Pac-Man high score list

If this commented Pacman disassembly is accurate, it appears that only one high score is maintained for the lifetime of the game. I believe the comment below (from the aforementioned disassembly) indicates the address range of the high score value:

;; 4e88-4e8b High score

The Ms. Pac-Man disassembly also seems to follow the same pattern:

;           SCORE  AABBCC
;   $4e80   P1 CC
;   $4e81   P1 BB
;   $4e82   P1 AA
;   $4e83
;
;   $4e84   P2 CC
;   $4e85   P2 BB
;   $4e86   P2 AA
;   $4e87
;
;   $4e88   TOP CC
;   $4e89   TOP BB
;   $4e8a   TOP AA

One may wonder: are these two commented disassembly print-outs accurate and legitimate? It's hard to say for sure, but a few Pacman-oriented websites cite them, this article being chief among them: Splitting Apart the Split Screen.


No, it does not. The game's attract sequence has three parts:

  1. A title screen
  2. A screen that lists the ghosts' names, and demonstrates how power pills work
  3. A short gameplay demonstration

No high-score list is ever shown. In addition, no capability for initials entry exists. The current highest score achieved is recorded, but that is the extent of it.