Mr. & Mrs. Pac-Man Pinball

Mr. & Mrs. Pac-Man Pinball is a Physical Pinball Table produced by Bally/Midway in 1982. It was designed by George Christian, and was the first of two Pinball Spin-Off games Bally made for the popular Pac-Man franchise.note

This title is remarkable for being an early attempt at combining a Pinball with a Video Game. Embedded in the center of the playfield is the "Vid-Grid Pac-Maze", a five-by-five matrix of lights. The player earns Moves and extra lives by playing the pinball table, and can enter the Maze by shooting one of the two saucers after he has at least six Moves. Using the flipper buttons,note the player makes Pac-Man (a flashing yellow light) light up all of the spaces, while avoiding the Ghost, a flashing red light. The player can escape by moving Pac-Man around the edges of the maze, or earn "Pac-Man Aggressive" on the pinball table to catch the Ghost instead.