Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga - Class Of 1981

Ms. Pac-Man is back and she has brought Galaga along with her! In this two-in-one arcade game, you can play either of these legendary classics. New to this version is the ability to continue on Ms. Pac-Man.

There are 1P and 2P Start buttons for both games. After the machine has been credited, you simply press the start button of the game you would like to play.

For Ms. Pac-Man, eat all the dots on each level and avoid the ghosts. For Galaga, shoot the aliens, dodge their attacks and try to get perfects on the challenge stages for higher scores.

To play the original Pac-Man on this machine, move the joystick in this order on the "Press Start Button" that appears after you insert your coins: up, up, up, down, down, down, left, right, left, right, left. If done correctly, you should hear a sound, and Ms. Pac-Man will change color. Press the Ms. Pac-Man start button, and you will be able to play Pac-Man.

BUG: A bug exist in both Galaga and Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga - Class of '81 that allows a player to play during the Galaga demo screen and even reset the game. The demos are the same for both Galaga and Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga - Class of '81, and the bug works the same way, but the result is a little different between the two Galagas.

During the Galaga demo, the Galaga character comes down and tries to tractor-beam up the player's ship. As soon as that trackor-beam starts, the player can take control of the ship in the demo. The player has two choices here and this will effect how the game handles this bug:

- If the player allows themself to be captured, the demo will continue as normal and they have the option of controlling the player ship or not. The player can choose whether to save their captured ship, try to complete the level, etc. The demo mode will complete after 30 or so seconds and the high-score screen will appear.

- If the player takes control of the ship and destroys the Galaga with the tractor beam, they will be able to continue playing until the "normal" demo would have completed. At this point the game will do one of two things depending on whether the player is on an original Galaga or the Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga - Class of '81:

* Galaga - Some of the charactors on the screen will freeze while others are still moving and doing what they are suppose to be doing. This will last 15-20 seconds, then the game will go to the high score screen.

* Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga - The game will make a loud buzz sound, blank the screen and then show a diagnostics screen with the version # of the games, a RAM and ROM test, etc. This screen will stay for 10 or so seconds before returning to the high score screen. If someone needs to know the version of software on their boardset, this can be a handy way of finding out without opening the cabinet.

The cabinet features 'split' artwork: Ms. Pac-Man on the left side and Galaga artwork on the right.

The title of this game makes it seem as the two games are "meeting" each other after 20 years at a high school reunion. Indeed, an advertisement for this game feature faux yearbook clippings, naming Ms. Pac-Man "Most Popular" and "Most Likely to Succeed" and Galaga "Most Valuable Player" and "Class Space Case."