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Dan@Flyer Fever
Early video game flyer collector
Reged: 12/16/03
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Re: Flyer Fever 2023-04-08
04/10/23 02:15 PM
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> Fantastic ! I never knew Pac-Man was marketed as Snapper, so is there a prototype out
> there with Snapper as the title ? There has to be as why would they make a flyer for
> it as Puck-Man was already on sale by that time. I hope someone knows if it exists.

Yes, I hope so too.

After searching for Puck Man and Snapper, the story goes in an unexpected direction. Apparently a clone of Pac-Man was developed for BBC Micro by Acornsoft in 1982.

Namco of course went after them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snapper_(video_game)
http://bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=14
http://bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=2474






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* Flyer Fever 2023-04-08 Dan@Flyer Fever 04/08/23 06:01 PM
. * Re: Flyer Fever 2023-04-08 gregf  05/13/23 11:16 PM
. * Re: Flyer Fever 2023-04-08 Dan@Flyer Fever  05/16/23 01:44 AM
. * Re: Flyer Fever 2023-04-08 gregf  05/22/23 06:53 AM
. * Re: Flyer Fever 2023-04-08 Dan@Flyer Fever  05/22/23 06:37 PM
. * Re: Flyer Fever 2023-04-08 gregf  05/22/23 08:39 PM
. * Re: Flyer Fever 2023-04-08 agard  04/14/23 11:44 AM
. * Re: Flyer Fever 2023-04-08 agard  04/08/23 08:29 PM
. * Re: Flyer Fever 2023-04-08 Dan@Flyer Fever  04/10/23 02:15 PM
. * Re: Flyer Fever 2023-04-08 Osso1  04/08/23 06:28 PM

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