Andromeda Stardust

I wanted to ask this. Any chance the scoreboard functionality could be resurrected since the NintendoAge server is now gone? I know it never got utilized much but could be fun to mess around and post high scores in games. After my laptop bit the dust a couple years ago, I was unable to connect the AVS to the scoreboard server and actually submit scores since the desktop and gaming rig were in different rooms.

Basic Fun have some replicas with VFD emulation. The Ms Pac version is pretty awesome as well. Actually way more nostalgic than poorly programmed arm ports. I do like the VFD emulation. I still have the Donkey Kong and Mario Bros split screen Game N Watch things from my childhood. I may slip some batteries in them and play sometime. Pity Nintndo won't license Donkey Kong. I'd buy a Donkey Kong Quarter Arcade in a heart beat!

So I recently purchased a Ms Pacman Quarter Arcade cabinet from Numbskull, and am astounded by the level of care and detail going into this thing. I been on a bit of a Ms Pacman bender, reading about the history of GCC corp and how this decisively American concept usurped Pacman's Japanese parent company Namco. It appears in recent years since 2005-ish, Namco has been reluctant to license ports of Ms Pacman, and the underlying cause appears to be over the payment of royalties to GCC. So I did some Google sleuthing, coming across this curious quote from wikipedia: In 1993, Namco released their original port of Ms. Pac-Man in North America themselves, eight years after its original release in Japan. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ms._Pac-Man Well the footnote for this article references a now dead nintendoage thread, pulled from archive.org: Namco also ported Ms. Pac-Man to the Famicom in 1985; this version did not reach North America until 1993. Unlike the Tengen version, it was a straight port of the arcade game without any added features. https://web.archive.org/web/20190101100631/http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=59105 I am kind of at a loss here. Is there any factual basis that suggests Ms Pacman was ever released for Famicom in Japan? It may be plausible Namco developed something and chose to sit on it. Development appears rushed. There are a grand total of 8 levels accessible in the ROM, and another 8 beta levels accessible via Game Genie. Maybe I am grasping at straws here. What was the first official port of Ms Pacman in Japan? Did the Genesis and SNES ports (based upon the Tengen NES release) get released on the Mega Drive or Super Famicom, respectively? The game appears to be a black sheep in Japan it seems.

I have a boatload of them. It all started with the Basic Fun Pacman LCD. Then the Tiny Arcade (Super Impulse), My Arcade (NES ROMs). The cheapo units tend to be a mixed bag, containing either nes roms, or poorly programmed arm ports. Then throw in slightly larger boutique items like the Replicade Centipede and Tempest (both of which are spot on replicas and highly playable) cabs, and now Ms Pacman and Galaga Quarter Arcadea by Numbskull. The Ms Pacman has got to be the slickest thing I have ever seen. They spared no expense on the detailing. Galaga is still on preorder. Honestly despite the premium price tags, the Quarter Arcades are better IMO than the 3/4 scale 1up cabs. Absolutely gorgeous!

Alita Jean aka Andromeda Stardust. Formerly Kosmic Stardust and Stardust4ever before that.

Alita Jean here, resident retro game chick, formerly known as Kosmic Stardust. Lol! 🕹