racketboy.com — 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. This feature takes a look at the best games that either added something new to the formula or modernized the experience on newer platforms.
Nov 26, 2007 View in Crawl 4
racketboyNov 26, 2007
I'm not even sure what CGA or 80-88 is....I played it on my 286 (which I still have in my parent's basement with the 3-Demon floppy)
joehobbesNov 26, 2007
If I can find a good deal on it, I may pick it up :)Thanks for the list, BTW :)
vicinusNov 26, 2007
Lady Bug...my highlight. too bad its not mentioned here. Can anyone else remeber this game?I kinda miss those days although you invested your pocket money just to play another 30 seconds on an arcade machine.
bbjrNov 27, 2007
What about Maniac for the PowerPC Macintosh? I wasted so much time with it in High School. It had 3D stereo sound and a hangman game to end rounds with.
lynxproNov 27, 2007
I just want a port of the arcade versions of Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man including the "Zoom" button feature. I don't think the Zoom button was authorized and I would lay money that the company GCC was behind it. The button would drastically speed up the game, almost like how AutoMan or StreetHawk would seem to be traveling so damn fast on their respective television shows. But I've yet to see Namco incorporate this feature in any of the authorized home versions of the games.GCC was sued by Atari for installing unauthorized upgrades to Missile Command arcade units. They also went on to program a lot of Atari 5200 games, designed the Atari 7800, and made the Atari game [Charley Chuck's] Food Fight. Apparently, they are still in business.I also do not see any references to the arcade game Pop-Man, which took the Pac-Man characters and basically themed them after Popeye characters. I've only seen one arcade version of it, and that was around 1984 or 85 in New Mexico...at either a 7 Eleven, 7-2-11, or Circle 7 convenience store.
dragularDec 21, 2007
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