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Ms. Pac-Man: Special Color Edition Review

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Ms. Pac-Man: Special Color Edition Review

Postby PacBot on Tue Aug 18, 2009 1:23 am

Ok, so I was out tonight, and I stopped at The eXchange with $30 of pocket change, so I bought some games!
One of the games that stuck out the most, was Ms. Pac-Man: Special color edition for the Game Boy Color.

And now for the review...

The cartridge comes with Ms. Pac-Man and as a bonus, Super Pac-Man!
How do they live up to their predecessors? First of all I have to pick at the screen. Due to the GBC's very tiny screen,
it would be hard to have a fullscreen maze, and good graphics. Because of that we are treated to a scrolling screen.
However, because it's a scrolling screen, you can never know the exact location of every ghost, which gets tedious.
Also, Ms. Pac-Man has a cartoonish look, which is cute but does not recreate the arcade version very well.
As for the sounds, they are completely alien compared to the arcade version. In fact, it was so annoying I had to scroll down
the sound to prevent my ears from bleeding. The same pretty much goes for Super Pac-Man, which on a D-Pad feels flimsy
compared to arcade version with a Joystick. Why can't they put joysticks on a Game Boy?

All in all, if you are a fan of the beautiful wife of the Man of Pac, I suggest you pick this game up.
Despite its flaws, its a pretty decent recreation.

Watch out for more of my reviews!



EDIT: I found an Emulator for the Game Boy! Yay! Here's some pics of the game:

Ms. Pac-Man Title:
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Ms. Pac-Man Scroll:
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Ms. Pac-Man Full:
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Super Pac-Man Title:
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Super Pac-Man Scroll:
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Super Pac-Man Full:
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Re: Ms. Pac-Man: Special Color Edition Review

Postby The Mim3 on Tue Aug 18, 2009 10:48 am

Nice review, yet I find the Game Boy Colour lacking for any game :lol:

I think they should bring a Pac-Man styled game out for Nintendo DS, or Nintendo DS i.
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Re: Ms. Pac-Man: Special Color Edition Review

Postby PacBot on Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:14 pm

Thank you, and I am pretty sure that will happen,

It seems with every new generation, there is a new version of Pac-Man for a console.
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Re: Ms. Pac-Man: Special Color Edition Review

Postby Dekar on Wed Aug 19, 2009 3:32 pm

Nice review, although the scrolling feature would've pissed me off. :)
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