Ms pac man atari 2600 commercial1/20/2024 ![]() If there's one game that deserves to be shamed, it's Surfer's Paradise. That's not very bad when you consider all the hate and negativity Pac-Man recieves. So Pac-Man kind of fits in the middle of the maze games. I mean, it's not even close to the quality of Mines Of Minos, but it's definitely not as bad as X-Man. So where does Pac-Man land? Somewhere between Maze Craze and Go Go Home Monster. They range from incredible (Mines Of Minos) to great (Tunnel Runner) to good (Maze Craze) To mediocre (Go Go Home Monster) To bad (Chase The Chuck Wagon) To Unplayable (X-Man). There are 1 1/2 dozen original maze games on the 2600. So why don't you haters count your blessings and stop giving Pac-Man and Tod such a hard time! (Although, they shouldn't have named the game Pac-Man, maybe Maze-Man or Hungry-Man, because it doesn't feel like Pac-Man) So why are you guys criticizing a man for doing something new? And besides, Pac-Man isn't the worst maze game on the 2600, that would have to go to Merlin's Walls, Pac-Kong or Pizza Chef. Tod Frye tried to bring something different to the table, and it isn't disastrous! His take, as I said earlier was a different approach than the oversaturated amounts of Pac-Man clones already on the market. I mean, if you really think about it, playing 1 game over and over again is kind of boring. Well, Tod Frye trying to do something different might have got very negative reviews, but at least it somehow works. Originality: B Most of the Pac-Man conversions are just trying to emulate the arcade original, not trying to add anything new to the mix. You also worked on California Games, Summer Games, Winter Games, Xevious, The Swordquest Series, and finally Aquaventure (a.k.a looney and hot) So there was a lot more to him than strikes the eye. ![]() So for that, I commend Tod Frye for making a unique version of Pac-Man (If he's still alive) and Tod, don't let a watered down arcade conversion define who you are. I mean, it was unique, and a little more lighthearted than the arcade version, which I felt like got unfairly difficult right from the start. But I don't know about you guys, but Pac-Man in my eyes was a quality product, simply because I thought it was so different from all the normal Pac-Man games. But I think the hate is not directed at the actual product's flaws, I think the hate is directed towards the fact that the actual product is not close to the arcade. People say the game is just straight-out unplayable. Pac-Man for the Atari 2600 seems to get very scathing reviews.
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