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Blinky

Game : Ms. Pac-Man (Namco)

Platform : Nintendo Entertainment System

Author : Dan

Release date : 19 Oct 2006

Category : Level Editors

OS : Windows

Skill Level : Beginner

Version : 1.0

Downloads : 1759

Utility description

Blinky is a level editor for the Namco version of Ms. Pacman.

Reviews

An interesting and simple tool that could use a little workmask3rade2020-06-16Version 1.0

On the surface, Blinky seems like a very easy-to-use tool. And from the time I've spent with it, it is indeed very simplistic and understandable. I could see anyone looking to getting into hacking starting with a tool like this, as it does most of the hard work for you.

This tool allows you to edit the layout of the maze itself, as well as modify palettes; number of lives; and starting maze and score. With a small amount of patience, I was rather quickly able to throw a maze or three together and modify their appearance.

However, this tool doesn't seem to do everything. One major thing I noticed was that it does not seem to have a way to reprogram the fruit, so if you move the Warp Tunnels, the fruit will spawn but never enter the maze. I could always just be overlooking an option such as that - as I have a habit of doing so - but either way, this is but one issue in an otherwise spectacular tool that could be utilized by beginners and pros alike.