Chicago Gaming Ms Pac-Man/Galaga - Manual (Page 5)

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5. GAME PLAY
MS. PAC-MAN
The object of the game is to score as many points as you can while Ms. Pac-Man eats dots, fruit,
pretzels, energy pills and ghosts. Score 10,000 points and earn a bonus Ms. Pac-Man life.
The game starts with three Ms. Pac-Man lives, which are indicated by three Ms.Pac-Man
symbols at the lower left corner of the screen. When game play begins, Ms. Pac-Man is located
close to the center of the screen, just below the ghosts' reincarnation chamber in the center of the
maze.
Use your joystick controller to guide Ms. Pac-Man around the maze. When she passes over dots,
she gobbles them up, and you score points. If she eats all the dots on the screen, the maze flashes
momentarily, and you start playing on a new maze.
Ms. Pac-Man encounters floating fruit and pretzels while traveling around the maze. Gobble up
these munchies and you score bonus points. But watch out! Fearful ghosts scurry about trying to
gobble up Ms. Pac-Man. Her only recourse is to eat an energy pill and then go after the ghosts.
As soon as she gulps down the energy pill, the ghosts turn blue with fright. You earn 200 points
for the first ghost, 400 points for the second ghost, 800 for the third ghost, and a whopping 1600
points for the fourth ghost, all on the same energy pill.
Unfortunately, the effects of the energy pills are short-lived, so you'll have to move fast. After
the ghosts are gobbled up, their eyes head back to the chamber in the center of the screen for
reincarnation. If you don't gobble up the ghosts, they start to blink just before they turn back to
their original colors.
HINTS FOR SURVIVAL
Practice clearing the maze of dots before trying to gobble up the ghosts.
Stay close to an energy pill before eating it, and tease the ghosts into moving toward you. When
the ghosts get close, eat the energy pill and gobble up as many ghosts as you can.
Use the openings in the maze as escape tunnels. Move to either side to quickly evade the ghosts.
Don't forget, different mazes have different tunnels.
GALAGA
Score - The player gets points by defeating the "Galaga". Points scored vary depending on the
type of attacks and the condition of the enemy. It may be in the waiting position, an offensive
mode, or flying in formation.
Galaga - It takes two hits for the player to destroy the boss Galaga. Among the many other
"Galagas" is one special hidden "Galaga" which changes shape and can split into many pieces.
Destroy all of the transformed Galaga and gain 1,000 - 3,000 additional bonus points!
Challenging Stage -The player has a chance to obtain bonus points every third stage. A total of
nine different "Galaga" appear on the screen, and they all fly in unexpected directions. If you
destroy all of them, 10,000 perfect score bonus points will be added to your score.