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Pac & Pal / Pac-Man & Chomp Chomp on a Super Pac-Man boardset patch
This patch allows Pac & Pal or Pac-Man & Chomp Chomp to run properly on a Super Pac-Man boardset. Pac & Pal runs on the same hardware as Super Pac-Man but one of the custom I/O controller chips is different so simply putting the unmodified Pac & Pal or Pac-Man & Chomp Chomp ROMs on a Super Pac-Man boardset would result in the game working but the dip switches won't be read at all so the settings would default to one life and no bonus lives and service mode would be inaccessible. A list of what ROMs need to be replaced and the dip switches are included with the patch. Modified program ROMs for both Pac & Pal and Pac-Man & Chomp Chomp are provided. The remaining game ROMs should be obtained from the usual sources.
This was playable at California Extreme in a cabinet with fantastic artwork built by Brendon Parker (Jr. Pac) - http://www.pacificarcadecompany.com/pac-man--chomp-chomp.html
Pac & Pal was released in Japan and is the sequel to Super Pac-Man. Pac-Man & Chomp Chomp was intended to be the North American localization of the game with the Pal character (Miru) replaced by Chomp Chomp the dog from the Pac-Man cartoon. It was reportedly field tested in a Chicago area arcade but for reasons unknown it never had an official release here.
P.S. If anyone figures out patterns for the bonus stages then please let me know. It seems like where Miru/Chomp Chomp and Blinky are hidden are deterministic but I haven't figured out what this is based upon yet.
This patch allows Pac & Pal or Pac-Man & Chomp Chomp to run properly on a Super Pac-Man boardset. Pac & Pal runs on the same hardware as Super Pac-Man but one of the custom I/O controller chips is different so simply putting the unmodified Pac & Pal or Pac-Man & Chomp Chomp ROMs on a Super Pac-Man boardset would result in the game working but the dip switches won't be read at all so the settings would default to one life and no bonus lives and service mode would be inaccessible. A list of what ROMs need to be replaced and the dip switches are included with the patch. Modified program ROMs for both Pac & Pal and Pac-Man & Chomp Chomp are provided. The remaining game ROMs should be obtained from the usual sources.
This was playable at California Extreme in a cabinet with fantastic artwork built by Brendon Parker (Jr. Pac) - http://www.pacificarcadecompany.com/pac-man--chomp-chomp.html
Pac & Pal was released in Japan and is the sequel to Super Pac-Man. Pac-Man & Chomp Chomp was intended to be the North American localization of the game with the Pal character (Miru) replaced by Chomp Chomp the dog from the Pac-Man cartoon. It was reportedly field tested in a Chicago area arcade but for reasons unknown it never had an official release here.
P.S. If anyone figures out patterns for the bonus stages then please let me know. It seems like where Miru/Chomp Chomp and Blinky are hidden are deterministic but I haven't figured out what this is based upon yet.

