Pac-Attack second rotate button

Original game : Pac-Attack

Platform : GEN

Author : bankbank

Release date : 10 May 2023

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.0

Modifications : P

Downloads : 162

ROM Information

Database match: Pac-Attack (USA)
Database: No-Intro: Genesis (v. 20210226-213851)
File/ROM SHA-1: C541DADC944882BCD3DEFE7FDE9D5CEBAFE969BA
File/ROM CRC32: 79587507

Hack description

Pac-Attack Sega Genesis second rotate button hack by bankbank in May 2023

This is a wonderful falling-block puzzle game by NAMCO, but unfortunately it only has one rotation button. The Genesis hardware obviously has support for more buttons, so it was feasible to take advantage of that and add in a second, opposite-direction rotate button.

-A button: original function
-B button: new, opposite rotation
-C button: same A button

Puzzle mode is no longer selectable in this mod, because it utilizes B to turn Pac-Man around. If you want to play the puzzle mode, just use the vanilla ROM.

Note that there are two sizes of ROM available: 1MB and 256KB. You must patch the 1MB ROM.

any questions? bank@bankbank.net

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
bankbank	Original Hacking

Reviews

Namco had some strange puzzle game decisions	r1ggles	2023-05-11	Version 1.0
While the Namco Anthology version is great and introduced the second rotate button, it's jarring to try and play other entries in the series again such as the MD/Genesis version, the SNES version or the original Cosmo Gang the Puzzle, all do the same thing for no apparent reason. Check out their Emeraldia patch as well. This fixes that issue and gives us yet another game to enjoy without having to rewire our muscle memory each time. Thanks a lot!

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