Munch Man is a puzzle developed by Texas Instruments Incorporated, released 1 February 1982 on Texas Instruments TI-99.
What Munch Man is
Munch Man is a puzzle game developed by Texas Instruments Incorporated and released in 1982. It is available on Texas Instruments TI-99 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Munch Man is a video game written by Jim Dramis for the Texas Instruments TI-99/4A home computer and published as a cartridge by Texas Instruments in 1982. Based on Namco's Pac-Man, Munch Man includes several variations that alter and enhance gameplay. Dramis later wrote Parsec for the TI-99/4A. The player controls the Munch Man using either the keyboard or joystick. Like Pac-Man, the goal of a level is to visit every part of the maze, but instead of eating dots the player fills the maze with a chain pattern. Four Hoonos (the equivalent of Pac-Man ghosts) attempt to thwart Munch Man's efforts to complete his mission. However, Munch Man always has his "Energizer" (the equivalent of a Pac-Man…
How it plays
Its themes are action.
What it launched against
Munch Man launched on 1 February 1982, within three weeks of Ms. Pac-Man and Dig Dug.
Released around the same time: Ms. Pac-Man, Dig Dug.
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Quick answers
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When did Munch Man come out?
Munch Man was released on 1 February 1982 for Texas Instruments TI-99.
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