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− | PC-Man lived with his family, in the tranquil | + | PC-Man lived with his family, in the tranquil forests of PC-Land. Of course a PC game is no game if nothing happens. But this day there was quite a lot of fuss. |
− | One day, | + | One day, PC-Man win by a neck, but when he came home from his five-members lie fl turn. |
− | The others | + | The others stood open-mouthed, looking at the flower vase. Naturally enough PC-Man was undeterred and immediately asked what was going on, to which his family said: |
"This bottle is a Dungeon-spirit, which has 5 PCs to 5 different areas, you did. PC, can you help us to pin, PLEASE." | "This bottle is a Dungeon-spirit, which has 5 PCs to 5 different areas, you did. PC, can you help us to pin, PLEASE." |
Revision as of 20:49, 21 September 2010
Release type: Freeware
Release date: 1998
Levels: 5
Author: Erwin Bergervoet
Related games: Pac
There’s nothing strange about cloning Pac-Man. It’s probably one of the five most significant videogames ever made. Its appearance changed the whole face of the game industry. Without it we wouldn’t have Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros., or the aspiration-based design that the whole industry has been based on since 1985. What’s strange is, instead of going to the source, cloning someone else’s half-assed clone of Pac-Man.
If anything, Bergervoet’s game is probably better than Pac. Strange and slightly creepy as it might be, he put more work into designing original environments and hazards. Rather like Glubada Pond, Pac was just a study on Game-Maker’s goal structures; that game was trying to see how a pre-Miyamoto design style would work in a very specific post-Keen design environment.
As it turned out, not that well. To move on to the next level, the player has to cash in all accumulated dots at a door in the center of the level. To prevent any consumed dots from carrying over after death, the game had to give the player just one life -- a boring and frustrating compromise all around.
Bergervoet in turn copied the game's tricks almost to the letter, down to the weeping Pac at death. Then he threw in scary interstitial screens, positing PC-Men in all manner of guises and professions.
So that was kind of weird.
Contents
Story
PC-Man lived with his family, in the tranquil forests of PC-Land. Of course a PC game is no game if nothing happens. But this day there was quite a lot of fuss.
One day, PC-Man win by a neck, but when he came home from his five-members lie fl turn.
The others stood open-mouthed, looking at the flower vase. Naturally enough PC-Man was undeterred and immediately asked what was going on, to which his family said:
"This bottle is a Dungeon-spirit, which has 5 PCs to 5 different areas, you did. PC, can you help us to pin, PLEASE."
"Okay," PC-Man replied, "but where do I begin? Well, I suppose at the beginning. That would be in the desert where Cowboy PC vanished. Then on to the cemetery, to seek out Vampire PC one way or another."
Good luck!
Instructions
- Left - Go left
- Right - Go right
- Up - Go up
- Down - Go down
- F1 Help
- F2 Status
- F3 Sound On \ Off
- F4 Music On \ Off
- F5 Save Game
- F6 Load Game
- F10 About Game Maker
Credits
Programmed and graphic designed by Erwin Bergervoet.
Assistance: Vincent Bergervoet
Voting: His will expire
Test Team
- Jos Bergervoet
- Vincent Bergervoet
- Eric Large
- Roel Kuiper
- and Saskia
Created by Multigames.
Thanks to Game-Maker(tm).
Links
Downloads
- PC-Man's World (750.0 kB)