![]() ![]() They re-released the three aforementioned games along with the rest of their familiar "black case" games in order to avoid paying any fees to Nintendo.Īs for the Namco games, I'm not sure at all how the coding worked, but I do love the Tengen version, so it wouldn't be surprising if Namco was inferior, especially if completely reworked as Mike said. They released RBI Baseball, Gauntlet and Pac Man with the standard "NES seal of approval" which only meant they paid the licensing fee to Nintendo, and they used the standard gray NES cart.Īfter this, however, Tengen discovered the secrets of the lockout chip and basically told Nintendo to go screw themselves as most are familiar with. Tengen started off its relationship with Nintendo as a licensed company, same as Konami, Acclaim and so on. You will easily be able to tell when one has come onto the screen from the noise that they make.My guess is that they still had the license to do so from the Atari console days.Tengen was a Atari subsidiary (basically the name they used to make games for the NES and Genesis).Īctually, that's sort of true. The fruit will come bouncing into the stage from one of the wrap-around portals. Pick up all kinds of fruit (and a pretzel) for lots of extra points. Just pick the setting you prefer in the Options menu. You can turn it on and off by pressing A or B, or have it always on or always off. All of them will have completely different looks, but be careful in the Strange ones because some places may look like you can fit through but you can't! Also a cool option in this version, you can speed Ms. Also, you can choose from several maze sets, including Arcade, Big, Mini, and Strange (my favorite!). Pac-Man has difficulty settings ranging from Easy, which is pretty easy, to Crazy, which is exactly that. You can easily run into a ghost who is on the other side. Use the wrap-around holes in the sides of the maze to move from one side to the opposite side in a flash, but watch out. When the Power Pellet is about to wear off, the ghosts will begin to flash white. Quick! While they're like that eat as many as you can for extra points! When you've eaten one it will turn into just eye-balls that run around the screen until they make it back into the center box, where it will turn back into whichever ghost it originally was. Their expressions also change to white simplified squiggles. When you eat a Power Pellet the ghosts will all change from their normal differing colors to a bright blue. Just be careful that you don't get eaten by a ghost yourself! Turn the tables on the ghosts by grabbing a Power Pellet, which is larger than the rest. Pac-Man around all kinds of different mazes, eating all of the little dots. This is definitely one of my favorite games and it is very addictive! Directions: The noises and music are just what you'd expect them to be for a Pac-Man game. The stages are colorful and have strange and unique designs that are different from what you might be used to. This is one of the most awesome looking Pac-Man games around, with several different kinds of mazes, and you get to choose which you want to play! It also has the great cut scenes every few levels that we all love. Great graphics and sound make this an excellent choice in the Pac-Man line. Pac-Man wakka-wakkas around the maze eating dots and dodging ghosts, or chasing the ghosts when she eats a Power Pellet. Another great update of the Pac-Man series. ![]()
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