<s>
Baby	B-Application
Pac-Man	I-Application
is	O
a	O
hybrid	O
maze	B-Application
and	O
pinball	B-Application
game	O
released	O
in	O
arcades	O
by	O
Bally	O
Midway	O
on	O
October	O
11	O
,	O
1982	O
,	O
nine	O
months	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Ms.	B-Application
Pac-Man	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cabinet	O
consists	O
of	O
a	O
13-inch	O
video	O
screen	O
seated	O
above	O
a	O
shortened	O
,	O
horizontal	O
pinball	B-Application
table	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Play	O
begins	O
on	O
the	O
video	O
screen	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
Baby	B-Application
Pac-Man	I-Application
through	O
a	O
maze	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Play	O
mechanics	O
are	O
similar	O
to	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
in	O
that	O
the	O
object	O
is	O
to	O
navigate	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
while	O
gobbling	O
dots	O
and	O
avoiding	O
ghosts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
to	O
earlier	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
Baby	B-Application
Pac-Man	I-Application
'	O
s	O
maze	B-Application
starts	O
with	O
no	O
energizers	O
,	O
which	O
allow	O
Baby	B-Application
Pac-Man	I-Application
to	O
eat	O
the	O
ghosts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
two	O
vertical	O
chutes	O
at	O
the	O
bottom	O
edge	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
,	O
which	O
suspend	O
video	O
play	O
and	O
transfer	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
the	O
pinball	B-Application
table	O
located	O
just	O
below	O
the	O
monitor	O
when	O
the	O
player	O
travels	O
down	O
either	O
of	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mechanical	O
pinball	B-Application
section	O
operates	O
as	O
a	O
traditional	O
,	O
though	O
smaller	O
,	O
pinball	B-Application
table	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
must	O
clear	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
or	O
lose	O
a	O
life	O
to	O
reopen	O
the	O
chutes	O
.	O
</s>
