Difference between revisions of "Pac-Man: Adventures in Time"

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Pac-Man	1983
Ms. Pac-Man (series)
Jr. Pac-Man	1988
Super Pac-Man	1989
Pac-in-Time	1995
Pac-Man: Adventures in Time	2000
Pac-Man All-Stars	2002
Pac-Man World (series)
Pac-Man Pizza Parlor	2010
Pac-Man Championship Edition (series)
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures	2013
Pac-Man Museum	2014
Arcade Game Series: Pac-Man	2016
Pac-Man 256	2016
Pac-Man Party Royale	2019
Pac-Man Museum+	2022
Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs	2024

Key points

Can be unstable depending on graphics card and processor.

Has problems running on Windows 10 and above. See "Fixing graphical glitches".

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\pac-man.exe^{[Note 1]}

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\slot#.dat^{[Note 1]}

Pac-Man: Adventures in Time graphics -setup menu.

Pac-Man: Adventures in Time advanced -setup menu.

Pac-Man: Adventures in Time sound -setup menu.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	2	Versus Labeled as Hot Seat in the menu. Dot Mania, Time Bomb, Ghost Tag
LAN play	4	Versus Labeled as Network in the menu. Can use IPX, TCP/IP, or Serial (2 player only). Use TCP/IP if you're using a standard, modern day Ethernet cable. Dot Mania, Time Bomb, Ghost Tag.
Online play	4	Versus Labeled as Internet in the menu. Requires host IP. Can use IPX, TCP/IP, or Serial (2 player only). Dot Mania, Time Bomb, Ghost Tag
Asynchronous multiplayer

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking		Require host IP address to connect to online gameplay.
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting		Must use TCP/IP. No wireless play.
Direct IP		Require host IP address to connect to online gameplay.

The game, by default, sets up the Start Menu shortcut to go to the setup window as well.

Create a new shortcut^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>.
Right click pac-man.exe and click Create a New Shortcut.
Right click the new shortcut and select Properties on the drop down menu.
In the target for the properties, add -setup a the end of the very end of the target.
Click Apply at the bottom of the properties window to save your changes.

Launching the shortcut should now lead you directly to the graphics setup menu.

DirectDraw emulation is broken in Windows 10 and later

Use a DirectDraw wrapper^[1]
Download the DirectDrawCompat wrapper Extract the contents from the `.zip` file into the game's installation folder

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7	Includes both a T&L-compatible mode and a non-T&L mode.
Software renderer

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98, 2000, ME
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 233 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	64 MB
Video card (GPU)	2 MB of VRAM DirectX 7 compatible

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

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 {{ii}} DirectDraw emulation is broken in Windows 10 and later
 {{Fixbox|description=Use a DirectDraw wrapper|ref=<ref>https://github.com/narzoul/DDrawCompat</ref>|fix=
-# Download the [https://github.com/narzoul/DDrawCompat/releases/ DirectDrawCompat] wrapper
+# Download the [https://github.com/narzoul/DDrawCompat/releases/tag/v0.2.1 DirectDrawCompat] wrapper
 # Extract the contents from the <code>.zip</code> file into the game's installation folder
 }}