Rating: 60%

Platforms: Commodore VIC-20

Genres: Puzzle

Themes: Action

Keywords: maze and copyright infringement

Perspective: Bird view / Isometric

Developer: HAL Laboratory

Publisher: Commodore Japan;Commodore Business Machines, Inc.;Handic Software

Jelly Monsters

Summary:

Jelly Monsters was originally developed as a port of Pac-Man by HAL Laboratory for Commodore Japan, who held the home computer rights for Pac-Man in Japan at the time. When Commodore released it internationally the title was changed to Jelly Monsters, since Atari held the home computer rights for North America.Commodores Jelly Monsters was released in 1981, a year before Atari would release Pac-Man for the 2600. Atari quickly sued Commodore to have the title removed from shelves and won.