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Ms. Pac-Man (Tengen) (Bootleg)


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Category NES
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somehow better than the namco version.
pvzfan2992992 Jun 9, 2025, 12:48 AM
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Ah yes, Another Pac-Man game on the NES that Namco refuses to publish.
Goji54 Sep 5, 2024, 4:11 AM
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I agree with Yawackhary, not really a fan of this use of "bootleg" in game names on here as of late
125scratch Sep 5, 2024, 12:04 AM
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@BrianFanTheHedgefox For most of the NES era, Tengen were not licensed publishers/developers for Nintendo making it in their view a bootleg. Pac-Man was licensed though as it was one of their 3 games that were along with RBI Baseball and Gauntlet before Tengen decided to break the protection chip as they were frustrated by the 5 game limit. Ms. Pac-Man was released after that. (Some did get a licensed re-release such as Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, some were licensed in Japan such as KLAX and Super Sprint).

Unlicensed would be a better word to use.
Yawackhary Jun 1, 2022, 5:03 PM
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All Tengen titles are technically bootlegs since they were official Nintendo releases. However, some were licensed later on.
Ton Senior Staff Jun 1, 2022, 5:03 PM
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Tengen Ms Pac-Man is not a bootleg!
BrianFanTheHedgefox Jun 1, 2022, 3:42 PM
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