Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga - Class Of 1981

Manufacturer: Namco
Year: 2000
Class: Wide Release
Genre: Other
Type: Videogame

Monitor:

Orientation: Vertical
Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
CRT: Color

Conversion Class: unique
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Alternating
Control Panel Layout: Single Player
Controls:

Joystick: 4-way (up, down, left, right)
Buttons: 1 [fire]

Sound: Amplified Stereo (two channel)

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Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga - Class Of 1981 Control Panel Image

Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga - Class Of 1981 Description

The classics are back! This is Namco's rerelease of both these legendary games as one dedicated machine.

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Cabinet Information

The cabinet features 'split' artwork: Ms. Pac-Man on the left side and Galaga artwork on the right.

Cheats, Tricks and Bugs

To play the original Pac-Man on this machine, move the joystick in this order on the "Press Start Button" that appears after you insert your coins: up, up, up, down, down, down, left, right, left, right, left. If done correctly, you should hear a sound, and Ms. Pac-Man will change color. Press the Ms. Pac-Man start button, and you will be able to play Pac-Man.

BUG: A bug exist in both Galaga and Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga - Class of '81 that allows a player to play during the Galaga demo screen and even reset the game. The demos are the same for both Galaga and Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga - Class of '81, and the bug works the same way, but the result is a little different between the two Galagas.

During the Galaga demo, the Galaga character comes down and tries to tractor-beam up the player's ship. As soon as that trackor-beam starts, the player can take control of the ship in the demo. The player has two choices here and this will effect how the game handles this bug:

- If the player allows themself to be captured, the demo will continue as normal and they have the option of controlling the player ship or not. The player can choose whether to save their captured ship, try to complete the level, etc. The demo mode will complete after 30 or so seconds and the high-score screen will appear.

- If the player takes control of the ship and destroys the Galaga with the tractor beam, they will be able to continue playing until the "normal" demo would have completed. At this point the game will do one of two things depending on whether the player is on an original Galaga or the Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga - Class of '81:

* Galaga - Some of the charactors on the screen will freeze while others are still moving and doing what they are suppose to be doing. This will last 15-20 seconds, then the game will go to the high score screen.

* Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga - The game will make a loud buzz sound, blank the screen and then show a diagnostics screen with the version # of the games, a RAM and ROM test, etc. This screen will stay for 10 or so seconds before returning to the high score screen. If someone needs to know the version of software on their boardset, this can be a handy way of finding out without opening the cabinet.

Game Introduction

Ms. Pac-Man is back and she has brought Galaga along with her! In this two-in-one arcade game, you can play either of these legendary classics. New to this version is the ability to continue on Ms. Pac-Man.

There are 1P and 2P Start buttons for both games. After the machine has been credited, you simply press the start button of the game you would like to play.

Game Play

For Ms. Pac-Man, eat all the dots on each level and avoid the ghosts. For Galaga, shoot the aliens, dodge their attacks and try to get perfects on the challenge stages for higher scores.

Miscellaneous

The title of this game makes it seem as the two games are "meeting" each other after 20 years at a high school reunion. Indeed, an advertisement for this game feature faux yearbook clippings, naming Ms. Pac-Man "Most Popular" and "Most Likely to Succeed" and Galaga "Most Valuable Player" and "Class Space Case."

CAPS/VAPS Arcade Census

There are 6,488 members of the Classic Arcade Preservation Society / Video Arcade Preservation Society, 3,729 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 61,165 machines (3,629 unique titles).

Common - There are 30 known instances of this machine owned by Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga - Class Of 1981 collectors. Of these, 24 of them are original dedicated machines, 4 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 2 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

This game ranks a 19 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Wanted - There are 5 VAPS members currently looking for Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga - Class Of 1981.

This game ranks a 13 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

For Sale - There are 3 VAPS members with Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga - Class Of 1981 machines for sale. VAPS members are totally independent of VAPS and the International Arcade Museum, and we are unable to recommend, endorce, or guarantee any person or company selling games or game parts.

Rarity is NOT necessarily an indication of value. Some common games show up as very rare here because collectors don't want them even though arcade operators might be sitting on tons of them in warehouses, while some fairly scarce games are grabbed by collectors every time they show up.
Additionally, some games made in the last 5 years are still making money for operators and are thus not yet affordable to the typical collector.
In particular, since VAPS started out focusing on videogames, statistics for other types of machines should not (yet) be an indication of scarcity.
For a clue to value, look at absolute numbers of owners and potential owners above, compare a ratio of how many people want this game vs. how many people have this game (17%) and then click on the eBay links to help determine an accurate price range.

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