However, the protagonist is a female Pac-Man, complete with stylish pink bow (ahem), different fruit to collect and the game seems slightly simpler as well as faster. Pac-Man – This is basically the exact same game as the original Pac-Man. Very simple, but again it is another addictive inclusion. Thankfully your racer does not grow a mouth a start eating the opponents, but instead can shooting smoke from its exhaust to slow them down. The aim is to drive around, checking the right-side map to locate all the flags dotted about the arena, whilst avoiding the chasing vehicles (just like the ghosts chase Pac-Man). The game is played from an overhead viewpoint as you start out with your racing car just ahead of your opponents. Rally-X – Surprisingly, and quite pleasingly, Namco took the Pac-Man template and overlaid a rally racing theme to create Rally-X.Grab all the pellets to complete a stage, fruit to up your score even more and special power pellets to turn the tables on the ghosts and munch them down. You lead the little yellow ‘thing’ through various mazes, making sure to avoid the four pesky ghosts floating around as well.
This can be highly frustrating when all you want to do is quickly jump to another game. Oh, and to be honest, they ruin the experience considerably, because every time you exit to the main menu screen, there is a LONG loading screen as the game readies another song. The sad thing as well is that you cannot choose what song you want to hear, nor can you turn off the songs altogether if they are annoying you. However, I am pretty sure that She Drives Me Crazy by the Fine Young Cannibals was actually early 1990s (*checks* no, wait, it IS actually from 1989, so just scrapes in!). Apparently it is ‘a cool 80s soundtrack that takes you back to glory days of arcade gaming’. Then there is the soundtrack that plays in the background. If it was purposeful to not detract from the arcade games, then fair enough, but it just looks like a lazy set-up. Hardly inspirational…The front end visuals are pretty average as well, with no real punch to them at all. It is described as a ‘brand new retro-cool interface – explore a virtual arcade!’ Well, it is indeed a line-up of old arcade machines, but is just like scrolling through a normal menu. It starts with a strange virtual arcade set-up.
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But who are we to spoil Namco’s 50 year anniversary celebrations? Well, at least let us stuff our faces with some other the free cake before kicking over the table and storming off in a huff… It certainly seems liked a very varied selection! But looking at each of them a little closer, what you will notice is how in all honesty many are basically duplicates of others, possibly with an extra bit of colour or a little tweak here and there, but in essence barely indistinguishable. Pac-Man, Galaga, Galaxian, Dig Dug, Pole Position, Pole Position II, Rolling Thunder, Rally X, Bosconian, Dragon Spirit, Sky Kid, Xevious and Mappy. However, that would be terrible review technique, so it is only fair to break down each game as they come and then weigh the positives and the stinkers up to see exactly how much worth this anniversary collection has.įirst of all, here is a quick rundown of what is included from the very start: Pac-Man, Ms.
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Reviewing collections such as this one can be a real pain in the backside, because it is very easy to just say – terrible visuals, woeful audio and effects, plus overly simply gameplay all results in a tiresome package that really is a waste of money.
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