![]() ![]() The crux of PMCE’s gameplay is the tried and true arcade formula of balancing risk versus reward. The other major changes (besides the mazes - more on that in a minute) are that power pellets can be chained indefinitely for successive ghost-munching bonuses of up to 3200 points per ghost, eating regular dots without dying builds up a score multiplier, and that Pac-Man respawns in the same place he died after losing a life. Most but not all of the other modes are 10 minutes long. The main draw, Championship Mode is five minutes long. The goal is the same as it ever was: score the most points possible. With original Pac-Man creator Toru Iwatani at the project’s helm (his first time working on a Pac-Man title since the 1980 original), PMCE could be considered a true “championship edition” in that getting the most out of the game will require some decidedly well-honed Pac skills. Instead, they rethought it almost entirely. But Namco didn’t simply retool a classic game with PMCE. With Namco’s penchant for rehashing Pac-Man over the years it might be easy to dismiss Pac-Man Championship Edition for Xbox Live Arcade as just such another ill-conceived idea best left on the drawing room table. Pac-Man Championship Edition (XBox Live Arcade) I hope you enjoy seeing all the best that Pac-Man has inspired. I also used Wikipedia to detail some of the specifics of gameplay for some of the games. RadarScope1 shared his experiences with the new XBLA Pac-Man release, Ivo scoured the Interwebs to find and test all of the obscure clones on an array of platforms, and I (racketboy) contributed my thoughts on my favorite console and handheld spinoffs. Pac-Man is not on the list)Ĭredits: Since there was a lot of ground to cover in digging up all these gems, this article was actually a team effort. (And before anyone complains, I realize that Ms. This feature takes a look at the best games that either added something new to the formula or modernized the experience on newer platforms. Over the last twenty-five years, there have been quite a few Pac-Man clones and official spinoffs that are still worth playing today, and possibly even worth getting excited about. Even many of Namco’s own Pac-Man spinoffs were only worthy of a yawn. However, many of those clones didn’t really add much or even capture much of the original charm. Pac-Man is one of the most popular video games of all time and it was no surprise that many companies tried cloning the game in order to make a quick buck. ![]()
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