

Well chase down magic candy and run from ghostly bullies wholl tickle me to death if they catch me. And Ive got twice their energy Come play with me Well race around giant playgrounds. The Atari 5200 did not fare well commercially compared to its predecessor, the Atari 2600. While it touted superior graphics to the 2600 and Mattel’s Intellivision, the system was initially incompatible with the 2600’s expansive library of games, and some market analysts have speculated that this hurt its sales, especially since an Atari 2600 cartridge adapter had been released for the Intellivision II. Pac-Man Kidding Around with Junior I may be young, but Im no baby Im a star just like my folks, Pac-Man(TM) and Ms.

The 5200’s internal hardware is almost identical to that of Atari’s Atari 8-bit family, although software is not directly compatible between the two systems. The primary competition in the worldwide market came when the Commodore 64, with similar graphics performance, was introduced in 1982. They were sold through dedicated computer retailers and department stores, such as Sears, using an in-store demo to attract customers. One of the most popular and influential games of the 1980's, Pac-Man stars a little, yellow dot-muncher who works his way around to clear a maze of the various dots and fruit which inhabit the board.

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The Atari 8-bit computer line sold two million units during its major production run between late 1979 and mid-1985. Atari 2600: Pac-man Click here to view the manual to this game. Design of the 8-bit series of machines started at Atari as soon as the Atari Video Computer System was released in late 1977 (it was renamed to the Atari 2600 in 1982).
