CPMS
Coleco PacMan Simulator
Version 0.21
July 1999
Bryce Foreman (jazzman@cattron.com)



Whats New In Version 0.21
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Added Eat & Run Game
Added sound to extra life at 10,000 points
Fixed bug in Demo mode causing game to hang when surrounded by ghosts
Fixed bug causing ghosts to blink when starting new game from demo mode
Slightly increased the difficulty in Skill 1
Changed siren sound to start again after first ghost is eaten
Fixed a couple of other minor bugs



What This Is
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This is a Coleco TableTop PacMan simulator written in Visual Basic 5.0.
I have tried to simulate the graphics and gameplay as closely as possible,
however it is by no means perfect. This program is free and may be
distributed freely. Do not modify this software. This program has no
guarantee or warranty. Use it at your own risk.



What Is Simulated
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PacMan Game
Demo Mode
Eat & Run Game



What Is Not Simulated (Maybe in the future)
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Head To Head PacMan Game



Recommended System Requirements
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Pentium II 233mhz or higher
16MB RAM
Windows 9x
Sound Card
16 Bit Color Graphics


Controls
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F1              = About CPMS
F2              = Set Animation Delay
F3		= Set Skill Level (1 or 2)
F4		= Show/Hide Graphics Window
Right Arrow     = Right                 	= Start PacMan
Left Arrow      = Left
Up Arrow        = Up				= Start Eat & Run
Down Arrow      = Down				= Start Demo



Animation Delay
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The default animation delay is 350 milliseconds. The maximum is 1000 and
the minimum is 100. The actual speed of the original game seems to be
around 350, but you may get choppy sound on a slower machine. Try a higher
number if this occurs.



Skill Level
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The skill select changes the difficulty of the game. Skill 1 is "easy" and
skill 2 is "hard". You can change the skill in the middle of a game with
CPMS, however you could not on the original unit.



Information
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All .WAV files must be in a \WAV subdirectory.
PLAYWAVE.EXE required in program directory.
Requires MSVBVM50.DLL to run.



Thanks To
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Jeff Cunningham (bluesbro@cattron.com)(For some technical assistance)



Greetings To
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Dave from Daves Classics (www.davesclassics.com)
Clint Dyer "The Handheld Man"
Mike Garrett
Doug Slade
Jim Hall
Theodore P. Stake III (Wherever you are)
Jason Willy (Wherever you are)



Still Wanted! (I Need These!)
-----------------------------

Coleco PacMan TableTop
Coleco Donkey Kong TableTop
Coleco Galaxian TableTop
Coleco Frogger TableTop
Coleco Ms. PacMan TableTop
Coleco Donkey Kong Jr. TableTop
Coleco Zaxxon TableTop
Parker Bros. Q*Bert TableTop
Tomy PacMan
Entex Defender
Entex Space Invaders
Entex PacMan 2
Entex Galaxian 2



EMail
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(jazzman@cattron.com)