I have a Pac-Man site which has not been updated in a millennium, sad but true. I'll get back there and update it someday, but for now I'll keep the Pac posts here. Pac-Man is one of my favourite arcade games *EVER* and any re-release tickles my fancy.
Jakks Pacific has released their 5th edition of the Namco line of plug & play, TV game controllers. I still have an unopened 4th edition, which I finally acquired after a thousand years of searching. So out of nowhere comes an ever newer edition. At first, this pissed me off and then SHAZAAM! My opinion has changed. Damn you Jakks!
Yeah. She looks beautiful in all her full authentic arcade stick glory.
Here are the 12 games included in the new stick -
Pac-Man - The original, big daddy, legend of the arcade. You must own a copy.
Pac-Man Plus - Midway's first unofficial sequel to the original classic. It pissed Namco off big time. This is the first time it's ever been available for purchase.
Super Pac-Man - Hell yeah! One of my favourite arcade games of all time. Namco's first true sequel is challenging, fun and very unique.
Pac & Pal - Another Namco sequel. This oddball was rarely seen in North America. Play it and you'll find out why.
New-Rally X - Back in 1980, this "little car in maze" experience launched nearly side by side with Pac-Man. Electronic trade shows loved it. The media predicted that it was going to be the arcade industry's crown jewel. It was going to knock Pac's socks off. Little did they know... He! He! He! Oh heck, it's a fun arcade game and one of my favourites.
Galaxian - Awesome! It's like Space Invaders on steroids. Kamikaze time my brothers!
Dig Dug - Namco just kept delivering the hits and Dig Dug continued the tradition. A true classic and million times better than Dig Dug II.
Bosconian - In space, things explode really good. In Bosconian, you not only blow up little spaceships but big friggin' space battle stations. Lots O' fun!
Pole Position - What a fantastic, legend of a game. It's amazing how much joy Namco brought to my childhood. Pole Position rocks!
Galaga - Arcade classic. Arcade legend. The first sequel to Galaxian is an arcade legacy.
Xevious - A great fast paced shooter which had high hopes in North America. Sadly, it never reached the status of Galaga but has enjoyed a classic reputation ever since.
Mappy - I've never played this arcade game until it appeared on one of the previous Jakks sticks. I missed a damn good one. Cute, charming and a ton of fun to play.
12 Games! Like holy crap man! Sure beats Jakks first entries when you were lucky to get 4 games. However, one game remains missing. You see all of the previous entrees are accounted for except that North American arcade staple...
MS. PAC-MAN!
Wow! How did they miss that one! Looks like there's gonna be another new released in the future.
ARGH!
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