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Pac-Man (series) (Arcade) - Guiding a little yellow head around a maze eating dots may not sound like much fun, but because of the game's simplicity and control, it is. Easy to learn, nearly impossible to master, Pac-Man is a game anyone can play. It's filled with tension, and defeat is right around every corner. The different games in the series each have their own innovations. Pac-Man scores big as it is the original. Ms. Pac adds multiple mazes and moving fruit, and is considered by many to be the best of the series - you still see it raking in money in many arcades today. Super Pac-Man has a Super Speed button. My fave in the series is Jr. Pac-Man (pictured left), which introduced the scrolling maze, a trend carried over into the pseudo-3D Pac-Mania. Pac-Land was a Mario Bros. side scrolling adventure based on the mid 80's cartoon show. There was even a Professor Pac-Man, but it is apparently very very rare; I've only seen it once in all my years of gaming. The only real lowlight of the series is the unspeakably bad Baby Pac-Man, which was a hybrid pinball/videogame. Really really bad. But the rest of the series is so stong that this stinker is easily ignored. Memorable moment: Becoming Pac-Man king of Aurora, IN (population 4,000 - salute) and having my name enshrined on the wall at the local Buy & Save. |
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