Namco PuckMan
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 Namco PuckMan
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| Manufacturer: | Namco |
| Alternate Names: | Any other names the console has. Acronyms, prototype names etc |
| Announced: | 1979 as PuckMan (JPN) |
| Release date: | JP: date/month in text/1979 NA: date/month in text/year EU: date/month in text/year AU: date/month in text/year |
| Initial Price: | JP: ? NA: ? EU: ? AU: ? |
| Discontinued: | date discontinued |
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Description of Hardware
Originally designed for the Japanese market with the game PuckMan, the hardware has been primarily used for clones of this famous maze game.
Hardware Specifications
- Main processor: Zilog Z80 (8-bit) running at 3Mhz
- Sound: custom Namco.
Hardware Revisions
Games
- Ali Baba and 40 Thieves
- Big Bucks
- Crush Roller
- Dream Shopper
- Driving Force
- Eight Ball Action
- Eyes
- Gorkans
- Ghost Muncher
- Hangly-Man
- Jump Shot
- Lizard Wizard
- Mr. TNT
- Ms. Pac-Man
- MTV Rock-N-Roll Trivia
- Pac-Man
- Pac-Man Plus
- Ponpoko
- Porky
- PuckMan
- Shoot the Bull
- The Glob
- Van Van Car
- Woodpecker
Peripherals
Emulation
Known to be emulated in MAME since version 0.1.
Trivia
- Work began based on an original idea for game in 1977 by Toru Iwatani, inspried by a Pizza which was missing a slice. The original game and idea became PuckMan.
