Lady Pac (C64) by LC-Games

Lady Pac is a homage to Ms. Pac-Man, an arcade game published by Midway in 1982.
Main differences from the original version:

• Procedurally generated mazes
• Bonus rounds

The game runs perfectly on both PAL and NTSC models of the Commodore 64.

Gameplay #

The gameplay is very similar to that of Pac-Man. The player earns points by eating pellets while having to avoid contact with the ghosts in order not to lose a life. Eating an energizer (or “power pellet”) causes the ghosts to turn blue, allowing them to be eaten for extra points. Bonus fruits can be eaten to increase the score, three times per round. As the player progresses through the rounds, the ghosts’ speed increases, and energizers generally reduce the duration of the ghosts’ vulnerability.

At 10000 points and then every 50000 points, the player earns an extra life, for a maximum of 7 lives.

Options #

There are 4 difficulty levels to choose from: Easy, Normal, Hard, Expert.

You can choose whether to start a game with 3, 4 or 5 lives.

You can choose whether to face 4 or 5 ghosts.

On PAL models, you can choose to play the game at native PAL speed (slightly slower than the original arcade game) or at NTSC speed (matching the speed of the original arcade game).

Controls #

Joystick lever
Move Lady Pac
F7Pause
F1Stop game and return to title screen
F1Reset ranking (while the top scores are displayed)

Joystick in port 2.

History #

Version 1.0

Version 1.1

• On NTSC models, a slight slowdown could occur every few seconds.
• The pellet eaten sound effect is now less loud.

Version 1.2

• Replaced the pellet eaten sound effect.

Version 1.3

Version 1.4

• Added the extra life sound effect.
• There are now four separate score rankings, one for each difficulty level.
• The score rankings can now be reset.
• You can now use the joystick to enter a top score name.

Version 1.5

• During gameplay, the high score always showed the Easy difficulty top score.

Version 1.6

• Rarely, the random number generator could produce an incorrect sequence.

Version 1.7

• The maximum number of extra lives expected could be exceeded.

Version 1.8

• There are now separate score rankings based on the game options you choose.

Version 1.9

• Now, on PAL models, you have the option to play the game at NTSC speed, which matches the speed of the original arcade game.
• Added the Options menu, where you can also save the settings.
• Fixed an issue with entering a top score name using the joystick.