Just Released: Super Pac-Man TV Game

[NINJA IN U.S.A.]

I just found this today at the Wal*Mart in my area! Yeah I know Pac-Man is far from obscure or "hardcore" but I'd like to point out along with Super Pac-Man and the original Pac-Man, it includes two Pac-Man games that were never before released on a home system until now.

[glow=red,2,300]PAC 'N PAL and PAC-MAN PLUS![/glow]

Now you don't need MAME to play those!

Suprisingly the games are actually close to the arcade versions sound and graphics wise and the stick looks really sweet as well but that is just my opinion!

Personally, I think all gamers should definitely pick that up. It is definitely worth the $25. Here are some pics of that Super Pac-Man TV Game Stick from the Atari-Age forums.

The Stick:
www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=53210
www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=53211

Pac-Man Plus:
www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=53615
www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=53616

Pac 'N Pal:
www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=53617
www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=53619

Menu:
www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=53622

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The stick looks pretty nice, but I'm not excited about any of those games. They're classics allright, but I've never liked them that much (not even in the 80's). Actually, the only Pac-Man games that I can really enjoy are Pac-in-Time (especially the SNES version) and Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures (especially the SNES version, also).

Anyway, it's great that you like the stick and its games. I'm thinking of getting some other TV Game Stick with retro games.

[Yimpinkilp]

I doubt I'd drop 25 cents into one of those, let alone dollars. And why just 4 games? I've seen those sorts of objects for sale with over 70 similarly-era'd games on them, and Namco's coughed up about as many Pac-Men. Ehhh, Namco's made about as many Pac-Man compilations! Bah, I say!

[Neo Rasa]

That's pretty awesome actually, though I do wish they were in that impulse buy range of $19.99. The sound emulation on these devices tends to be universally horrendous as well.

[NINJA IN U.S.A.]

neorasa said:

That's pretty awesome actually, though I do wish they were in that impulse buy range of $19.99. The sound emulation on these devices tends to be universally horrendous as well.

Not the case with the one. The sounds are nearly spot on. Even though I never bought one of those TV Games in the past because the games they put on those I already have on other systems and compilations, I bought this only because it has Pac 'N Pal and that really hard Pac-Man Plus. Good luck finding those Pac-Man games on older systems and the exisiting Namco Museums. Getting that stick is the only way anyone will get to play them at their homes legally (not using MAME).

[johnh]

That's actually great news. Super Pac-Man is almost a lost gem of the series, a solid update to Pac-Man. While Ms. Pac-Man is basically new mazes and some randomness in monster behavior, Super Pac-Man actually adds a lot to the game. There's also a fair amount more strategy, with the "super" energizers which let the player eat doors, and which normal energizers will extend the duration of. Anyone who likes the original game should check this one out before they dismiss it.

Pac N' Pal was the last old-style, Namco-produced Pac-Man game. It's also somewhat interesting, although less so than Super Pac-Man. It's interesting in that it has a "helper" character who aids (or hinders, depending on your point of view) Pac-Man in clearing the mazes, but it doesn't have traditional energizers, but instead has weird "weapon" items.

Pac-Man Plus is mostly a curiosity. Like Ms. Pac-Man, it's mostly just a quasi-official bootleg of the original, but unlike that game it looks exactly like a hack, with its invisible-turning monsters and mazes and monsters who randomly refuse to turn blue. Maybe interesting to play for a few minutes, but difficult to enjoy in the long-term.