Every day Ben “Ben Pack” Pack or one of his brave compatriots will play a retro game, and break it down for you. That’s right, every day. To complain about us eventually missing a day or suggest your own, go ahead and comment below the article, or email us at retrogamefunclub@gmail.com.
2/8/2011
The Game: Pac-Attack
I don't like the looks of that sinister smile, Pac-Man.
Release Year: 1993
Skewes: Game Boy, Game Gear, Genesis, SNES, CD-i, Wii Shop, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, Playstation 2, Xbox
So what’s it like: Pac-Man, like any good forty-something father, had a mid-life crisis in the ninties. After Pac-Man fever died down and our pizza-shaped protagonist had to do a lot of experimenting to stay “hip.”
Woah, sick tagging Pac-Man.
From 3D adventure games, to... other 3D adventure games, to Pac-Attack. Pac-Attack is a falling block puzzle game, like Tetris. You can clear lines like in Tetris, but the blocks are not differently shaped. They come in different combinations of three blocks together, either ghost, block, or Pac-Man. If you have a row of bricks, they disappear. But then there are the ghosts, and when you get a Pac-Man, he will eat all the ghosts that are connected. This game is a cheap skin of another puzzle game that has nothing to do with Pac-Man.
This. Isn't. Pac-Man.
Should you go back: No. Plenty of more competent puzzle games from that era, or earlier.
Should this game be remade: No. The only re-doing of anything Pac-man is Championship Edition DX.
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