Holds in Ms. Pac-Man.

[Aswald]

Can anyone here either describe or post diagrams showing where the "holds" are in Ms. Pac-Man? The places the ghosts won't go, esp. in the first three boards? I'm really not much good at this game; maybe this would help.

Thanks in advance.

[Superman]

I never heard of this. I thought the ghosts went everywhere?

[jb143]

I thought Ms. Pacman didn't have those. Unlike Pac-Man, the ghosts in Ms. Pac-Man incorporate random movement making at least patterns impossible. I could be wrong though, I was never good at that game either.

[careerbellman]

No they are there, and I have no idea where. But I was looking over Billy Mitchells shoulder while he was playing at the CGE, and he was chilling out in a hold for long periods of time. So I know they are there. Id like to know too.

[jb143]

Well, in that case, I'd like to know as well.

[MarioMania]

Any Pics??

I would like to try it out.....

[raptor94k]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=ms.+pacman+holds

[koster]

Can anyone here either describe or post diagrams showing where the "holds" are in Ms. Pac-Man? The places the ghosts won't go, esp. in the first three boards? I'm really not much good at this game; maybe this would help.

Thanks in advance.

The Winning Edge column of the July 1983 issue of Joystick magazine describes a hiding place on the third maze layout (pear/banana level) of Ms. Pac-Man. There doesn't appear to be a hiding place for every maze layout.

[TheDomesticInstitution]

I have this book and I will provided scans of all pages pertinent, to Ms. Pacman. Stonic is right, one is on the 3rd board. Be patient, so I can properly violate international copyright laws. They'll be up soon.

[TheDomesticInstitution]

From the 1983 Book by the Editors of Consumer Guide:

How to Win At Video Games: Complete Strategies For Top Arcade Games

[boatofcar]

Cool, thanks for posting, Mr. Institution!

[TheDomesticInstitution]

Cool, thanks for posting, Mr. Institution!

No problem, sometimes I feel the need to balance out the +1's in my resume.

[Aswald]

Well, last night- twice- I managed to reach the "junior" boards, or the fourth mazes.

I've done this before, but what made this different was the fact that that, for the first time, this was more due to skill than blind luck. The holds in the third maze made it possible, although my scores are still low (I do not play for score as much as distance).

Thanks to TheDomesticInstitution for the information.

By the way- my time on these computers is very limited. I do not have much time to search for useful information on these things.