What happens if you eat more than 4 ghosts in a row? | Pac-Man Arcade Series

Going out of bounds always leads to weird results in old games.
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[@NamcoFanatic2010]

Izike the game is real

[@Johnny_Franco-12_Scratch]

So, how much did that ghost score? Blank, apparently.

[@Eventlesstew]

@@Johnny_Franco-12_Scratch When the eat streak goes above 4, the code that determines how much score is awarded + the sprite shown starts going for values outside the intended bounds, resulting in the weird sprites and the score containing hexadecimal values. (0123456789ABCDEF)

[@Johnny_Franco-12_Scratch]

@@EventlesstewI never noticed the hex

[@foxythefox9246]

2:25 Ah yes, my favorite number, *A*

[@Eventlesstew]

@@foxythefox9246 lol, the score value is actually stored as a hexadecimal value (0123456789ABCDEF) rather than a decimal value (0123456789) due to the limitations of older games, meaning there had to be some specific coding in place to make the score a decimal counter. If the chosen value contains either one of the ABCDEF values, the specific coding isn’t suited to manage that, resulting in the score value showing letters.