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Written by Victor Godinez, MCT
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Tuesday, 26 June 2007 |
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 PAC-MAN CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION
Grade: B-plus
For Xbox 360. Rated for all ages. 800 Microsoft points ($10)
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RETURN OF THE PAC: It turns out the old man has a little juice left in him. Microsoft recently released, on Xbox Live Arcade, a new sequel to the original Pac-Man, designed by original Pac-Man creator Toru Iwatani. Amazingly, Pac-Man Championship Edition is truly fun and innovative.
MUNCHIES: The mechanics are the same: Eat the dots; avoid the ghosts, and swallow the power pellets for temporary ghost-busting abilities. But Championship Edition has all sorts of interesting tricks. You can play so that every time you eat a piece of fruit, a new swath of dots and pellets appears on another part of the board. Or, in another mode, eating fruit not only adds dots and pellets, but also changes the configuration of the maze. Or you can play in the dark, with only the dots, ghosts and Pac-Man visible, as well as a small halo of light around the hero.
TEMPUS FUGIT: The other major change is the addition of a timer in all the modes. Now, instead of just playing through a seemingly infinite assortment of levels, you have to race against the clock on just a single battlefield.
BOTTOM LINE: While you don't expect much in the graphics department, Pac-Man in HD is sharp and colorful, and the maze expands nicely to fill a widescreen display. Just a few complaints: $10 is steep for Pac-Man, even in high-def, and the digital pad on the 360's controller is atrocious for this game. Stick with the analog control stick and you'll be fine.
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