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Pak Pak Monster	eat them all maze	1981	specs screenshots machines company oc_id source label value year of release 1981 label value companies Epoch label value type game label value media cartridge label value systems Epoch Cassette Vision label value number of players 1 player title subtitle text image let's start the first level null title subtitle text image you must eat all the crosses null title subtitle text image when you eat a cross it changes color null title subtitle text image only an orange cross can be definately eaten null title subtitle text image question mark bonuses randomly appear in the maze null title subtitle text image this one was worth 400 points null title subtitle text image pass over the big pill to eat the monsters null title subtitle text image you've eaten the two monsters! null title subtitle text image null title subtitle text image another question mark bonus! null title subtitle text image only one cross left null title subtitle text image well done, level 1 completed null title subtitle text image let's start level 2 null title subtitle text image blocks color is different null title subtitle text image you've been caught null title subtitle text image level 3 - blocks are invisible null title subtitle text image null title subtitle text image only one life left null title subtitle text image level 3 completed null title subtitle text image level 4 null title subtitle text image game over null title subtitle text image box inlay null title subtitle text image box inlay null title subtitle text image box - edge null title subtitle text image box - back null title subtitle text image box inlay - back null title subtitle text image cartridge null title subtitle text image documentation null title subtitle text image documentation (verso) null /museum/epoch-cassette-vision /companies/epoch 665 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20220521093903/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?id=665 2022-05-21

Pak Pak Monster is undoubtly a Pac-Man clone. But here programmers have changed enough game principles to avoid the lawsuit.

There is only one maze, if one can call this a maze, as it's more like 8 big blocks scattered around a central cross (from where the monsters regenerate themselves).

The main goal is still the same: control your pac-man to eat all the dots (7 small crosses in fact) placed around the maze. Avoid being caught by the monsters (only 2 of them), which are vulnerable for a few seconds after you eat the big pill at the top left of the screen.

In fact, when you eat a cross, it doesn't disappear instantly, it only changes color following this order: green -> purple -> orange. Only when you eat an orange cross will it be eaten for good and dissapear. Of course you can't pass over and over on the same cross. You have to eat another cross before coming back to the first one. This principle cleverly requires the player to move all around the maze constantly. Same rule apply for the special pill.

As in the original game, bonuses sometimes appear in the maze for a limited time (symbolised by a big question mark). Catch them for better score.

Speed of the monsters increases with the levels and on the third level, maze blocks are invisible!

Pak Pak Monster is an original adaptation of the Pac-Man arcade hit. It is well adjusted to the Cassette Vision limited features. However, the main drawback was how the controls are used on the console. The Cassette Vision has no up/down button or joystick, resulting in a awkward way to play the game. This was solved with the Cassette Vision Jr wich includes more practical arrow keys.