MunchMates is a remake of the TI-99/4A game Munchman. Guide one of the MunchMates through the maze, making links and avoiding the Hoonos is a quest to forge the chains of love.

MunchMates is a release celebrating the 25th anniversary of Munchman, one of the most beloved titles on the TI-99/4A home computer. It recreates the original game maze with Munch Matey, offers a new level with Munch Missy, and even lets you play the unreleased original prototype maze as Munch Proto. This game is suitable for players of all ages, and I hope you find it enjoyable!

Once the game is running, you can select from the following menu items.

• New Game
  • Munch Matey
    Play the classic Munchman maze.
  • Munch Missy
    Play an all-new maze.
  • Munch Matey
    Play the prototype Munchman maze.
• Options
  • Screen
    • Fullscreen
      Play MunchMates in fullscreen mode.
    • Windows
      Play MunchMates in a window.
  • Audio
    • Sound Effects
      Toggle sound effects on and off.
    • Music
      Toggle music on and off.
• Exit
  • Exit the game.

Control the MunchMates with the cursor ("arrow") keys or the W-A-S-D keys. Your goal is to fill the maze with linked chains and avoiding being caught by the Hoonos. You can turn the tables on your enemies by grabbing one of the four pulsing power pills. This causes the Hoonos to go into shadow mode and you can grab them for a short while. The more Hoonos you grab, the more points you get. Their point values are 100 points for the first one caught, then 200, 400, and finally 800. This resets back to 100 when they escape into the maze again. Be careful though, they will start to flash when leaving shadow mode and soon they'll be dangerous again!

You get a new MunchMate for every 10,000 points you earn. The game automatically stores your high score for each maze too, so keep trying to top your best!

You can press the ESCAPE key at any time to quit the current game, or on the title screen to exit MunchMates entirely.

That's it! Start your game and have fun!