<s>
Munchman	B-Application
is	O
a	O
tabletop	O
electronic	O
game	O
that	O
was	O
released	O
under	O
licence	O
in	O
1981	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
by	O
Grandstand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
rebadged	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Tomy	O
game	O
known	O
as	O
Pac	B-Application
Man	I-Application
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
and	O
Puck	B-Application
Man	I-Application
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
games	O
are	O
all	O
based	O
on	O
Namco	O
's	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
arcade	O
game	O
and	O
use	O
a	O
VFD	B-General_Concept
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Munchman	B-Application
game	O
runs	O
on	O
six	O
volts	O
DC	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
powered	O
by	O
four	O
'	O
C	O
 '	O
type	O
batteries	O
or	O
alternatively	O
via	O
a	O
low	O
voltage	O
mains	O
adaptor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
display	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
VFD	B-General_Concept
technology	O
,	O
it	O
allows	O
bright	O
,	O
multicoloured	O
in-game	O
elements	O
to	O
be	O
rendered	O
but	O
at	O
the	O
cost	O
of	O
a	O
relatively	O
small	O
screen	O
size	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
VFD	B-General_Concept
display	O
is	O
manufactured	O
with	O
the	O
pre-formed	O
,	O
immutable	O
in-game	O
objects	O
effectively	O
fixed	O
in	O
place	O
onto	O
a	O
dark	O
background	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In-game	O
objects	O
cannot	O
touch	O
or	O
superimpose	O
one	O
another	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
not	O
ideal	O
for	O
a	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
clone	O
,	O
as	O
in	O
the	O
arcade	O
version	O
,	O
the	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
and	O
ghosts	O
do	O
collide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
most	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
derived	O
games	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
guide	O
the	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
character	O
around	O
a	O
maze	B-Application
,	O
eating	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
dots	O
whilst	O
avoiding	O
the	O
ghosts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notable	O
features	O
of	O
this	O
version	O
are	O
that	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
is	O
small	O
,	O
containing	O
only	O
eighteen	O
dots	O
plus	O
two	O
power	O
pills	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
a	O
bonus	O
cherry	O
item	O
sometimes	O
available	O
near	O
the	O
centre	O
of	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
and	O
horizontal	O
warp	O
tunnels	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
score	O
is	O
kept	O
at	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
display	O
area	O
,	O
above	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
21st	O
century	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
has	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
weak	O
version	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
arcade	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphics	O
have	O
also	O
been	O
criticised	O
as	O
the	O
collisions	O
are	O
unrealistic	O
because	O
the	O
ghosts	O
and	O
munchman	B-Application
can	O
never	O
occupy	O
the	O
same	O
space	O
.	O
</s>
