Hack NES / Famicom

Ms. Pac-Land

Rani Baker redraws Namco's NES Ms. Pac-Man with new graphics and mazes, and opens up its hidden debug features.

What it is

Ms. Pac-Land is an overhaul by Rani Baker of the Namco version of Ms. Pac-Man for the NES (not the Tengen one). It was released as a final patch in 2022.

What's new

  • New graphics and redrawn mazes throughout
  • Level select on the title screen, and an invincibility start by holding B
  • In-game tricks: change the maze brightness while paused, skip ahead by setting the remaining dots to three, or make the ghosts turn around
  • A soft reset with Start + Select, pausable cutscenes and a hidden debug menu

Playing it

The IPS patch from the itch.io page (pay what you want) is applied to your own copy of the Namco NES Ms. Pac-Man.

#graphics overhaul #new mazes