Hey there, hi there, ho there. Checkout this strange Pac-Man marquee that I picked up on eBay:

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Things that are wrong with this as compared to a regular marquee:

  • No Midway copyright notice
  • Art under logo is slightly different
  • That instruction box is not on the normal marquee
  • The Pac-Man in that instruction box is eating more pac-men instead of ghosts(autocannibalism?)
  • The fruit is all wrong. The first fruit should be a cherry, not a watermelon (which doesn’t exist in Pac-Man). The banana doesn’t exist normally either.
  • The instruction box calls Pac-Man “Cruncher”

The reference to Cruncher and the look of the instruction box are identical to this marquee for a game called Cruncher:

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I’m guessing Cruncher is a bootleg as well. If you know anything about that game or this weird Pac marquee let me know. :)