Fav Pac game for VCS

[sandmountainslim]

I chose to include one homebrew and several hacks in this poll along with the official Atari games. What gets your vote?

[Foxsolo2000]

Has to be Jnr Pacman.

[Emehr]

My vote also goes to Junior. This was a late 80's liquidation purchase for me and I remember being highly impressed with it. Still am.

 

- Jason

[LocalH]

Original Pacman. The only reason people hate it is because it's not close to arcade Pacman. Had it used different graphics and not been a Pacman, then it would have been received much better. In and of itself, it's a great game, it's just not really Pacman, that's all.

[gospeedde]

I chose Jr. Pacman, though I have only played the three Atari releases.

 

Just to add my two cents in, I dislike Pacman because the colors are horrible so you can't tell when the ghosts are edible and when they're not and the flicker is bad and the controls are buggy and I get stuck in the middle of a wall about once out of every four times I play it. It is hardly playable for me, though I will admit to not being that good of a player.

[bcprs1]

Definitely Jr Pac-man. I can play that one for hours and hours.

[BassGuitari]

I had to go with Atari Ms. Pac-Man. Atari Pac-Man (yeah, yeah) would be a close second. Last time I played Jr. Pac-Man, I found it absurdly difficult.

[+Random Terrain]

My favorite Pac-Man-like game is Lock 'N' Chase (M Network). There are two bonuses to get and you can block and trap the cops. There's no annoying flicker either.

[Big Player]

I voted for Nukey Shay's Hack Em. If you didn't vote for it, you haven't played it. Too bad the game will (most likely) never be released on a cartridge. It starts with the Pesco kernal, but I think almost everything else in the code has changed. So I don't consider it a hack.

 

I haven't played all the games on the poll either. Very few people have played Ebivision's Pac Man since it was never officially released.

 

And I'm sorry, but the original Pac Man would still suck if the arcade game never existed. Poor joystick control, bad collision detection, atonal sounds and ugly color selection make it a bad game.

[sandmountainslim]

I voted for Nukey Shay's Hack Em.  If you didn't vote for it, you haven't played it.

876733[/snapback]

Amen to that

If we are counting Pac Man like games such as Lock N Chase I will have to go with Alien, I find it better than Atari Pac-Man and Ms. Pac combined

[dwh]

Since I just played Jr. Pac-Man this morining for about an hour, can you guess which I voted for?

[+FujiSkunk]

Tough call, but in the end I voted for Hack 'Em. Jr. Pac-Man comes in a very close second. I give the margin to Hack 'Em because it's really four games in one.

[mister_pal]

i'd hae to say Jr. Pac man it's was always my favourite.

[ATARIPITBULL]

I voted for Nukey's, but I think you might have forgotten to ad the Atariage Pac-man version, which I also think is great.

 

[sandmountainslim]

Look at Tod Frye's name on this page translated from German to English

 

http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start=5&q=h...6lr%253D&e=9711

[sandmountainslim]

I voted for Nukey Shay's Hack Em.  If you didn't vote for it, you haven't played it.  Too bad the game will (most likely) never be released on a cartridge.

876733[/snapback]

It sucks that Hack 'Em can probably never be offered in cart form, I believe if it was it would most likely set a sales record for homebrews/hacks Hack 'Em was what we were all expecting back in '81, if the game released then looked like Nukeys hack instead of Tod's folly video game history would have been alot different

Edited June 20, 2005 by sandmountainslim

[LocalH]

Look at Tod Frye's name on this page translated from German to English  

 

http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start=5&q=h...6lr%253D&e=9711

877199[/snapback]

Hahahahah...speaking of Mr. Frye, it sure would be nice if that 8K version of Pac-Man that he coded was still around...

[sidcrowe]

Ms Pac Man. I still hate the first one...the control sucked, the sounds sucked, the ghosts flickered and it cost me a fortune back then

[NE146]

What we need is screenshots of all of them

[moycon]

My vote is for Hack 'Em.

That game made my jaw drop when Nukey showed it to me.

[Lord Helmet]

I voted for Pac-Man Arcade, simply because I can play it on a cart. Hack-em deserves a cart release, but, as stated above by several, it will never happen. Too bad for the classic gaming community.

 

 

Jr. Pac man is good, but I find it too hard to play for very long.

 

Can't vote for Ebivision Pac-Man, because I have never played it. I see that 2 people have voted for it thus far, so I know at least 2 people have this cart (or at least the rom). So at least I know it exists.

Edited June 20, 2005 by Lord Helmet

[sandmountainslim]

 

Can't vote for Ebivision Pac-Man, because I have never played it. I see that 2 people have voted for it thus far, so I know at least 2 people have this cart (or at least the rom). So at least I know it exists.

877739[/snapback]

I have also never played Ebivision Pac Man, how many carts of it were sold before they pulled the plug? It is pretty much like Hack Em only 4k right?

[classicgamingguy]

My vote also goes to Junior. This was a late 80's liquidation purchase for me and I remember being highly impressed with it. Still am.

 

- Jason

876591[/snapback]

 

Jason:

 

Hmmm, how much for that little Pac Man on your console? Heh...now I want to start collecting Pac Man stuff, besides the games!

 

Steve

[vdub_bobby]

I also voted for Jr. Pac-Man; it is probably my favorite 2600 game.

[Tsukasa]

My favorite Pac-Man-like game is Lock 'N' Chase (M Network). There are two bonuses to get and you can block and trap the cops. There's no annoying flicker either.

876709[/snapback]

I'll have to second that, I play lock n' chase more than any other pac-clone.

 

EDIT: I just found Hack 'em on the hacks page, it kicks ass! I wish I could change my vote!

Edited June 24, 2005 by Tsukasa