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An edition of Pac-Mania (1982)

Pac-Mania

This is a tips,hints, strategies, and retrospective guide, to products centered around the video game, and character Pac-Man. It details the history of the game, various products that were branded with Pac-Man, a annalysis of the Pac-Man phenomenon, often described as Pac-Mania, not to be confused with the video game that wopuldlater be released in 1987. There is a history of solution 'Patterns' of the first game, and the patterns of Mike Weiner, and Ted Isham. There are also reviews of other products such as the pinball game, Ms. Pac-Man, the 2600 version of the first game, and hand held version of the game "Pac-Man 2", the card game, and board game. It also tries to show many of the produicts such as clothes, bedding. There are explanations about various TV shows 'Taxi', and 'Fridays', the film, "The Toy" (1982). It also featured the gameclippings of newspaper articles, and comic strips, mentioning, or showing the game. The event on April 3, 1982, "Pac-Man Day", and the legal case against the creators of the game "K.C. Munchkin". There are also trivia, a crossword puzzle, and even a articlke about the song and album, "Pac-Man Fever", however without a image of the album, or cover image to the song. This book should not be confused with the riddle and joke books with a similar name, Pac-Mania ISBN: 0523419252, and More Pac-Mania! ISBN: 0523419937, both by Haller Schwarz.

==Books in the "Editors of Consumer Guide"/Publications International Ltd. video game series, those with * * represent reprinted versions of the books listed above, usually with a different title, but with the same contents.
* The Complete Book of Video Games, {1977} ISBN: 0446844493
* How to Win at Video Games, ISBN: 0517381192 {1982, Magazine size}, ISBN: 0671458418 {1982, book size}
* How to Win at Pac-Man, ISBN: 0671453610, {1982} {Revised and Updated} ISBN: 0671460722, {Penguin Books version} ISBN: 0140065423
* How To at Win Donkey Kong, ISBN: 067145840X {1982}
* How to Win at ET, The Video Game, ISBN: 0517408414 {1982, Magazine size}, ISBN: 0440137675 {1983, Book size}
* Pac-Mania: Top Strategies For Home & Arcade Pac-Man, ISBN: 0517389150 {1982}
* How to Win at Video Games: Complete Strategies for Top Arcade Games, ISBN: 0517424703 {1983}
* How to Win at Home Video Games, ISBN: 0727018205 {1983}

==Nintendo
* Nintendo Strategies {1989} ISBN: 0517687348 {Red cover spiral bound, no "Editors of Consumer Guide" on cover.}
* * Nintendo Strategies {1989} ISBN: 0881766984 {Red cover, glue spine, with "Editors of Consumer Guide" on cover.}
* * Nintendo Strategies {White cover, standard paperback version, glued spine, no ISBN listed, and no "Editors of Consumer Guide" on cover. Cover price $4.95}
* * Strategies for Nintendo Games {Yellow cover, ISBN 0881767212 listed on title page, says "Editors of Consumer Guide" on cover, and price $12.95.}
* More Strategies for Nintendo Games {1989} {Blue cover, spiral bound, ISBN: 0517695774}
* * More Strategies for Nintendo Games {Blue cover, glued spine, no barcode}
* * 0881767743 {???}
* Winning Tips For Nintendo: Newest Game Strategies, {1990} ISBN: 1561730076.
* Winner's Guide to Nintendo, {1991} ISBN: 1561735205
* Winning at Nintendo: Hot Tips for the Coolest Games, ISBN: 0881769959
* * Hot Tips for the Coolest Nintendo Games, {1989} ISBN: 1561730068
* More Hot Tips For Nintendo, {1991} ISBN: 1561731463
* Nintendo Fun: The Book for Beginners, {1990} ISBN: 1561730971
* More Nintendo Fun: The Book for Beginners, {1991} ISBN: 1561733261
* Super Strategies For Nintendo, {1991} ISBN: 0517073307 {Hero being held at door opening cover}, ISBN: 1561733512 {Fox with gun, near field cover}, and the last with ISBN number, instead there is a barcode 07098937935002 {Two kids and cat on flying ship being shot at by missle launcher, marked on cover as "Super Strategies For Nintendo No. 2", but contains the same contents}.

==Super Nintendo
* Super Nintendo: PlayAction Strategies, ISBN: 1561738530

==Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
* Hot Tips for Sega Genesis, ISBN: 0451822811 {Signet Special}
* * Winning Tips for the Sega Genesis, ISBN: 0785304983 {Publications International, no "Editors of Consumer Guide" on cover.}

== Other 'Video Game' themed books by Publications International, without the "Editors of Consumer Guide" on cover.
* Winning Game Tips for Sonic the Hedgehog, ISBN: 0785307834
* Sonic The Hedgehog Look and Find, ISBN: 0785308490 {Hardback}
* * Sonic The Hedgehog Look and Find, ISBN: 0785311394 {Paperback}

Publish Date
Language
English
Pages
64

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Pac-Mania
1982, Beekman House, Distributed by Crown Publishers
Spiral bond in English

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Table of Contents

Introduction. 4
Pac-Man :The Game. 6
Arcade Games. 7
Pac-Man. 7
Ms. Pac-Man. 11
Mr. & Mrs. Pac-Man. 14
Bootleg Games. 16
Home Games. 18
Atari. 19
K.C. Munchkin. 24
Coleco. 28
Entex and Tomytronics. 30
Pac-Man: Products. 32
Clothing. 33
Sleepware. 36
Promotional. 38
Etc. 39
Pac-Man Fever. 41
Pac-M=in:Superstar. 42
In The Media. 44
Cartoons. 46
Political Cartoons. 48
Pac-Man Day. 50
Pac-Man & The Law. 56
Trivia. 59

Edition Notes

Published in
New York, NY
Other Titles
Consumer guide.
Copyright Date
1982

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
794.8/2
Library of Congress
GV1469.3 .P33 1982

The Physical Object

Format
Spiral bond
Pagination
64 p. :
Number of pages
64
Dimensions
27.5 x 21.5 x 0.4 centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3096581M
ISBN 10
0517389150
LCCN
82200777
OCLC/WorldCat
8489074
Library Thing
5882590
Goodreads
2040138

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June 6, 2020 Edited by TearyEyesAnderson removed ISBN: 0874552834, wasn't part of series
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