man called Crazy Otto, created by programmers employed at the General Computer Corporation.

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5.

Ms Pac-Man character has been removed from games which previously featured her.

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6.

Ms Pac-Man include all three intermission screens from the arcade game.

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7.

The Atari 2600 rendition of Ms Pac-Man was infamous for its flashing ghosts, while the 2600 port of Ms.

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8.

Ms Pac-Man move much faster which was only available in the original arcade game from a maintenance menu.

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9.

Ms Pac-Man was a free game bundled with every Xbox Live Arcade disc for the original Xbox.

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10.

Ms Pac-Man was later released on Namco Museum Volume 3; however, there is no mention of it in Namco's official archives.

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11.

Ms Pac-Man was released for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad through the App Store.

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12.

Ms Pac-Man is one of the games included on the home version of Ms Pac-Man's Arcade Party arcade machine.

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13.

Ms Pac-Man was only available if the machine was set to Free Play.

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14.

Ms Pac-Man topped the monthly RePlay upright arcade cabinet charts for much of 1982, including most months between April and December.

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15.

Ms Pac-Man topped the US RePlay cocktail arcade cabinet charts for 23 months, from February 1982 through 1983 up until February 1984.

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16.

Ms Pac-Man sold 125, 000 arcade units by 1988, grossed by 1987, and has grossed as of 1995.

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17.

Ms Pac-Man won the Videogame of the Year award at the 1983 Arcade Awards, tied with Lady Bug.

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18.

Ms Pac-Man had already appeared on the Super NES in the form of an unlockable in Ms Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures.

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19.

Ms Pac-Man, which was released in 1991, was still among the top 20 best-selling Genesis games.

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20.

Ms Pac-Man placed 5th on Time's "The 50 Best Video Games of All Time" list.

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