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  • Learn How to Chomp Like a Champ with Pac-Man

    Learn How to Chomp Like a Champ with Pac-Man

    Reading Time: 8 minutes

    Summary

    • Pac-Man regales his first-hand experience chomping Ghosts and competing to be the last Pac standing.
    • Learn from Pac-Man’s experience of running through multiple mazes and using power items to turn the tables to become a Chomp Champ!
    • Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs is available today for Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One.

    Hey, I’m Pac-Man! Maybe you’ve heard of me? I’m always running around the maze and chomping everything in sight — sometimes I even go exploring bigger worlds! But one thing that hasn’t changed is my hunger for dots, fruit, cereal, pasta – you name it! You may have seen me in action, but my recent dance moves have made my appetite even more insatiable. So much that maybe a single maze won’t be enough for me!

    That’s one of the reasons I’m so excited about the 64-maze action happening now in my latest game, Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs. I’m not sure how many dots that is per match – but believe me when I say, it’s a tasty buffet of competitive fun! Waka waka! It’s 64 players per match in an eating competition across many connected mazes to see which Pac can not only chomp the most dots, fruit, and Ghosts – but also survive long enough to be the last Pac standing!

    Allow me to recap for you one of my more recent adventures within my latest game…

    PAC-MAN Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs Screenshot

    For starters, I kicked things off in the Classic-themed maze — it reminds me of my roots and allows me to focus on warming up. I intended to keep it vanilla and go accessories-free for this match… but I couldn’t resist those radical sunglasses.

    When the match started, the Ghosts wasted no time in coming after me! I could tell there were other players in the mazes around mine, but first I wanted to rack up some points by chomping Ghosts. I ate a Power Pellet and chomped Blinky, then Clyde. On my way to catch Pinky, a Dazer power item emerged from the Warp Tunnel and I held it to use later. Just before I could chomp Pinky, another PAC entered my maze and ate one of my Power Pellets… and Pinky! Then they came after me. I took some tight corners, but they stayed close. But, they didn’t know about my Dazer! In a flash the other player was stunned, and I continued through a Mega Tunnel to another maze, leaving everyone behind. Power up and push forward, as I always say!  

    PAC-MAN Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs Screenshot

    The next maze I entered had a spacey Galaga theme, I love space! Three players were already here just finishing up the dots, so the maze refreshed, setting all four of us to the Ready-point. We started chomping and raced to the first Power Pellet! The other three went left, but I went right. One Pac used a Speedy power item to reach the Power Pellet first before instantly chomping the other two! Meanwhile, I camped at a Power Pellet on the right side and waited for the other Pac’s energizer to wear-off. Then I ate the Power Pellet, took the Warp Tunnel to the other side where I surprised the other player with some chomping time! Then a fruit caught my attention! Winning does taste sweet!

    PAC-MAN Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs Screenshot

    Later, I partied-up with friends, but I had to remind them that even though we’re dropping into the same match together, it’s still every Pac for themselves! Before the match we wanted to take a fun group screenshot, so we all selected accessories that made us look like a rock band! Maybe our band name would be the Waka-Stars?

    Our party queued for the same match together. I chomped from maze to maze, chomping Ghosts, dodging other Pacs, and barely escaping a maze that glitched-out! Then I found my pals in a candy-themed maze. Mmm, candy! I recognized them from their accessories! But as I said before: it was every player for themselves! I don’t want to embarrass my pals by telling who got chomped, but I will say that my rank went up after this match.

    PAC-MAN Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs Screenshot

    I kept playing after my friends dropped off; I was hungry! This time, I changed my look with some fun 3D specs! With my natural talent and a little luck, I found myself in the final four of the match… and I was holding a Shield power item. When one of the other players thought they could chomp me, the Shield was my defense! Then I learned the Shield can be used to push Pacs and Ghosts across the maze! The other players were so confused that the Ghosts caught them all and I became the last Pac standing! Waka waka!

    PAC-MAN Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs Screenshot

    Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs is my latest outing in chomping fun, and I couldn’t help dancing to the game’s catchy new music. Hmm, this might give me some new dance video ideas! In the meantime, I hope to see you in game! Stay hungry, friends!

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    PAC-MAN Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs – Deluxe Edition

    Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc.

    10

    $29.99

    The Deluxe Edition includes:
    • PAC-MAN Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs
    • Lunar Animals PAC
    – 12 bodies: Mouse, Cow, Tiger, Bunny, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig
    – 1 maze: Lunar
    • Namco Pals PAC
    – 2 bodies: Fyger, The Prince
    – 2 faces: Pooka’s Goggles, Pooka’s Goggles – Rare
    – 2 heads: Klonoa, Dig Dug Helmet
    – 3 mazes: Dig Dug, Mr. Driller, Galaga
    – 6 icons: PAC-MAN 3D, Inky 3D, Blinky 3D, Pinky 3D, Clyde 3D, Frightened Ghost 3D PAC-MAN Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs is an online-only PAC-MAN eating competition! Eat your way through multiple interconnected mazes using Power Pellets and a variety of Power Items to chomp the GHOSTS and opponent PAC-MAN players! Be the last PAC standing at the end of each match in this 64-player Battle Royale to be the Chomp Champ! • EAT TO COMPETE
    The only PAC-MAN Battle Royale with cross platform play! • CONSUME ALL
    Eat everything in your maze! Then tunnel to other PAC-MAN players’ mazes and munch even more for the high score! • PAC-MAN À LA MODES
    Elimination Mode features arcade style action against players of any rank where you earn Tokens to trade for cosmetics. Ranked Mode features serious competition against players of similar ranking where you earn Rank XP to place on the leaderboards! • MISSIONS ADD META
    Fulfill specific conditions during the match for a score boost! • TRUE PAC VS. PAC ACTION
    Munch Dots and Fruit, then eat a Power Pellet to chomp the GHOSTS… and even chomp other PAC-MAN! • POWER TO THE PACS
    Power Items add to the action with shields, speed, and more to give you the upper hand against the GHOSTS as well as other PAC-MAN players! Some Power Items help PAC-MAN, but others help the GHOSTS! • ELIMINATING MAZES
    Beware of flashing mazes as they drop out one by one during each match! Escape before they’re eliminated! • PERSONALIZE YOUR PAC
    With a fun variety of body, head, and face cosmetics you can stand out from the pack with your own style! • GET YOUR PACS TOGETHER
    Add players to your Friend list, track friends’ progress, spectate friends’ plays, and even invite them to play in the same match as you! • PLAY OR SPECTATE
    Spectate ongoing matches from the general player-base or observe your friends’ skills. Elimination Mode spectators can even vote on what Power Items will be released to the players! • BE THE CHOMP CHAMP!
    Out-maneuver, out-last, and out-PAC to be the last PAC standing against 63 other PAC-MAN opponents! *In addition to this edition, a Standard Edition is also available. Please be careful not to purchase the same content twice.
    *This product is a multiplayer game that is played mainly through online matches between players. The only mode that allows single play is the tutorial.

    Xbox Live

    PAC-MAN Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs

    Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc.

    10

    $19.99

    PAC-MAN Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs is an online-only PAC-MAN eating competition! Eat your way through multiple interconnected mazes using Power Pellets and a variety of Power Items to chomp the GHOSTS and opponent PAC-MAN players! Be the last PAC standing at the end of each match in this 64-player Battle Royale to be the Chomp Champ! • EAT TO COMPETE
    The only PAC-MAN Battle Royale with cross platform play! • CONSUME ALL
    Eat everything in your maze! Then tunnel to other PAC-MAN players’ mazes and munch even more for the high score! • PAC-MAN À LA MODES
    Elimination Mode features arcade style action against players of any rank where you earn Tokens to trade for cosmetics. Ranked Mode features serious competition against players of similar ranking where you earn Rank XP to place on the leaderboards! • MISSIONS ADD META
    Fulfill specific conditions during the match for a score boost! • TRUE PAC VS. PAC ACTION
    Munch Dots and Fruit, then eat a Power Pellet to chomp the GHOSTS… and even chomp other PAC-MAN! • POWER TO THE PACS
    Power Items add to the action with shields, speed, and more to give you the upper hand against the GHOSTS as well as other PAC-MAN players! Some Power Items help PAC-MAN, but others help the GHOSTS! • ELIMINATING MAZES
    Beware of flashing mazes as they drop out one by one during each match! Escape before they’re eliminated! • PERSONALIZE YOUR PAC
    With a fun variety of body, head, and face cosmetics you can stand out from the pack with your own style! • GET YOUR PACS TOGETHER
    Add players to your Friend list, track friends’ progress, spectate friends’ plays, and even invite them to play in the same match as you! • PLAY OR SPECTATE
    Spectate ongoing matches from the general player-base or observe your friends’ skills. Elimination Mode spectators can even vote on what Power Items will be released to the players! • BE THE CHOMP CHAMP!
    Out-maneuver, out-last, and out-PAC to be the last PAC standing against 63 other PAC-MAN opponents! *In addition to this edition, a Deluxe Edition is also available. Please be careful not to purchase the same content twice.
    *This product is a multiplayer game that is played mainly through online matches between players. The only mode that allows single play is the tutorial.

    Website: LINK

  • A temperature-sensing Pac-Man/Ghost LED matrix for retro gamers

    A temperature-sensing Pac-Man/Ghost LED matrix for retro gamers

    Reading Time: 2 minutes

    Arduino TeamJuly 14th, 2022

    Instructables users Monserrath Velasco and Santiago Guerra have created an LED matrix that not only features classic Pac-Man characters, but also shows the current ambient temperature by coding it as the Ghost’s color which ranges from blue (cold) to red (hot).

    The matrix itself was fashioned out of several WS2812B LED strips, which contain a total of 71 individually-addressable LEDs. After soldering them together using some wire and gluing them to a cardboard backing, the team connected the strip to an Arduino Uno along with a BME280 environmental sensing module. The final component was a single momentary pushbutton switch that gives users the option to change between the Ghost  and Pac-Man figures.

    With the hardware now assembled, Velasco and Guerra then moved onto the next step of constructing a small enclosure. This process involved slotting strips of cardboard into a matrix configuration and covering the entire thing in white translucent paper in order to diffuse the light. Buil;ding the housing required cutting small notches into another square of cardboard, attaching four side panels to each edge, and then placing the matrix onto the front face.

    After loading the code into the Arduino, it was finally time to see the illuminated sprites in all of their glory. Pressing the side button begins the Pac-Man animation, while subsequent presses cause the matrix to switch to displaying the temperature-sensitive Ghost. You can read more about this project here on Instructables.

    Website: LINK

  • Play Pacman and Donkey Kong on world’s smallest Arcade!

    Play Pacman and Donkey Kong on world’s smallest Arcade!

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    The tiny emulator has been created by Adafruit, a New York-based open-source hardware company, and can be seen playing Pacman in a video produced by the firm. The developers built the arcade machine with relatively few parts and it was completed over a morning of ‚hacking‘.

    „The idea came about while discussing a gaming „bonnet“ – a small accessory board precisely fitted to the Raspberry Pi Zero form-factor — which would include a few basic controls and a tiny monochrome OLED display,“ the company says in a blog post.

    The device has been built with a Raspberry Pi Zero, an OLED screen, a small amplifier, and a „few assorted odds and ends“, which are used to control.

    Unfortunately for gamers, it will take a little while to build and needs some technical knowledge. Adafruit also says the machine was „only marginally fun to play“ and a „lot of trouble to build“.

  • Speedpainting – PacMan Ghost drawing by Marcello Barenghi

    Speedpainting – PacMan Ghost drawing by Marcello Barenghi

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    This is not the only thing Marcello can do, have a look at this amzing video to:

    How I draw an empty potato chips bag

     

    Official Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i25Mm9bbsWE

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGER8pJ_lWo