This is, by far, one of the best Pac-Man games I've ever seen. Delightfully short and sweet, great music and sound effects too. And Namco did a great job with co-op play.
I think it's cute how Pac-Man AND the Ghosts, whether they've been eaten or not, rocket into the sky after the level's been completed. If they're stuck in the bag, or dizzy, they get left behind though 😔
I don't think the reset problem has ever been fixed, even on the latest regular version of MAME. The only thing I can suggest is saving a state after each stage and loading it if the game resets. Because it's random, the game likely won't crash twice on the same stage. While the save state feature should work online for both players, if for some reason the host had a different save state, it would desync when you load it.
World X: Experience World (Super Easy) World 1: World PAC Of Xadx (Easy) World 2: Toxic Beach ⛱️🏖️ (Medium) World 3: Muddy Forest 🌲 (Intermediate) World 4: Trapped Pyramid / Desert 🏜️ (Hard) World 5 / Final World: The Xadx Showdown (EVIL)
If you like Pac-Man, try RandomPac. It has been made as faithful as possible to the original arcade version except that the mazes are created randomly (they are different every time) and it contains bonus levels. Download it from lowcarb.itch.io
No immediate plans for that. I have tried a few times to use only a credit in 2p with a friend, but never was able to do it. Hard to say whether or not I could ever do that, but I likely won't upload another video that isn't otherwise better than this one. I am soon going to be uploading a video of the VS mode in the PSP Pac-man Arrangement, though.