Pac-Man 2 – The Arcade Games
Jan 7th, 2021
SEGAMAN, FUTURA, Double Z & BillyTime! Games
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Pac-Man 2 – The Arcade Games is a collaboration patch designed to allow you to play both Pac-Man and Genesis exclusive Pac Jr.
without the need to play the base game or use a password.
Changes:
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v1.0:
*Opening cutscene is skipped (Credit to Tony H)
*Text changes on the main menu to note both Pac-man and Pac Jr. (Credit to eskayelle/Double Z)
*Hex editing to repoint Start Game to Pac-Man (Credit to eskayelle/Double Z)
*Custom code utilized when selecting Pac Jr. to automatically load the game from the password screen! (Code by BillyTime! Games)
v1.1:
*Palette hex editing to revise title screen to look more similar to the arcade games (Credit to Futura)
*Palette hex editing to black out the password screen background (Credit to Futura)
v1.2
*Palette hex editing to black out password screen sprites and “The New Adventures” sprites (Credit to eskayelle/Double Z)
v1.3:
*Hex edits to certain LEA $00A0FF00, etc. calls to register A3 to silence password screen music (Pause Toon) and exit chime (Credit to eskayelle/Double Z)
*Extraneous password text in arcade games removed (Credit to eskayelle/Double Z)
*Hex edit to remove attract mode demos (Credit to BillyTime! Games)
*Checksum fix by eskayelle/Double Z
v1.4:
*20,000 high score fixed for Pac-Man along with high score leaderboard names and scores.
*Reduced wait time on SEGA and Namco logos.
*Pac-Man themed SEGA logo palette applied.
How to Patch:
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1.Grab a copy of Pac-Man 2 – The New Adventures (USA).md
2.Grab Floating IPS (https://rhpz.org/FLIPS)
3.Patch your rom with the corresponding IPS file
CRC-32: fe7a7ed1
SHA-1: 9ed27068b00345d04d9dd1052ba0606c172e0090
Double Z (Hacking)
Segaman (Hacking)
FUTURA
Most of the files you're about to download need to be applied to your game. Here is a list of utilities that allow you to do this:
- Online Patcher: Marc Roblero's online patcher. Works with many different file types.
- Floating IPS: NWell-known patcher for applying IPS and BPS files.
- Delta Patcher: Used to apply xDelta files.
- More Patchers
On most files, you can also press “Patch It”, to apply the patch without downloading the file.