Pac-Man (Mazooma coin pusher)

Pac-Man (Mazooma coin pusher)
North American flyer for the game.
Developer	Mazooma Games, Ltd.
Publisher	The Jumping Bean Company (?) (EU) ICE (US)
Series	N/A
Genres	Redemption, Gambling
Release date(s)	US: 2003 EU: Early 2000s
Arcade system	Unknown
Number of players	1-8 players
Input methods	None

In 2003, a Pac-Man coin pusher was released. The machine plays by standard coin pusher rules, without any deviations from the standard formula; it supports up to eight players.

The machine was developed by Mazooma, a UK-based company who also released numerous Pac-Man-themed fruit machines. In Europe, it was seemingly distributed by "The Jumping Bean Company": a subsidiary of Bell-Fruit Games, which in itself is a subsidiary of Mazooma. In North America, the machine was distributed by ICE.

Trivia

• The American version of the machine dispenses tickets by default; by operator request, an alternate version could be purchased that dispenses coins instead. In contrast, the European version appears to use the coin-dispensing function by default; it is unknown if the ticket dispenser was an option for the European release.
• The music of the Pac-Man coin pusher is reused from Mazooma's fruit machines; the music can also be disabled entirely by the arcade operator.