Tomy Watchman: Monster Hero

Tomy Watchman: Monster Hero (トミーウォッチマン・モンスターヒーロー Tomī U~otchiman Monsutāhīrō) is a digital watch game released in 1982 (?) by Tomy, based on Pac-Man. A handheld model was also released with no watchband and a stand on the back. Despite Tomy owning the rights to produce Pac-Man products at the time, there is nothing Pac-Man-branded on the product at all, and the visuals were entirely unique. It was later released in North America by Nelsonic with genuine Pac-Man branding and different graphics.
== Gameplay ==
Monster Hero is a simple Pac-Man game with two modes: Game A and Game B. Game A is similar to the arcade original, while in Game B the maze walls randomly change position. 
== Trivia ==
*It is worth noting that there are two Nelsonic Pac-Man watches; another version features the Tomy LSI Game version of Pac-Man instead. They can be differentiated by their controls, with the Monster Hero version featuring a joystick, and the other having four directional buttons.
*Curiously, both Monster Hero and the Pac-Man LSI Game were advertised in an October 1982 catalog, proving Tomy did possess the license to Pac-Man at the time of Monster Hero's release."TOMY-オモシロニクスカタログ-1982年10月" http://ratscats.client.jp/tomy.html
*This is one of two Pac-Man-related LCD games by Tomy to not use official Pac-Man branding, the other being Programming Digipro Powerman.
== Gallery ==
Nelsonic-pac-mh.png|The first version of Nelsonic's Pac-Man watch, which is modified from Tomy Watchman: Monster Hero.
== External links ==
*Middle-Edge article detailing the watch (Japanese)
*Game-Nostalgia page on the Watchman line (Japanese)
== References ==
Category:Games
Category:Pac-Man Games
Category:Consoles
Category:Pac-Man clones
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