I bought this rare "prototype" Pac-Man cartridge for my game collection a few years back from a seller in California who had a lot of interesting Atari stuff. But is it genuine or is it a modern forgery? Is the game contained within an undiscovered early version? Let's dump it and find out!

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Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:39 Pac-Man Atari 5200 Port Story 01:13 Atari's Development Process - The Story Behind The Prototype 02:58 Does It Actually Work & Looking For Differences With The Pack-In Version 04:22 Prototype Cartridge Teardown - What's Inside? 05:33 Dumping The ROMs 06:32 Outro, Closing Thoughts & Thanks

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