From 1981: Coleco's Table-Top Pac-Man

With or without spousal approval -- I honestly do not recall -- I spent about 50 bucks in 1981 at the JC Penney in OKC's Shepherd Mall for this beauty:

Here are scans of the instructions:

I took the picture at the top of this post on New Year's Day a week ago.  The thing still works!

As proof, herewith is an experimental first -- the first video posted on the Super Blog.  One word of warning:  The video was shot with the same ten-year-old Pantech phone as the photo.  So, the video tech is about one-third as old as the game!

Enjoy this trip down memory lane.  See you on Thursday!