Games Nintendo GAME BOY ADVANCE PAC MAN PINBALL User Manual

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GETTING STARTED 4

CONTROLS 5

GAME CONTROLS 6

STARTING THE GAME 7

THE STORY 8

PLAYING THE GAME 10

CREDITS 17

CONTENTS

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1. Switch the Nintendo

®

Game Boy®Advance system OFF. Never insert

or remove a Game Pak while the Game Boy®Advance is ON.

2. Insert the PAC-MAN PINBALL™ Advance Game Pak into the slot on

the Game Boy®Advance. Press firmly to ensure the Game Pak is
correctly inserted.

3. Switch the Game Boy®Advance ON. The Title Screen should appear.
If the Title Screen fails to appear, return to step 1.

4. Press START to enter the Main Menu.

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GETTING STARTED CONTROLS

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Press START on the Title Screen. Select START GAME
from the Main Menu, then press the A Button to
confirm your selection. Press Right, Left, Up or Down on
the +Control Pad to highlight the table you wish to play on,
then press the A Button to load the table.

MAIN MENU

START GAME = Starts a new game of PAC-MAN PINBALL™ Advance.
TUTORIAL = Learn how to play the game.
OPTIONS = Turn sound effects and music on/off.
CREDITS = View the names of the people who created the game.

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GAME CONTROLS STARTING THE GAME

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Professor Pac is very excited to try out his new invention
tomorrow, the Pac-Finder! The Pac-Finder is a huge
machine that can locate any resident of Pac-Land in all of
Pac-World, and instantly transport them to the Pac-Finder.
Late at night, Professor Pac goes to sleep.

Pac-Man wakes up early in the morning, unable to sleep
any longer because he’s so excited to see the Pac-Finder
activated for the first time. Something seems odd…
Pac-Land seems strangely quiet. All of the Pac-Land residents
have disappeared!

Pac-Man finds a note scribbled in bad handwriting on the
door to his house:

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THE STORY

Dear Pac-Man,

We have taken all the residents

of Pac-Land and you’ll never see

them again!

Sincerely,

Blinky, Pinky (XOXO), Inky,&Clyde

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THE TABLE

ITEM POINT VALUE DESCRIPTION / RULE

Pac-Dots 10 Collect Pac-Dots and trade them in at

Professor Pac’s house for a reward.

Power Pellet 50 Eat a Power Pellet to activate Ghost Chase

Mode, then gobble those Ghosts for extra
points!

Target N/A Hit a target to make a Power Pellet appear.

Professor Pac’s Home N/A The Professor has built a scale model

of his house and placed it inside
of the Pac-Finder.

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THE GOAL

PAC-MAN PINBALL™ Advance allows the player to approach pinball

how they desire. You may try to rescue the 8 kidnapped residents of
Pac-Land, or play purely to achieve your highest score possible.

GAME OVER

The game ends when Pac-Man loses all of his lives. If all 8 residents are
rescued, the game will start over but you will retain your high score and
the number of remaining lives.

THE HUD

1. Balls/Lives remaining

2. Pac-Dots collected/
current score

3. Digital display (appears when

special events occur)

4. Pac-Man Spinner meter

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PLAYING THE GAME

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THE TABLE CONTINUED...

ITEM POINT VALUE DESCRIPTION / RULE

Pooka 5 A creature that lives in the ground. They act

as traditional pinball bumpers.

P-A-C-M-A-N Letters N/A The letters to spell Pac-Man’s name are

displayed on the surface of the table. Light
up the letters to earn bonus points. To light
the letters, activate all 3 switches located
directly above the Pooka’s.

– If all the letters are lite up, Pac-Man

receives a x4 bonus, which multiplies every
point he earns until he loose his actual life.

Pac-Man Spinner 10 Opens the door of Professor

(per rotation) Pac’s house.

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THE TABLE CONTINUED...

ITEM POINT VALUE DESCRIPTION / RULE

Helivator N/A A platform that raises Pac-Man up to a

higher location on the table and drops
him into a ramp.

Fruit Various There are 8 types of Fruit. Fruit appears on

(see chart) the table each time Pac-Man rides on

the ramp. The fruit will change whenever
Pac-Man rides the ramp 4 times.

Ghosts Various The Ghosts wish to cause general mischief.

(see chart)

While they begin every level in the Ghost
Home, they quickly move to the bottom of
the table once the B’doing (ball saver) is no
longer available and wait patiently for
Pac-Man to fall.

Ball saver 0 Ball savers are like a trampoline that Pac-Man

will bounce off when he hits it.

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PLAYING THE GAME Continued...

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HOW TO COMPLETE A LEVEL

To complete a level, Pac-Man must activate the Pac-Pad.

1. Knock down the three targets. Pac-Man only has 30
seconds to complete step 2 before the targets reset.

2. While the targets are down, open the door to Professor Pac’s house
by making the Pac-Man Spinner rotate enough times to fill up the
meter. The targets will remain down if the door is opened within
the time limit. Pac-Man now only has 30 seconds to complete step 3.

3. Knock Pac-Man into Professor Pac’s house. The kidnapped resident will
appear, and the resident will begin walking toward the door to
Professor Pac’s house while being chased by a Ghost. Ms. Pac-Man will
appear and help Pac-Man chase down the Ghost (multiball).

4. A Power Pellet should appear. Munch the Power Pellet then
gobble the Ghost before it catches up with the running resident.

If Pac-Man fails to rescue the resident after this sequence of
events, the targets are reset and the sequence of events must
be reproduced again.

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POINTS

Pinball is all about improving your skill to earn the maximum number of
points; PAC-MAN PINBALL™ Advance is no different.

ITEM POINTS DESCRIPTION

Pooka (Bumper) 5
Slingshot Bumper 5
Pac-Dot 10
Pac-Man Spinner 10 per rotation
Power Pellet 50

Ghosts 1st Ghost 200

2nd consecutive Ghost 400
3rd consecutive Ghost 800
4th consecutive Ghost 1600

Fruit Cherry 200 Level 1 – Chomp Chomp

Strawberry 300 Level 2 – Super Pac-Man
Peach 500 Level 3 – Pac-Ranger
Apple 700 Level 4 – Sue
Grapes 1000 Level 5 – Handy Pac
Galaxian 2000 Level 6 – Pac-Man Jr.
Bell 3000 Level 7 – Fisher Pac
Key 5000 Level 8 – Professor Pac

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PLAYING THE GAME Continued...

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PROFESSOR PAC’S HOUSE

If the door to Professor Pac’s house is open, Pac-Man can enter and
trade in Pac-Dots collected to activate certain events on the table.

PROFESSOR PAC’S HOUSE PAC-DOT COST DESCRIPTION

Activate Power Pellet Dispenser 30 An extra Power Pellet will appear

for 10 seconds.

Activate Fruit 20 An extra Fruit will appear for

20 seconds.

Ms. Pac-Man 40 Ms. Pac-Man will appear for

multiball play.
Activate Ball Saver 50 Lasts for 30 seconds.
From 3 to 1 75 A shell game with Pac-Man.
Escape from maze 100 Help Pac-Man out of the maze.
Activate x4 Bonus Round 300 All points are multiplied by 4 for

20 seconds.
Extra Ball 500 An extra ball to use.

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PLAYING THE GAME Continued... CREDITS

NAMCO HOMETEK INC.

BUSINESS UNIT DIRECTOR

Jeff Lujan

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Robert Ennis

PRODUCER

Philip Cohen

SENIOR MARKETING MANAGER

Ross Borden

PR MANAGER

Mika Kelly

SENIOR OPERATIONS MANAGER

Jennifer Tersigni

QA & CUSTOMER SERVICE
MANAGER

Glen A. Cureton

QA SUPERVISOR

Daryle Tumacder

QA LEAD

Gene Bang

QA TESTERS

Merwin Del Rosario
Chris Simpson
Brandon Voytoski
Justin Mateo
Justin Lockshaw
Matthew Bragg
Jason Chan
David Miller

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

Nobuhiro Kasahara
Robert Ennis
Garry Cole
Yoshi Niki
Yoko Nakao
Ross Borden

Brian “The Wolf” Schorr
Hideki Yoshimoto
Lee Hsiao
Andreea Enache
Mark Brown
David Robinson
Peter Cesario
Benjamin Cole
Jaba & Otto
Buddy & Sable

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

Tom Usher Designs

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DSI GAMES

VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT

Paul Tresise

DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

Gareth Luke

HUMANSOFT INC.

CEO

Gabor K. Kadas

LEAD PROGRAMMER

Szilard Peteri

PROGRAMMERS

Andrew Bartha
Andras Albel
Marton "Makkmarci"
Szucs
Laszlo Czigledszki

GRAPHICS

Janos Der
Roberth Toth
Peter Dobes

MUSIC

Andras Kover

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

Eniko Toth
Aron Grecz
Timea Helt
Eva Hoksari
Julia Sorban
Ciompo

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CREDITS Continued... NOTES

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available from 9am-5pm Monday-Friday Pacific Time.

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