Originally posted by einstein95
Interestingly enough, at the start of the data (0x800) there's "Programed by HUGIE/ひゅぎぃ". Fair amount of debug text at 0x178E too.
No programmer credit in Galaga, but it has more debug text. Same with Rally-X, New Rally-X, Pole Position and Toy Pop although that one seems similar to Pac-Man.
Bosconian has "1981 1995 NAMCO LTD. Reprogrammed by Chikara YOSHIDA." at 0x800 and some debug text.
I'm not sure about the HUGIE credit, and exactly what he did. Keep in mind that Pac-Man can be set to two different modes: one for normal play, and another where you flip the television sideways so you can play at the original arcade ratio. Maybe it had something to do with that? But then again, maybe that's not why he got credit, since Galaga can also be set to the original ratio too and nobody got credit for that.
Also, as for "debug text", you miiight be referring to text that shows up in the accessible boot-up menus for each game, which can be enabled from the dipswitch menu and then accessed by simply starting the game. The text for these looks incredibly similar to a debug menu, since that's pretty much what they are. I'll have to look and see what you're talking about specifically when I get the chance, though.
Originally posted by BMF54123
The PSX version, on the other hand, is probably an enhanced emulator of sorts, running the original Z80 program code for the game logic and new code for video and sound.
From what I can gather, you're most likely right. The audio for every game in the compilation are recorded versions stored in a PSX format and are easily extracted with the likes of PSound, and the graphics are also stored in a PSX format extractable by PSicture. Meanwhile, einstein95 mentioned that "it's just a compiled PSX EXE file for Pac-Man," so you're probably right about what you said.
Also, if I can diverge for a phat minute, there's been this oddity in the game's lobby that has been bugging me since about 1996, and now I'm finally able to figure out why it looks so weird. Take a look at the beer behind the counter:
It seems as if the texture is displayed incorrectly. Here is it when extracted.
Up until I actually got to see the texture itself, I actually thought those jugs of wine were little cakes topped with cherries.
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