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Ms. Pac-Man

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Game Info

Publisher: Namco Bandai Games

Developer: Namco Bandai Games

Genre(s): Arcade, Action

Players: 1

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)

Release Date: January 10, 2007

Summary

[Xbox Live Arcade] Guide Ms. Pac-Man through mazes, munching Pac-Dots and Power Pellets to clear each stage. Remains true to the classic arcade version, including ghosts, dot chomping action, and Ms. Pac-Man's original "waka waka" sounds. Full of hilarious antics as you avoid moving fruits and smart monsters through the fun filled mazes. Munch a Power Pellet to momentarily turn ghosts blue. When ghosts are blue, Ms. Pac-Man can eat them for bonus points.. Play all 255 mazes from the original. Free trial demo provides players with the first 2 levels of the game. Gamers can track their high scores on the Ms. Pac-Man leaderboards and strive to garner all 12 Achievements. [Namco Bandai Games]

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What The Critics Said

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Team Xbox

For a quick-hit classic gaming experience via XBLA, you really can’t go wrong with Ms. Pac-Man. Sure, the game is way simple, but 1981 was a simple time; maybe not in terms of synth pop, but definitely in terms of video games.

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Eurogamer

Ms. Pac-Man is still a joy to play. Simplicity itself, elegant, addictive, manic and somehow timeless.

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IGN

Ms. Pac-Man has about 256 maps, 250 of which you'll never likely to see. It's also tough. But watching a really good player is impressive and encouraging. I hooked a few younger IGN staffers and they now love Ms. Pac-Man.

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X360 Magazine UK

Unline its predecessor Ms. Pac-Man presents a decent challenge, everything plays at a far nippier pace. [Issue 17, p.116]

Official Xbox Magazine

It won't tax your hardware or your wallet(400 points--cheap!), so if you're bored with "Pac-man's" predictability, his better half will give you more to munch on. [Apr 2007, p.90]

Gaming Target

Simply put, the 360 pad was not designed to handle the tight turns taken by Ms. Pac-Man. It's very easy to zig when you want to zag and barrel straight into a ghost. The analog stick doesn't work much better.

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GameSpot

Are you dying to play some more Ms. Pac-Man? If so, then pick this up, but keep in mind that it's a very barebones emulation of the original game.

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Game Chronicles

The Xbox Live Arcade version is a perfect recreation of the original in every way from the 255 original mazes to the graphics and authentic sounds.

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360 Gamer Magazine UK

Surely Namco could've offered a slightly updated approach, rather than the original game set inside a high definition-ready border, with possibly the most boring Pac-Man mural known to man? [Issue 22, p.63]

Planet Xbox 360

Despite the occasional glitches and overly easy Achievement Points, gamers will still likely feel the nostalgic itch to fire up this classic from time to time. It is too bad there is not more than a memory pulling gamers back.

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Official Xbox Magazine UK

A miniscule improvement over the original. [Feb 2007, p.100]

What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 6.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Andyman gave it a6:
First, the good: it's Ms. Pac-Man, and that puts it ahead of every Namco release on Live Arcade except Galaga. Now, the bad: just like every other Namco release on Live Arcade, this one has NOTHING NEW, and just like every other Namco release on Live Arcade so far, this has already been released on countless arcade compilations, most of which you can probably buy for $5 and get 10x the fun of this. Buy only if you're a die-hard fan, all others avoid this.

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