![]() ![]() And it was interesting to see the journey that Namco underwent to keep the magic of the series alive in each sequel. Sure, the fundamental design of Pac-Man is just as timeless as it was decades ago. That said, after having trekked through maze after maze, I have a better understanding as to why many of these games were not made widely available again: they ain’t great. I blame part of this on the fact that many have not been re-released or included in the various Namco Museum collections. That said, for the price of admission, what is available here is a great offering, even if it’s likely not every game will be played as much as some others.Īdmittedly, I didn’t realize how many Pac-Man games existed that I had not played, especially from his earlier ventures. Pac-Man, or even the hilariously ill-fated Baby Pac-Man. To ask for a collection to cover the entirety of Pac-Man’s history is unreasonable, sure, but there was a small nagging feeling of wanting just a little bit more from Pac-Man’s history that has rarely been revisited, such as the Pac-Man World games, Jr. Pac-Man is not included, there are several other games that try to make up for her exclusion, many of which have had far fewer re-releases. The character was actually struck completely from games that had included her, even as a cameo, and replaced with the character, “Pac-Mom.” While it is a shame that Ms. Pac-Man has been battling some ownership issues and thus wasn’t included. However, if you’re unaware like I was going in, Ms. While there is a lot here, I couldn’t help but notice a few omissions. Needless to say, there is a lot of arcade Pac-Man content here, most being variations of Pac-Man’s history through his maze-based games, with a handful of other offerings in the puzzle and platformer genres. 2011’s Pac-Man Battle Royale and 2016’s Pac-Man 256 round out the collection. These include the original 1980 Pac-Man, its 1982 sequel Super Pac-Man, 1983’s Pac & Pal, 1984’s Pac-Land, 1987’s Pac-Mania, the Super Nintendo version of Pac-Attack from 1993, the Super Famicom version of Pac-in-Time from 1995, 1996’s Pac-Man Arrangement as well as the PSP version from 2005, 2007’s Pac-Man Championship Edition, Pac-Moto’s, and Pac n’ Roll Remix. Pac-Man Museum + comes packaged with 14 games from across the pellet-muncher’s history. How does this collection fair against its own company’s saturated market of compilations? Well, it seems that despite how simple a game Pac-Man is, talking about this collection is a little more complicated. The “+” indicates the new games in the collection, as well as new features revolving around customization. ![]() Pac-Man Museum + is a port of the 2014 title, Pac-Man Museum. A Namco collection comes out every year or so, but it’s not common to get one based solely on Pac-Man. How interesting it is to now have a catered collection of these arcade games from over the years all put into one collection. Pac-Man’s massive success led to then-Namco turning the little hungry yellow ball into a full-blown franchise with mixed results, but with enough wins to keep Pac-Man a household name. Granted, it has endured in part to being heavily available on nearly every console in some capacity, but its relevance has also been due to its simplistic, addictive design: eat all of the dots, avoid the ghosts until you get the Power Pellet, and chomp on the fruit for extra points. Despite its grandfatherly age in the video game industry, the 1980 arcade classic Pac-Man has stood the test of time in what has grown to be a very big industry. ![]()
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