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PAC-MAN (NES)

PAC-MAN (NES)
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There's a lot that can be said about the most popular and influential game in history, and unless you live under a rock, you've heard it all before. For those who missed out on the revolution: you are a yellow circle with a gap that opens to gobble dots and the occasional piece of fruit. There are four ghosts that have their sights set on taking you down, but you can turn the tables on them by swallowing strategically placed power pellets and becoming the aggressor. While the maze stays the same throughout the game, the ghosts get faster and faster as the game progresses. On the higher levels, the action gets frenetic enough to force you to break a sweat. A faithful rendition of the arcade classic, the Nintendo version is for one player only.

Features

  • The game includes classic gameplay
  • Varying levels
  • Valuable fruit
  • Dangerous ghosts

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Pac-man the Greatest Game on the Planet by bobo 04 Jan 2009
Ah, Pacman. If you DON'T know what this game is, then you're probably too young to remember it. Pacman has become a cultural icon. Anyone from age twenty to one hundred can tell you who Pacman is, if they haven't been under a rock.

Pacman is a little yellow circle with a mouth cut out. His job is to save Mrs. Pacman. He does this by eating dots in a maze. While he does this he is chased by four evil ghosts, the ones that trapped Mrs. Pacman. One touch from them and he's gone, unless he's eaten a power pellet. It's not known why he's collecting dots to save her though... Probably something to do with world peace... But as you can probably guess, Pacman is not known for its storyline.

The gameplay of Pacman is purely addictive. That's the only way you can describe it. You'll frantically twist and turn through the levels, attempting to avoid ghosts and collect dots. Thankfully, you do get four power pellets per level, located in the corner alleys. When eaten, all the ghosts become afraid of you, and you can eat them for extra points. There is also the occasional fruit bonus, which gives you extra points. Extra lives are given based on point values. There is a two player mode, where players switch back and forth each time they die.

If Pacman has a problem, it is that it's horribly antiquicated. It's well over ten years old, and it shows its age. The graphics are in plain colors, and there's absolutely nothing spectacular. Pacman is just a yellow circle, and the ghosts are blobs are various colors.

The sounds likewise are very weak, pre-Nintendo. The effects are strangely addictive though. Like most arcade games, they manage to sound good, despite the fact that they don't particularily sound like anything. The graphics and sounds haven't been updated in any incarnation of the game.

However, if you've never played Pacman, you owe it to yourself to try it at least once. It's an essential part of any gamer's education. The Nintendo platform is the best home console to choose, because it's available cheap (2 to 5 dollars) and it's in color. Get it, I gurantee that you won't be sorry.