PacManRecomp 1.0.2

Menus now work with the arrow keys, the game can update itself (optional, off by default), and the version number is shown in Options > ABOUT. Download PacManRecomp-1.0.2-EasyBuild.zip below, or if you have 1.0.2 or later, use "Check for updates now" in the launcher.

What's new

• Arrow keys in the menus: in the default (Classic) menu style, Up/Down now move the cursor on the title menu, in Options, in Mods and in the pause menu. Select still works as before. (Before, only Select, the backslash key, moved the cursor, so it was hard to find the way out of the pause menu.)
• Optional updates: "Check for updates on startup" and "Check for updates now" on the launcher's main page. It's off by default, so the game doesn't go online unless you ask. When a new version is out, it asks first, then downloads it, builds it from your ROM with a progress window, and restarts the game. Your settings, keys, high scores and mods are kept. While it works it needs about 2 GB of free space in the game folder's drive, and it deletes its temporary files when it's done.
• Options > ABOUT shows the version.
• Launcher: the main page's bottom row now fits on small windows.

Good to know

• This version has to be downloaded by hand: 1.0.1 has no updater, so get 1.0.2 from this page once. Updates are automatic after that.
• "Skip launcher on boot" also skips the update check, since the check runs when the launcher opens.
• Antivirus: some antivirus programs may pause or block an update, because it downloads and builds program code. If yours does, allow it, or update by hand with the Easy Build.
• Why there's no ready-made .exe: a finished .exe would contain the game's own code, which can't be shared. Building it on your PC from your own ROM is the safest way we know to do it.

How to build
Unzip, put your Pac-Man ROM in the folder, double-click "Build Pac-Man.bat", then play from the Game folder. See READ ME FIRST.txt.