# Ms. Pac-Man: Namco NES disassembly

> Ms. Pac-Man reconstructs assembly source and data layouts for the 1993 Namco/Now Production NES release. The repository separates maze and screen layout data from the main disassembly and directs users to extract graphics from their own ROM before assembling with CC65.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/RussianManSMWC/Ms.-Pac-Man-NES-Namco-Disassembly>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/RussianManSMWC/Ms.-Pac-Man-NES-Namco-Disassembly/blob/3d96f85c06d6b3a1b18f84a0027b4ab2f9cc3782/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ms-pac-man-nes-namco-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ms-pac-man-nes-namco-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ms-pac-man-nes-namco-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Extract the graphics data from an original ROM.
- **Prerequisites:** Assemble with CC65.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/RussianManSMWC/Ms.-Pac-Man-NES-Namco-Disassembly/blob/3d96f85c06d6b3a1b18f84a0027b4ab2f9cc3782/README.md>

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