The VIC-20 has more advanced video hardware that can display a full screen of unique tiles, and even turn individual pixels on or off. The Atari 2600's closest equivalent to make a full screen of pixels or dots are those wide "wafers".
@@onidensetsu3721 If I remember correctly, the Atari 2600 port of Pac-man was a prototype that Atari published to have something for the Christmas season. It could have looked, sound, and run better if the programmer of the port was given more time to work out a final product.
Atarisoft (the home computer division of Atari) made this one. The official Japanese Pac-Man for VIC-20 is a lot better. Made by HAL Laboratory, it was briefly released as "Jelly Monsters" overseas but quickly withdrawn once Atari's lawyers threatened, as they had the rights in the rest of the world.
@@8_Bit I played jelly monsters at a friend's house back in the early eighties , it was very impressive , even had the flashing ghosts when they changed colour and I believe the ghosts were actually transparent. I persuaded my brother to get it and he loved it too. In fact I bet he's still got it boxed , probably worth a fair bit.
Nicely played. This tiny maze sure is crowded with 4 ghosts.
My earliest memory of video games was pac man and frogger on the Vic 20 that my parents had in the 80’s
How does the VIC 20 display dots for Pac Man to eat, but the Atari 2600 has "video wafers" on all versions of Pac Man and Ms Pac Man?
Thats a great question.
Was 2600 Pac Man made on a Friday?
@@onidensetsu3721 - It was made in a rush with only 2K of RAM for the programmer! Could have been a Saturday on Saturn for all we know.
The VIC-20 has more advanced video hardware that can display a full screen of unique tiles, and even turn individual pixels on or off. The Atari 2600's closest equivalent to make a full screen of pixels or dots are those wide "wafers".
@@onidensetsu3721 If I remember correctly, the Atari 2600 port of Pac-man was a prototype that Atari published to have something for the Christmas season. It could have looked, sound, and run better if the programmer of the port was given more time to work out a final product.
A decent version , who produced it ?
Atarisoft (the home computer division of Atari) made this one. The official Japanese Pac-Man for VIC-20 is a lot better. Made by HAL Laboratory, it was briefly released as "Jelly Monsters" overseas but quickly withdrawn once Atari's lawyers threatened, as they had the rights in the rest of the world.
@@8_Bit I played jelly monsters at a friend's house back in the early eighties , it was very impressive , even had the flashing ghosts when they changed colour and I believe the ghosts were actually transparent. I persuaded my brother to get it and he loved it too. In fact I bet he's still got it boxed , probably worth a fair bit.
Ill buy it if he wants to sell it@@covidenslavement8918
my favorite