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Pac-Man vs. GameCube
  • Publisher: Namco
  • Release Date: Dec 2, 2003
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  • Summary: In Pac-Man vs., Pac-Man must navigate mazes, eating pac-dots, fruit, and power pellets as he dodges hungry ghosts, just like the original--but this time, human players control the ghosts. The lead player, viewing the entire maze on the Game Boy Advance, must avoid the other three players controlling the ghosts on the television screen. To raise the tension factor, the three ghost players can only see part of the maze around their characters. Pac-Man must clear all the pac-dots in each maze to progress to the next level. … Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 31
  3. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. GameNow
    100
    We never would have thought that adding some multiplayer functions to a 23-year-old arcade game would result in one of the most fun and addictive games out there, but Pac-Man Vs. is just that.
  2. Nintendo Power
    92
    The game is complete with commentary from another classic character - Mario! [Feb 2004, p.148]
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  3. Edge Magazine
    70
    Pac-Man Vs could hardly have barer bones. No options, no game modes and no high-score tables are included here, and as a consequence there's nothing here to dilute the strength of the original idea or the subtle excellence of its execution. [Feb 2004, p.103]
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  1. SteveK.
    10
    Incredibly fun multi player game. Get 4 people playing for best results.
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