Super Pac-Man

• EASTER EGG: According to programmer Landon Dyer, an Easter egg is known to exist in the latest version, as well as the 3-15-84 prototype. To trigger it, reset the game after completing a stage (while the screen is flashing yellow) and the message "4 A GOOD TIME JSR 91BD" will scroll across the bottom of the screen (picture #2 and video).  "JSR" is a programming instruction that means Jump to SubRoutine, and is the computer assembly language equivalent of "CALL", and "91BD" refers to a memory location.  According to Dyer, “91BD was supposed to do something more interesting (I dunno, maybe a shower of pacmen or ghosts or something), but I didn’t finish it up.” For more information about this, check out Don's site.  {Don Hodges}

• 3 prototype versions exist. The earliest, dated 1-26-84, has a bug that may cause some doors to remain locked (key doesn’t work). A later version, dated 3-15-84, corrects the key/door bug, but doesn’t have scrolling text on the title screen (picture #1) or the Easter egg that the latest version has (picture #2). Also, the bonus star’s appearance is based on a timer in the earlier versions; in the latest version it’s based on how much of the playfield you clear, as it is with the arcade version.

• The program will automatically detect what system it’s running on (400/800 or 5200) and configure itself for that system.