# Ms. Pac-Man: Tengen NES disassembly

> Ms. Pac-Man records an assembly disassembly of the 1990 Tengen NES release, with source files for game data, maze layouts, sounds, and routines. The build uses CC65; graphics must be extracted from the user's ROM.

- 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-Tengen-Disassembly>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/RussianManSMWC/Ms.-Pac-Man-NES-Tengen-Disassembly/blob/159434cb1f8be0a65d148bddbc74a977484a008e/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ms-pac-man-tengen-disassembly-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ms-pac-man-tengen-disassembly-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ms-pac-man-tengen-disassembly-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** CC65 compiler and assembler.
- **Prerequisites:** Graphics data extracted from the user's original ROM.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/RussianManSMWC/Ms.-Pac-Man-NES-Tengen-Disassembly/blob/159434cb1f8be0a65d148bddbc74a977484a008e/README.md>

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