Jeff's Pac-Man Page - The Pac-Man Book Store!

Welcome, to the
The Pac-Man Book Store! And in association with
The Xensei
Virtual Book Store

Yes, now you too can have a collection of fine Pac-Man books!B

We all remember them - that wave of books about Pac-Man that were published in the early eighties. Many of us carelessly discarded our own copies long ago, and now long to read them again. I frequently get e-mail from Pac-Fans inquiring about places where they can buy these books. Unfortunately, almost all of them are long since out if print, but, I was surprised to find out that Amazon.Com, the Internet's leading bookseller, can apparently get many of these titles used, if given some time to do so. Thanks to them, and my friends at Xensei who operate the Xensei Virtual Book Store, I'm pleased to announce that you can now purchase (or at least try to purchase, there's no guarantee of course that Amazon.Com will be able to find them) your favorite Pac-Man books directly from this web site! Just click on any of the "Buy it" buttons next to the book descriptions below, to jump directly to that book in the Amazon.Com catalog, where you can get more information about availability, or make a purchase.

Mastering PAC-MAN
by Ken Uston
Published by Signet/New American Library, January, 1982
I think this book was just about everyone's personal favorite, including my own. It was the regular sized paperback, with the black cover, including a pictures of Pac-Man eating a few dots, you remember it. :-) Lots of patterns and strategy, game history, a description of the "slow" vs. the "fast" game (actually just an operator configuration setting for the arcade game), and it even touches on the Coleco table-top game, and some of the spin-offs and variants, such as Puck-One and Mazeman. Highly recommended. There are two ISBN numbers for this book, which is why there are two "Buy it" buttons to the right. I'm pretty sure that there was a "second edition" to this book, which probably explains this, but Amazon.Com's database doesn't describe either of these ISBN's as a second edition, so you're on your own, I've simply listed both. :-)

(paperback)

(paperback)

Scoring Big at Pac Man
by Craig Kubey
Published by Warner Books, March 1982
This book is a great surprise - it's one of those tiny, almost "supermarket checkout" size books, and very thin, so you expect it to be a less than useful read. In truth however, it contains some of the best strategies, including some of the best Pac-Man patterns available. It also covers the history of the "GET brothers", the famous team from Davis, California; George Huang, Ed Bazo, and Tom Fertado, who created these world famous patterns, such as "Bazo's Breaker", and "The Donut Dazzler". It even contains a Pac-Man quiz at the end. Highly recommended.

(paperback)

Pac-Mania
by Haller Schwarz
Published by Outlet, May 1982
I almost have to think it's a typo, but according to their catalog at the time I put this page together, this one is still available new!
This is another I have in my collection, and it's great. It's a large (magazine size), spiral bound book, printed in full color on glossy paper. It includes all kinds of great info about Pac-Man, and the sub-culture that grew up around it. Lots of great pictures of Pac-Man merchandise and promotional stuff, cartoons, puzzles, even a (small) picture of the Ms. Pac-Man assembly line at Balley/Midway in operation, when they were cranking out 1,000 units a day!

(paperback)

More Pac-Mania
by Haller Schwarz
Published by Pinnacle Books,July 1983
I haven't seen this one personally, but if it's anything like the original (described above), it's a winner!

(paperback)

Win at Pac Man
by Ernest Zavisca
Published by Outlet, November 1982

(hardcover)

Ms. Pac Man's Prize Pupil
by John Albano
Published by Goldencraft, September 1983
Another title with two ISBN numbers. I don't know what the differences between the two are.

(paperback)

(paperback)

Pac Man the Ultimate Key to Winning
by John Mulliken
Published by Running Pr, April 1982

(paperback)

Pac-Man and the Ghost Diggers
by John Albano
Published by Golden Pr, September 1983
Yet another with two ISBNs.

(paperback)

(paperback)

The Pac-Man Riddle and Joke Book
by Mike Thaler
Published by Pocket Books, October 1982

(paperback)

Playing Ms. Pac-Man to Win
Published by Pocket Books, May 1982

(paperback)

Video Masters Guide to Pac Man
by Jim Sykora
Published by Bantam Books, May 1982

(paperback)

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Mastering PAC-MAN by Ken Uston Published by Signet/New American Library, January, 1982 I think this book was just about everyone's personal favorite, including my own. It was the regular sized paperback, with the black cover, including a pictures of Pac-Man eating a few dots, you remember it. :-) Lots of patterns and strategy, game history, a description of the "slow" vs. the "fast" game (actually just an operator configuration setting for the arcade game), and it even touches on the Coleco table-top game, and some of the spin-offs and variants, such as Puck-One and Mazeman. Highly recommended. There are two ISBN numbers for this book, which is why there are two "Buy it" buttons to the right. I'm pretty sure that there was a "second edition" to this book, which probably explains this, but Amazon.Com's database doesn't describe either of these ISBN's as a second edition, so you're on your own, I've simply listed both. :-)	(paperback) (paperback)

Scoring Big at Pac Man by Craig Kubey Published by Warner Books, March 1982 This book is a great surprise - it's one of those tiny, almost "supermarket checkout" size books, and very thin, so you expect it to be a less than useful read. In truth however, it contains some of the best strategies, including some of the best Pac-Man patterns available. It also covers the history of the "GET brothers", the famous team from Davis, California; George Huang, Ed Bazo, and Tom Fertado, who created these world famous patterns, such as "Bazo's Breaker", and "The Donut Dazzler". It even contains a Pac-Man quiz at the end. Highly recommended.	(paperback)

Pac-Mania by Haller Schwarz Published by Outlet, May 1982 I almost have to think it's a typo, but according to their catalog at the time I put this page together, this one is still available new! This is another I have in my collection, and it's great. It's a large (magazine size), spiral bound book, printed in full color on glossy paper. It includes all kinds of great info about Pac-Man, and the sub-culture that grew up around it. Lots of great pictures of Pac-Man merchandise and promotional stuff, cartoons, puzzles, even a (small) picture of the Ms. Pac-Man assembly line at Balley/Midway in operation, when they were cranking out 1,000 units a day!	(paperback)

More Pac-Mania by Haller Schwarz Published by Pinnacle Books,July 1983 I haven't seen this one personally, but if it's anything like the original (described above), it's a winner!	(paperback)

Win at Pac Man by Ernest Zavisca Published by Outlet, November 1982	(hardcover)

Ms. Pac Man's Prize Pupil by John Albano Published by Goldencraft, September 1983 Another title with two ISBN numbers. I don't know what the differences between the two are.	(paperback) (paperback)

Pac Man the Ultimate Key to Winning by John Mulliken Published by Running Pr, April 1982	(paperback)

Pac-Man and the Ghost Diggers by John Albano Published by Golden Pr, September 1983 Yet another with two ISBNs.	(paperback) (paperback)

The Pac-Man Riddle and Joke Book by Mike Thaler Published by Pocket Books, October 1982	(paperback)

Playing Ms. Pac-Man to Win Published by Pocket Books, May 1982	(paperback)

Video Masters Guide to Pac Man by Jim Sykora Published by Bantam Books, May 1982	(paperback)