[HN Gopher] The Pac-Man Dossier
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       The Pac-Man Dossier
        
       Author : Tomte
       Score  : 39 points
       Date   : 2021-02-14 17:43 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.gamasutra.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.gamasutra.com)
        
       | mysterydip wrote:
       | I consulted this when making a pac-man clone, and it was a great
       | resource. If you just go by what you think the game is doing from
       | playing it, you'll end up with something that "looks" like pac-
       | man but doesn't "feel" like it. All those little rules and tweaks
       | come together in an emergent way to make it special.
        
       | teddyh wrote:
       | > _In 1999, Billy Mitchell of Hollywood, Florida became the first
       | person to obtain a perfect score of 3,333,360 at Pac-Man_
       | 
       | No, he probably did not:
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNSJX1a2weo
        
         | bhickey wrote:
         | Yeah, that record is largely irrelevant. Pac Man record
         | attempts were run with three lives. TG created a new five life
         | category. The accomplishment is tantamount to being the first
         | person to win the 101m dash.
         | 
         | David Race is the definitive world champion of Pac Man, holding
         | the record for fastest perfect game. Recently he put up the
         | first perfect game on an Anniversary cabinet and he did it on
         | his first attempt.
        
         | ofrzeta wrote:
         | As far as I can see only his Donkey Kong records were disputed.
         | 
         | "on July 3, Mitchell achieved the perfect score at an arcade in
         | Laconia, New Hampshire, and set the game's world record as
         | recorded by Funspot and Twin Galaxies". So no MAME involved in
         | that one.
         | 
         | "With a camcorder supplied by Funspot bearing down over his
         | shoulder, Mitchell's every last move was taped for posterity --
         | if not, at least, for irrefutable proof of the achievement. "
         | 
         | https://www.funspotnh.com/-Articles/pc-billymitchell.htm
        
           | bhickey wrote:
           | The game was legit, but there's thin evidence that it was the
           | first.
        
       | darig wrote:
       | Billy Mitchell cheated.
        
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