Pac-Land
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| Pac-Land | |
| Missing image Pac-Land.png Screenshot Pac-Land | |
| Developer: | Namco |
| Publisher: | Midway Games |
| Release date: | 1984 |
| Genre: | Retro/Platform |
| Game modes: | Up to 2 players, alternating turns |
| Cabinet: | Standard |
| Controls: | 3 buttons |
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| Orientation: | Horizontal |
| Type: | Raster, standard resolution (Used: 288×224) |
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| Based on the Pac-Man television series | |
Pac-Land is an entry in the Pac-Man series of arcade video games, released into arcades by Namco, and its American distributor Midway Games, in 1984. The game was based primarily around the "Pac-Man" television series produced by Hanna-Barbera. Its primary objective is to race through various landscapes (a town, a forest, etc.), avoiding Pac-Man's familiar adversaries, the ghosts, to rescue a fairy princess from capture.
Breaking away from the typical maze structure of past Pac-Man titles, Pac-Land is a side-scrolling platform game. The game is considered one of the first of its kind, released several years before Super Mario Bros. set the standards for the genre. However, with its awkward controls, overly-simplified graphics, and shrill, beepy soundtrack, it is generally considered awful and unplayable. Despite its lack of popularity, Pac-Land was released to several home consoles and computers, including the Commodore 64, the Amiga, the Atari ST, and even Japan's Nintendo Family Computer. It was also to be found in many amusement arcades right through until the mid-1990s.
Pac-Land was rereleased in 1997 as part of Namco Museum Volume 4 for the PlayStation.
External links
- KLOV entry for Pac-Man (http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=0&game_id=8955)
- Arcade History Database entry (http://www.arcade-history.com/history_database.php?page=detail&id=1913)