Pac-Man Atari 2600 Review

My first non-NES review is "Pac-Man" on the Atari 2600. I'll still be doing the NES review/walkthroughs, but these quick Atari reviews will show up in between them.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• atari
• 2600
• review
• video
• game
• pacman

[mgabrysSF]

You're confusing ms PAC man with the fruits and maze complaints

[AqualungGameReviews]

@mgabrysSF I definitely mis-remembered the fruit part. As for the maze, yeah there was only 1, but it could have been designed MUCH better in this port.

[iopkluj123]

Didn't the arcade version only have one level?

Sure this version has a shitty level, but you can't really go complaining about the number of levels if the arcade version had the same amount correct me if I'm wrong :D

[AqualungGameReviews]

@iopkluj123 The redundant maze design was the bigger problem. The fact that the only maze was really weak magnified the fact that it was the only level.

[cowellwannabe71]

Umm...Actually the "fruit" DOES appear in the game...as asterisks! Also, those are DASHES,not dots.

[AqualungGameReviews]

@cowellwannabe71 I know, that was a major oversight on my part

[Dirtfire]

@gamegod9000 ah. Also, the crazy flickering didn't exist when I played this on my 2600 back in 1983 or something. Flickering is just a problem with the emulation, I think.

Thanks for the review. Interesting stuff.

[orankeed]

dude no offence but in1987 nintendo was at its hype, so y get an a2600 rather den an nes???????????

[acolyteman]

Notice how Pac-Man only eats ghosts while facing right. If Pac-Man eats a ghost while moving left, he will turn right to eat it and then turn back left.

[BigDuke6ixx]

What did you think of it when you were 4?

[KurtKokaine1]

Hmm, D+, you're too generous. I thought I'd point out though that you forgot to mention the fact that you can go through the holes in the wall to transport quickly to the adjacent side of the maze (although I'm sure anybody who knows anything about video games is more than aware of this ; )

[KurtKokaine1]

Wow, I can't believe you just did a review of the old Atari Pac-Man game. Now THAT is a blast from my past. Even though I'm sure I enjoyed it, I'll never know how or why. : )

[TheOusooner56]

@AqualungGameReviews agreed...i was bored like crazy after playing this game after just 3 minutes

[EastCoastDude99]

@whn68, I love Atari,  just hooked it back in my garage a few months back, but man you went for pure shit for your first and only game. lol

[whn68]

I have an atari 2600 I picked up my first atari game on 11/27/2011 yesterday and the game was pacman I know it's a crappy game but I needed an atari game

[kyogre192]

i dont like this as much as the arcade version

[sMCCarthyTV1]

Oh so you were born 1983?