Caterpillar Pacman Hack

Arcade Video game published 44 years ago:

Caterpillar (c) 1981 Phi.

This game is a hack of "Hangly Man", itself a "Pac-Man" hack.

You are a little caterpillar, trying to eat enough to grow into a butterfly. Four spiders are crawling around, trying to catch you to eat. Keep running, and even you may live to eat spiders (thanks to energizers).

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Namco (@ 96 Khz)

Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 288 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.61 Hz
Palettesize : 32

Players : 2
Control : Joystick 4-way
Buttons : 1

- TRIVIA -

The four spiders are named Harry (red), Sabina (pink), Charlotte (cyan), and Webster (orange).

The second part of the first intermission shows the caterpillar having grown into a large butterfly as it chases a scared Harry off the screen.

- SCORING -

Dots : 20 points.
Energizers : 50 points.
Spiders : 225, 450, 900, 1800 points.
Cherry : 300 points.
Strawberry : 600 points.
Orange : 800 points.
Apple : 900 points.
Pineapple : 2000 points.
Galaxian : 4000 points.
Bell : 6000 points.
Key : 9000 points.

- CONTRIBUTE -

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