History Pinball / BabyPacMan

* BlueWithShock: The ghosts, whenever you ate a power pellet.
* CanonImmigrant: As with ''Mrs'', ''Jr.'', and ''Professor'', Baby later joined the series' official canon. The game itself, on the other hand, did not.

* AscendedFanon: As with ''Mrs'', ''Jr.'', and ''Professor'', Baby later joined the series' official canon. The game itself, on the other hand, is not.

* SpellingBonus: Earning a power pellet requires spelling PAC-MAN for each one. The left loop spells FRUITS to raise the bonus fruit available, and the right loop spells TUNNEL to make Baby Pac-Man move faster through the warp tunnel.

* FanRemake: [[GameMod Game Mods]] of other ''Pac-Man'' games exist that replace the map(s) with those from ''Baby Pac-Man'', completely omitting the pinball portion and becoming significantly easier due to the less brutal Ghost AI and starting off with a full stock of power Pellets.

[[caption-width-right:250:''VideoGame/{{Pac-Man}}''[='=]s forgotten progeny.]]

''Baby Pac-Man'' is a ''VideoGame/{{Pac-Man}}'' arcade game designed by Claude Fernandez and released by [[Creator/MidwayGames Bally]] in 1982. It is best known for being one of two {{Pinball}}[=/=]VideoGame hybrids developed by Bally (''Granny and the Gators'' was the other). Instead of a regular [[PhysicalPinballTable pinball machine]], the game shipped in an arcade cabinet, with a video screen on top with a smaller-sized table beneath.

* CharacterTitle

* NintendoHard: This is the hardest ''Pac-Man'' game ever, and with good reason. The ghost just hunt Baby Pac-Man down instead of following a fixed pattern. The table itself is smaller than an average pinball table, making it very easy to drain the ball. Added to the fact that the only way to earn power pellets is to play the pinball portion.

* SpinoffBabies: Though different in how it's usually done since Baby Pac-Man is a completely separate character.

* SpinoffBabies
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* NostalgiaLevel: The first maze is very reminiscent of the maze from the original VideoGame/PacMan.

* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: This is the hardest ''Pac-Man'' game ever, and with good reason.
* EarlyGameHell
* InvincibilityPowerUp: Power pellets, of course.
* MazeGame
* NintendoHard: And HOW!
* [[PinballSpinoff Pinball Spin]][[SpinoffBabies off Babies]]

Like other ''Pac-Man'' titles, the game starts off with Baby Pac-Man in a maze with four ghosts; unlike other titles, there are ''no power pellets'' available. When the player moves Baby Pac-Man into one of two chutes at the bottom of the maze, the gameplay switches over to the pinball table. Doing well at pinball rewards the player with power pellets, higher-scoring fruit, faster movement through the warp tunnel, and extra lives. The gameplay would return to the screen if the player shot the ball into a saucer or drained it, but draining would close the vertical chutes to lock Baby Pac-Man out of the pinball table. There were three mazes available, but most players found it [[NintendoHard hard to finish even the first one.]]

* PinballSpinoff

''Baby Pac-Man'' is a ''VideoGame/{{Pac-Man}}'' arcade game designed by Claude Fernandez and released by [[Creator/MidwayGames Bally]] in 1982. It is best known for as one of two VideoGame[=/=]{{Pinball}} hybrids developed by Bally (''Granny and the Gators'' being the other). Instead of a regular [[PhysicalPinballTable pinball machine]], the game shipped in an arcade cabinet, with a video screen on top with a smaller-sized table beneath.

''Baby Pac-Man'' is a ''VideoGame/{{Pac-Man}}'' arcade game designed by Claude Fernandez and released by [[Creator/MidwayGames Bally]] in 1982. It is best known for as one of two VideoGame[=/=]{{Pinball}} hybrids developed by Bally (''Granny and the Gators'' being the other). Instead of a [[PhysicalPinballTable pinball machine]], the game shipped in a conventional arcade cabinet, with a video screen on top with a smaller-sized pinball table beneath.

Like other ''Pac-Man'' titles, the game starts off with Baby Pac-Man in a maze with four ghosts; unlike other titles, there are ''no power pellets'' available. When the player moves Baby Pac-Man into one of two chutes at the bottom of the maze, the gameplay switches over to the pinball table. Doing well on the pinball table rewards the player with power pellets, higher-scoring fruit, faster movement through the warp tunnel, and extra lives. The gameplay would return to the screen if the player shot the ball into a saucer or drained it, but draining would close the vertical chutes to prevent Baby Pac-Man from returning to the pinball table. There were three mazes available, but most players found it [[NintendoHard hard to finish even the first one.]]

By most accounts, ''Baby Pac-Man'' is the hardest ''Pac-Man'' game ever made. Not only does the player start off with no offensive capabilities, but earning just one power pellet requires hitting a single target six times. Skillful pinball playing helped ease things along, but the small size of the pinball table made it fairly easily to drain the ball. Yet by far the most frustrating aspect of the game is the disregard for the rules of ghost movement established in earlier ''Pac-Man'' titles -- the ghosts are more aggressive than in the other ''Pac''-games, with the red ghost moving significantly faster than the player does, and ''all'' of the ghosts can reverse direction at any time.

Like other ''Pac-Man'' titles, the game starts off with Baby Pac-Man in a maze with four ghosts; unlike other titles, there are ''no power pellets'' available. When the player moved Baby Pac-Man into one of two chutes at the bottom of the maze, the gameplay switches over to the pinball table. Doing well on the pinball table rewards the player with power pellets, higher-scoring fruit, faster movement through the warp tunnel, and extra lives. The gameplay would return to the screen if the player shot the ball into a saucer or drained it, but draining would close the vertical chutes to prevent Baby Pac-Man from returning to the pinball table. There were three mazes available, but most players found it [[NintendoHard hard to finish even the first one.]]

By most accounts, ''Baby Pac-Man'' is the hardest ''Pac-Man'' game ever made. Not only does the player start off with no offensive capabilities, but earning one power pellet required hitting a single target six times. Skillful pinball playing helped ease things along, but the small size of the pinball table made drains fairly easily. By far, the most frustrating aspect of the game is the disregard for the rules of ghost movement in earlier ''Pac-Man'' titles -- the ghosts are more aggressive than in the other ''Pac''-games, with the red ghost moving significantly faster than the player does, and ''all'' of the ghosts can reverse direction at any time.

Like other ''Pac-Man'' titles, the game starts off with Baby Pac-Man in a maze with four ghosts; the one critical difference, however, is that the maze has ''no power pellets'' available. When the player moved Baby Pac-Man into one of two chutes at the bottom of the maze, the gameplay switches over to the pinball table. Doing well on the pinball table rewards the player with power pellets, higher-scoring fruit, faster movement through the warp tunnel, and extra lives. The gameplay would return to the screen if the player shot the ball into a saucer or drained it, but draining would close the vertical chutes to prevent Baby Pac-Man from returning to the pinball table. There were three mazes available, but most players found it [[NintendoHard hard to finish even the first one.]]

By most accounts, ''Baby Pac-Man'' is the hardest ''Pac-Man'' game ever made. Not only does the player start off with no offensive capabilities, but earning one power pellet required hitting a single target six times. Skillful pinball playing helped ease things along, but the small size of the pinball table made drains fairly easily. By far, the most frustrating aspect of the game is the disregard for the rules of ghost movement in earlier Pac-games -- they are more aggressive than in the other ''Pac''-games, with the red ghost moving ''faster'' than the player can, and ''all'' of the ghosts can reverse direction at any time.

[[caption-width-right:250:''VideoGame/PacMan''[='=]s forgotten progeny.]]

''Baby Pac-Man'' is a ''VideoGame/PacMan'' arcade game designed by Claude Fernandez and released by [[Creator/MidwayGames Bally]] in 1982. It is best known for as one of two VideoGame[=/=]{{Pinball}} hybrids developed by Bally (''Granny and the Gators'' being the other). Instead of a [[PhysicalPinballTable pinball machine]], the game shipped in a conventional arcade cabinet, with a video screen on top with a smaller-sized pinball table beneath.

* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: ''Baby Pac-Man'' is considered the hardest ''Pac-Man'' game ever, and with good reason.

[[caption-width-right:250:The forgotten progeny of the ''VideoGame/PacMan'' series.]]

By all accounts, ''Baby Pac-Man'' is considered the hardest ''Pac-Man'' game ever made. Not only does the player start off with no offensive capabilities, but earning one power pellet required hitting a single target six times. Skillful pinball playing helped ease things along, but the small size of the pinball table made drains fairly easily. By far, the most frustrating aspect of the game is the disregard for the rules of ghost movement in earlier Pac-games -- they are more aggressive than in the other ''Pac''-games, with the red ghost moving ''faster'' than the player can, and ''all'' of the ghosts can reverse direction at any time.

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