Fixing Pac-Man's 256th Board - Kotaku Comments

Fixing Pac-Man's 256th Board

Fistynuts — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:28:27 MDT

@Namrepus: He did, at least according to wikipedia (must be true). However, modding the ROM is surely outside of the rules.

Fistynuts

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Purple Dave — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:21:02 MDT

@Evdor:
I've only heard of one person managing a to play a perfect game (never missed a fruit/key/whatever, got all four ghosts on every power pellet, etc.), so I'm not sure the one-up-man-ship really needed this to continue.

Purple Dave

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xbulletholes — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:34:38 MDT

little did the man know that on level 258, the ghosts acquire guns.
fuck you pac-man, fuck you.

xbulletholes

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Tei — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:57:30 MDT

Most games store data into memory cells of finite size, hence result on a finite hard limite... 128, 256,512, 1024, 2048.... so most games have a top for scores.

Tei

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gblock — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:16:36 MDT

Robotube: Assembly language.

gblock

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StrikerGold — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:49:22 MDT

Well done! Now give us the long-awaited World -2 in SMB. Time to teach those damn Cheep-Cheeps a lesson.

StrikerGold

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red — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:35:54 MDT

ive never in my life beaten the first level. i didnt even know it had more. pacman isnt a game i think of fondly.

red

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frank0127 — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:09:52 MDT

@bangbangblah: and the demand isn't still high for it to come to the VC?

frank0127

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futurebiblehero — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:35:39 MDT

"We've got a kill screen coming up, if you want to come over and watch". "We've got a kill screen". "Kill screen".

futurebiblehero

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bangbangblah — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:24:28 MDT

@B-Tizo: I doubt it. Shooters evolve too easily. I'm sure people thought GoldenEye would last forever too (but it's only been about 10 years).

Nah, gaming like Pac-Man, DK, Mario are a one-of-a-kind.

bangbangblah

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Robotube — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:12:02 MDT

This is really interesting. Does anyone know what languages were used back in the day to code games of this era?

I've always wondered that.

Robotube

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boogstar — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:58:15 MDT

@Al Bino: If you check Twin Galaxies, Billy Mitchell is in first place again. I don't know why that makes me a little sad...

[www.twingalaxies.com]

Also, Steve Wiebe even has a little videoclip on the King of Kong site saying so:

[www.billyvssteve.com]

boogstar

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DeeBG — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:37:30 MDT

Man, King of Kong just left me depressed and proved to me how dead the arcade scene really is in the US. It almost always seems like the guys at the top (even if only still in the mind of the people) can find some technicality that makes sure no "little guy" can win (and of course they also seem to have no problem using the same methods they claimed couldn't be used). It's all so political.

DeeBG

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Phoenicks — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:57:48 MDT

Records are only legit if Twin Galaxies says so.
In fact, I wouldn't go crazy about any kind of exploits achieved with the patch until Twin Galaxies makes an official ruling. *thanks "King of Kong"*

Phoenicks

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Doctor_Memory — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:52:48 MDT

Hm, donhodges.com appears to have gone kaput.

Doctor_Memory

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B-Tizo — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:29:22 MDT

@OldManGaming:

Halo

B-Tizo

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leetdood — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:28:53 MDT

@rich8606:
255 is the highest because it's 8 bits.

leetdood

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Konatsu — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:25:14 MDT

These seem like things that the average player (like myself) would probably never even see or think about. I never sat down with Pac-Man long enough to get past the first couple levels, but I'm glad there's someone looking out for those who can best me 100+ times over!

Konatsu

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Namrepus — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:23:58 MDT

Didn't Billy Mitchel offer up $100,000 to the first person to figure out how to get past board 256?

Namrepus

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rich8606 — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:14:02 MDT

@Shin-san: 255 is the highest value of RGB. that's probably why?

Anyway.. I can't even reach level 50 in Pacman, so I'm not bothered.

rich8606

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Shin-san — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:05:34 MDT

Heh. 256 being one above the very highest number for 8-bit CPUs, probably where the bug came from

Shin-san

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zdude255 — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:56:28 MDT

@Green-clad Gamer Dude: Actually, it's already been done by the same guy. [donhodges.com]

zdude255

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pillo — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:34:17 MDT

Now let him fix the RRoD (plz dont take so long)

pillo

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OldManGaming — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:18:13 MDT

I wonder in 35 years which, if any, of today's releases will still be on the radar.

OldManGaming

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tk. — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:17:44 MDT

Pretty thorough write-up of the fix there. Ugh, assembly, but at least once you know what the cause is, the bugfix is pretty simple.

tk.

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deft0k — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:00:22 MDT

So when can be expect a "rom-leak" to be shown to the public <_<

deft0k

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GarbageDonkey — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:53:39 MDT

I thought that holds and grouping only worked for Ms.Pacman, as they ghosts had personalities, and didn't follow a set pattern like they do in regular Pacman.

It's sad that both regular Pacman and Ms.Pacman crash after so long :-/

GarbageDonkey

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Thorax — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:30:22 MDT

Wait, so that wasn't intentional? I just thought the level was like that just to punish the player for being awesome enough to get that far.

And for the record, I can barely get to the fourth board.

Thorax

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Al Bino — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:30:21 MDT

How great would it be to have a second part of The King of Kong? With Wiebe and Mitchell actually squaring off in final battle?

Al Bino

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BloggyMcBlogBlog — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:25:14 MDT

@Green-clad Gamer Dude: He already did it:
[donhodges.com]

BloggyMcBlogBlog

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StealthMaster86 — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:21:38 MDT

Someone can make it to the Two hundred and fifty-sixth board....

StealthMaster86

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Cozwic — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:21:32 MDT

you lost me at A little history here. Everyman terms please???
~peace~

Cozwic

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(俗・ ) Grey Gecko — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:17:29 MDT

so that glitch is like getting to the 100th level in duck hunt?...cause im still waiting for anyone to fix that one

(俗・ ) Grey Gecko

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My name changed for an unknown reason — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:16:58 MDT

I don't think I've ever gotten past the fourth level of Pacman, so I couldn't even imagine the effort it'd take to get to 256. :(

My name changed for an unknown reason

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Green-clad Gamer Dude — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:14:57 MDT

Only a matter of time for Dokey Kong...

Green-clad Gamer Dude

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Nikral — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:13:58 MDT

Yes! I can finally beat that annoying level 256! Ohhh how I've waited for this day to come! FINALLY I can do it! Hurrah! *rolls eyes*

Nikral

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Evdor — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:13:53 MDT

In other news, Retro-gamer mortality has gone up due to exhaustion brought on by the constant need to outdo each other on the high score boards.

Starcade announces the closing of its doors, and new editions of King of Kong will now be produced with a touching eulogy at the end of its film.

Evdor