Ms. Pac-Man
More than Pac-Man with a bow.
It was the love match of the century, Pac-Man, star of the arcade, and his leading lady, the unforgettable Ms.
Pac-Man. Now their romance continues. You guide Ms. Pac-Man through four different mazes as she gobbles up dots,
energy pills, fruit and pretzels. But watch out! The ghosts aren't far behind her. Can she escape them?
THE AUDIENCE ENTERS
Insert the MS. PAC-MAN diskette into the disk drive and boot your APPLE computer as explained in your computer
owner's guide. If you are using joystick control for the game, plug your joystick into the controller jack.
At the Options Screen, you may press K to select Keyboard Control or J to select Joystick Control. Press 1 or 2 to
select a one or two player game. Press Return to select the desired difficulty level. From the Options Screen,
press the Space Bar to begin game play During the game, CTRL-S will switch the sound off and on again; CTRL-Q will
take you back to the Options Screen. To move MS. PAC-MAN around the maze, press the A key to go up, the Z key to go
down, and the* and Ito move left and right.
THE PLOT
PAC-MAN*is in love! And what a star his sweetheart is, with her red hair ribbon and long eyelashes. Just like her
leading man, MS. PAC-MAN chomps her way through mazes as she battles four ghosts. Round and round, back and forth,
across the stage she races as she gobbles up dots, energizers and tantalizing goodies. Can she escape the marauding
ghosts? Will it be the final curtain for her? Will PAC-MAN ever see his lady love again?
THE CURTAIN RISES
MS. PAC-MAN appears at center stage. To earn her curtain call, she must eat all the dots in each maze before she is
gobbled up herself by the four ghosts.
But can she stall them? If she swallows one of the four energizers, the ghosts change into blue costumes. With only
seconds to act, she must chase them down and devour them before they change back into their everyday clothes.
As MS. PAC-MAN finishes each round, a new fruit or goodie appears on the screen, and the chase continues. Faster
and faster she runs as she turns a corner here, avoids a trap there. The ghosts aren't far behind! Quickly she
swallows an energizer, then turns back on them. But before she can bat her eyelashes, the ghosts change back and
the chase is on again.
THE PLOT THICKENS
This is one tough performance! MS. PAC-MAN must scramble through four different maze patterns. And the
mouthwatering treats that bounce across the stage try to lure her toward the ghosts.
Fortunately, she has three lives in this show But once they're gone, her performance is over — and so is the game!
But she can earn an encore. If she gets through the banana mazes, MS. PAC-MAN enters the random fruit mazes. So
hold your applause until the
final curtain.
STAGE DIRECTIONS
Here are some tips on strategy
^...Make sure MS. PAC-MAN eats the dots as quickly as she can. But don't let her take the energizers too early, or
she'll lose her only edge over the ghosts. Wait until they start to gain on her. Then she can tease them toward an
energizer before she gobbles it up and turns the chase on them.
^...Remember, each maze has escape tunnels that lead off stage and back on again and safe spots where MS. PAC-MAN
can hide. They could save her life.
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