dinsdag 7 oktober 2014

why is 3333360 the maximum score in pac-man

http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/185772/why-is-3333360-the-maximum-score-in-pac-man i always wanted to know that! The Pacman Museum has an article about getting 3333360 Points. And here's a video of some guy doing level 255 and 256, with important information regarding level 256. Level 1 through 255 Eating dots: There are 240 regular dots per level, worth 10 points each, Netting 2400 points per level. Additionally, eating the four energizer dots gives you another 200 points. -> 255 x 2600 = 663000 Eating "fruit": There is one edible object per level that only appears for a certain amount of time, twice per level. Depending on the type of fruit, which in turn depends on the level you are playing, you get a different amount of points. In total, you get -> 2 x (100 + 300 + 2 x 500 + 2 x 700 + 2 x 1000 + 2 x 2000 + 2 x 3000 + 244 x 5000) = 2459600 Eating Ghosts: Eating a ghost in the same energizer period gives you 200 points, and double that for every additional ghost you eat (400, 800 and 1600 for the 2nd through 4th ghost, respectively). You can do this 4 times per level, but only up to level 16, and on level 18, since the ghosts don't blink in level 17 and 19+ -> 4 x 3000 x 17 = 204000 Adding these numbers yields 3326600, just 6760 points short of perfect. Level 256 This odd number can be gotten in the glitched-out level 256. Visible Dots: As you can see, a bit more than half of the screen is missing, which means you can only get 112 normal and 2 energizer dots. -> 1220 Single Fruit: Due to the glitched screen, you can only get the key (the "fruit") once -> 5000 Glitched Dots: There are 9 normal dots in the glitched out region that reappear every time you die. At 5 extra lives, you can get them 6 times -> 6 x 90 = 540 Grand Total (663000 + 1220 + 540 (dots)) + (2459600 + 5000 (fruit)) + (204000 (ghosts)) = 3333360