Includes Pac-Man, Super Pac-Man, Pac & Pal, Pac-Land, Pac-Mania, Pac-Attack, Pac-Man Arrangement, Pac-Man Championship Edition and Pac-Man Battle Royale.
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If you're wondering if this had anything worth grieving about losing,
no. Museum+ is a good replacement.
I got deadnamed by Pac-Attack's high score table after not playing it for years. If that isn't the funniest way that can happen I dunno what is
Now that this game has been end of sales and now PAC-MAN MUSEUM+ is came out, so this review is completely meaningless.
But STILL to review it,
first, PAC-MAN CE is works perfect. PAC-MAN CE with playing keyboard is fast, accurate, and satisfactory.
But the other part is bad, sadly.
- this game is locked to 1280x720 resolution. And except for PAC-MAN CE, you even can play with full-screen. [url=steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=234050448]A big box covers the game screen, so you have to play the game on a smaller screen.[/url] bruh.
-keyboard key layout is weird as hell. Almost all Pac-Man only uses arrow keys, so it's not a problem during the game, but they'll struggle on the main screen. D is pause, A or Z is confirm, X is cancel..... yes you can't change key layout.
-then what a playing with gamepad? Bad. That game have poor controller support sadly.
-this version has ms.pacman. ON DLC. YOU WAS NEED TO PAY 5$ TO PLAY MS.PACMAN. ON RETRO MUSEUM GAME. (and i'm mad at i was didn't pay for that because pac-man museum+ don't have ms.pac-man by copyright problem)
But, as I say. Now that this game has been end of sales and now PAC-MAN MUSEUM+ is out. In PAC-MAN MUSEUM+, the problems I mentioned disappeared and received good reviews among people. I have that game on my switch, and it's plays well.
Yeah, so. This review is completely meaningless.
REALLY gutted that this has been removed from Steam, luckily I bought it before it was discontinued. In my opinion there was no need whatsoever to remove the game. I felt it was/isa great bundle pack for experienced as well as new PAC players. BRING IT BACK Namco!!!!
Decent selection of games. This hsa games that you might not have access to otherwise. Poor resolution, game size and floaty controls can derail this title at times.
I think a lot of people are going to judge this collection based on the Ghostly Adventures content so let me put your mind at ease: they are purely here for a COLLECTIVE celebration of everything Pac-Man.
Games I grew up with like Pac-Mania are present in their full glory, and seeing them so faithfully restored alongside the rarer titles like Pac & Pal and Super Pac-Man is just delightful. Not to mention even Championship Edition INCLUDED in the collection, plus the option for Ms. Pac-Man without any hang ups about dedicated challenges.
Actually, on that note, the meat of the game is the achievements really encouraging you to get better at games which have and always will challenge you. A solid reason to try and get past level 2 of Pac-Man is always satisfying.
The only real critique I can give it is a few omissions... mostly the choice of Pac-Man Arrangement being what's known as the PSP version. I grew up with the Namco Museum Arcade version which was also present on the GBA collection, and admittedly that is my preferred way to play Arrangement.
Admittedly, Pac-Man 2: New Adventures (while a bigger game) would have been an interesting change of pace. The same could be said for Pac-In-Time, granted that's technically a rebranded Amiga title. Point being, another platformer could have been an interesting twist, but for what is advertised I'm definitely happy.
Pros:
-A pretty good collection of classic Pac-Man games
-Great emulation across the arcade titles
Cons:
-Pac & Pal and Super Pac-Man are extremely odd choices to the games list, since they are totally different from the regular Pac-Man games, to the point of confusion during play, and they could've included Pac-Man World instead, which is a great game
-Borders that can't be disabled on all games (Except Championship Edition)
-Ms. Pac-Man is in the Collection through DLC, not as a game that comes in the collection without the extra purchase
-It's more of a nit-pick, rather than an actual con, but the fact that they chose to use the characters from Ghostly Adventures on the menu is kind of revolting, since they are the most disliked designs of Pac-Man characters ever
Conclusion:
It's a pack full of Pac-Man games, what you see is what you get, but I wish Namco gave us more in this collection, since the only games in my opinion that sold me on this collection are: Pac-Man, Pac-Land (Yes), Pac-Man Arrangement and Pac-Man Championship Edition, the others are more of a novelty, rather than fan favorites. But still a good collection nonetheless
Excelente. Muy divertido. Trae varios juegos Pac Man. Es compatible con el mando de la XBOX 360.
SCANDALOSO
non è possibile commercializzare un prodotto realizzato cosi male, nessuna possibilità di cambiare i tasti associati alla tastiera, nessuna possibilità di modificare l'immagine o il suo aspetto.
vedere pacland in versione 10" su un monitor da 27" è un'esperienza da dimenticare.
se namco o come si chiama adesso non hanno il tempo o la voglia di rispolverare le loro vecchie glorie che stiano fermi, mettere in vendita un prodotto del genere fa perdere enorme reputazione.
sconsiglio questo gioco anche se in forte sconto.
What's the problem with the Ghostly Adventures? :avgnmad: i'm mean sure: Pac-Man only caring about food rather than helping others, Lord Betrayus being a generic and immature villain, relying too much on gross humor and edgy teenager clichés is some negatives. But overall is still a fun collection for every fan of the ghost gobber.
A fun little collection of older Pac-Man titles that will bring back memories of everything Pac-Man.
From challenging to wacky, the majority of the most popular and exciting Pac-Man games are in this collection for a great price. Everything sounds great and plays well, no issues.
If you like PAC-MAN you will like a collection of them. It is very challenging and addicting and the price is a steal!
If you love Pac Man then you have to get this. If you like Pac Man then this is a great buy. If you never played Pac Man then this is worth a try. If you enjoy Ms Pac Man it is DLC.
while the ms pac-man DLC is pathetic, its the only known instance where you can play pac-man battle royale at home so i recommend this only on sale so someday my frequented discord server'll will host a pac-attack/panic tourney via parsec
While the collection included with this set is solid, it has to be stated they did not do a very good job in some regards. First of all the game runs in a forced resolution change full screen that does not cooperate well with windows often resulting in windows pulling you out of the game over and over again to complain this isn't the optimal resolution, it would have been nice to have an option to default it to windowed as there is absolutely no reason this set needs the whole screen as many of these games don't even take up the whole screen.
Issue 2, ok I understand Ms. Pac-Man was free at launch and I understand now wanting to charge for it (even if that does seem a bit greedy) What I don't understand is why you charge $4.99 for it on steam as DLC for this game when the game is also sold for $3.99 as a stand alone title.
Issue 3, Pac-Man Arrangement, while the PSP version is a nice game, the one most gamers have nostalgia for is the one that was the one from the Arcade Namco Classics Collection Vol. 2. Possibly it's an issue of emulation... but given that it's emulating the PSP version I fail to see how this would be the case, also there was a Port of this Arrangement mode included as part of the Pac-Man Collection for game boy advance years ago that was pretty near perfect to the arcade.
Issue 4 the game is marketed as a Museum set, given that the game is kind of lacking in extra content like some of the earlier museum releases for consoles. Something like the game rooms in other collections like the ps1 Namco museum games.
Issue 5, while there are some notable gems in this set like Super Pac-Man and Pac and Pal and Pac-Mania and Pac-Man Champion Edition, there are also a number of major ones missing. Pac-Man Plus, Jr. Pac-Man, Pac-Man: Adventures in Time would have been some nice editions to the set, Pac-Attack, while a fun game, isn't one I'm generally thinking about playing when I play pac-man as it has more in common with Tetris then it does pac-man and Pac-Land frankly still isn't a very good game.
Overall while it does have good titles it just doesn't handle well as a set and seems kind of inflated in price per features.
No es un mal juego. Incluye una seleccion de variados juegos de Pac-man. Unos mejores, otros no tanto según mi experiencia y opinión personal y las de otros usuarios que poseen este juego o han jugado a los juegos por separado. No deja de ser juegos con historia, cada uno de ellos. Así si te gusta la saga de pac-man en general este juego es muy recomensable. Se echan en falta títulos como los pac-man world o el ms pac-man (de manera gratuita lo podrían haber incluido y no como un maldito DLC). Recomiendo comprarlo en oferta a un buen precio. Yo lo hice en verano de 2018 (rebajas de verano de steam) y no me arrepiento
To be blunt, I'm not a fan of this collection. I don't know why there has to be an overlay surrounding the screen instead of just making a larger screen. Why is Ms. PAC-MAN DLC? PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX has a better version sold separately on Steam.
The real tragedy is that PAC-MAN Battle Royale isn't a standalone like PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX+, and that it doesn't have online multiplayer support. I feel like that game has a lot of potential that they're squandering.
Güzel bir set olmuş, meraklısı için gerçekten güzel. Tek kötü tarafı ben bu tarz oyunları pencere modunda oynamayı seviyorum, bir yandan bir şeyler izlerken bir yandan da oynuyorum ama malesef pencere modu yok.
Please window mode...
Essentially you are paying $20 for a home version of Pac-Man Battle Royale, which is fantastically fun and allows for local multiplayer if you have a gamepad for each player. The rest of the collection consists of mediocre ports of various Pac-Man games that have way better versions on other platforms, and all seem to be locked at single-player mode only.
I do recommend it, but only for the utterly superb Battle Royale. Just wait for a steam sale to pick it up.
PAC-MAN Arrangement might be the most bored I've ever been playing a video game.
EDIT: Sell your game again you cowards.
The game is rly fun, but not worth $20. I deffinatley reccomend this game, just wait for it to be on sale to get it. I got this while it was on sale for $5, andit was deffinatley worth the buy, but after playing I wondered why it is so expensive normally, so if there was no sale I would not reccomend this, but it is still fun reguardless.
[h1] Nostalgia por sufrir [/h1]
[b] Amor por las viejas experiencias [/b]
No puedo decir que está es una antología, ya que muchos han discutido acerca de que títulos merecen estar dentro, por lo que es un buen recopilatorio. El único aliciente que tengo para recomendarlo es que resulta perfecto para educar a los jóvenes inverdes que creen que han jugado títulos difíciles. No conocen la vieja ecuela.
Juegos que puedes disfrutar [spoiler] si tienes paciencia mocoso caguengue [/spoiler]:
[list]
[*] Pac-Man
[*] Super Pac-Man
[*] Pac & Pal
[*] Pac-Land
[*] Pac-Mania
[*] Pac-Attack
[*] Pac-Man Arrangement
[*] Pac-Man Championship Edition
[*] Pac-Man Battle Royale
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y si pagas el contenido descargable
[list]
[*] Ms. Pac-Man
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NOTA: [spoiler] Pac-Land es uno de los juegos más fáciles, shhhhh no digas nada [/spoiler]
Je recommande ce jeu pour les fans de Pac-Man mais l'aspect musée reste assez pauvre. Le Battle Royale fait tout l'intérêt de la collection pour moi, mais la version n'est pas à la hauteur du jeu arcade ceci dit.
Oh Pac-Man, he is even older than Mario! He was around since 1980 and is still a big hit! So Namco released this compilation, and now I will review it. There really isn't much to explain really, so let's get into it!
Gameplay: The gameplay feels perfect from their original form, not that it would be hard to emulate Pac-Man games for crying out loud! I found no issues to my knowledge and it seems Namco nailed this compilation. However, there isn't much games. You get Pac-Man, Super Pac-Man, Pac-Land, Pac-Mania, Pac-Man Arrangement, Pac-Attack, Pac-Man Battle Royale, and Pac-Man Championship Edition. That is all to my knowledge. There is DLC that adds Ms. Pac-Man if you want, but this lineup of games isn't much, but since they really tried to get the classics in, it seems fine. Still better than the insane lack of games in the new Namco Museum for Switch! Seriously, why did that have so little games?! Still, this compilation does the games justest.
Graphics and Presentation: The emulation is so good (unsurprisingly) that the games look perfect from their arcade counterparts! I did not find any glitches at all in the games! Outside of game, the menu navigation is based on the Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures cartoon, which was new at the time. The characters look accurate to the show I guess (I didn't watch it, but I played one of the games). A cool thing is that you can get figures of characters and some stamps for a collection, for the completionists out there. In the end, there isn't much left to say... except that this game has no graphics options! I dunno why either! You are stuck in a certain way, and on my monitor, it causes the picture to look a little squished, the top and bottom have ugly black bars. Why they didn't have graphics options is confusing.
Sound and Soundtrack: The sounds are accurate to their original games, and that is needed, especially for Pac-Mania! Imagine if Pac-Man's Park sounded wrong... aieeee... The other games sound right too. Man, reviewing compilations might seem to be an issue here for me.... ah well. Sound is accurate to the original games too. I mean, how could they mess it up? They are very iconic sounds used in so many Pac-Man games it makes my head spin!
Replayability: These are old arcade games (mostly), so the main point is for a high score, escalated with leaderboards. This is the main drive for this. If you wanna get a good high score and the chance on a high leaderboard position, than this works. Otherwise, this may not seem too high. The stamps and figures will keep you playing, but for how long, I will now know. They really needed to add more games honestly.
Final Thoughts: After my experiences and thoughts, I feel that this compilation deserves this score. However, you may have different experiences and opinions than me, and that is fine. Everyone has their own opinions. However, after playing, I think this compilation deserves a 7/10 with a side of a Galaxian. The lack of games is the main complain that can make or break your fun with this one. There are many more compilations with tons more games that you can try out. If you want this one, it is also on PS3 and XBOX360, as well as the Ms. Pac-Man DLC. Get this is you want, and if you are a Pac-Man fan, than get it! Otherwise, you might want to think about it first if you don't want to be disappointed. With Pac-Man Championship 1 & 2 Plus being released soon for Switch, this can help if you are in a Paccy good mood. SOMEONE HELP ME!!!
está bien la colección, pero añadan controles personalizables, estoy más acostumbrado al ASWD, también para el modo multijugador
Pros
-It's just good old Pac-Man, solid, addictive arcade gameplay.
-Contains Championship Edition, the best and most satisfying of the classic arcarde style game.
-Battle Royale can be a lot of fun with getting the right people together
-The Museum itself is a good source of Pac-Man trivia.
Cons
-20 Steambux is a bit of a steep asking price, Ms. Pac Man DLC is absurd and should have been included in the base game or as a free DLC.
-All the games except for Championship Edition are in a small window. Sure, most people aren't playing Pac-Man on their 4K Monitors, but it can be aggrevating in some cases.
-Very few customizable options. No keybinds or joystick support.
-Uses the Ghostly Adventures of Pac-Man design which gives me the spooks.
-Super Pac-Man sucks.
Pac-Man Museum is a great collection of games to have, but at the end of the day, it's just Pac-Man, something that can be emulated to perfection with ease. It's good to pick up in a sale if only for Battle Royal and Champion's Edition, otherwise, give it a pass, buy Champion's Edition DX+ and emulate Pac Man on Google or something
TL;DR Give us Pac Man World Trilogy already Namco you hacks.
Играть в этот сборник отвратительных портов мотивирует система штампов внутри игры. Выполни задание - получи штамп, местные достижения. Например, нужно набрать 200 000 очков в Pac-Man. В теории, это удастся сделать, лишь выучив шаблон движения для Пакмена, который без труда можно найти в сети. Но вот выполнить его невозможно из-за того, что картинка выдается с небольшим запозданием во всех играх, и вы всегда будете пропускать поворот. А носится этот жёлтый ублюдок, словно угорелый.
В таблице лидеров указано человек 30, что смогли набрать больше 200 000. Там и по три миллиона есть. Вот только их ники это либо безумный набор символов, либо имена каких-то ботов по-типу "gamemaster15", "gamemaster16" и так далее. И во всех играх рекорды за этими никами. Их нет в стиме. Это всё фейки, как и сама таблица!
И это только начало. Игра, скорее всего, не будет поддерживать ваш контроллер. Пишут, что работает только от Xbox. Задания для штампов до безумия сложные, только для ултрахардкорных фанатов, роботов-японцев. К тому же игра сама не знает, что хочет от игрока. Есть штамп опять же в первой игре, где надо заработать 1600 очков, съев 100 призраков. Но 1600 очков дают за съедение всего нескольких призраков подряд, а съедение ста за раз это невыполнимая миссия. Надо потратить жизнь на эту игру, чтобы получить её ачивки. К слову об ачивках. В Стиме одна даётся за игру более 10 часов. Что же, я наиграл четырнадцать, но Стиму наплевать.
Этот кусок блевоты, созданный в целях рекламы нового сериала про жёлтого засранца, стоит 400 рублей! Большинство игр прекрасно эмулируется MAME. Не берите, даже со скидкой. Я вот жалею даже о 99 рублях.
Вывод: инпут-лаги, отсутствие поддержки контроллера, высокая цена, невыполнимые достижения, фейковая таблица рекордов. Все тут жалуются на рамки вокруг экрана. Поверьте, это не самое худшее. Они вообще проблем не доставляют.
We bought it mostly just for Battle Royale. And it contains that game. A little buggy, a clumsy port, but it works. I bought it on sale, no regrets
Every negative review is going to tell you the same thing:
This game locks to a garbage resolution creating huge black bars on the screen. Then every game has an obnoxious border around it that you can't turn off (visable in the screenshots above). The end result is that the actual play area is like a fourth of the screen. It's all true, and worse than the screenshots elude to.
Let's be honest: you are only buying this for Pac-Man Battle Royale anyway because this is the only place to legally get it. Don't bother. Namco doesn't deserve a cent for this product.
I really enjoy Pac-Man Museum! It is a must have for any Pac-Man fan! It includes amny Pac-Man games including, Pac-Man, Mrs.Pacman (If you purchase the DLC, Super Pac-Man, Pac and Pal, Pac-Man Championship, Pac Mania, Pac-Man Arangement (Also called Pac-Man Remix on IOS), Pac-Man Battle Royale, Pac Attack, and Pac Land! That is a total of 9/10 games for just $20, unless you got it on sale like me. It is a wonderful game to have in you Steam collection, and I totaly reccomend buying it!
You don't even need this version anymore, just get PAC-MAN MUSEUM+. It has more games including the 1996 Arcade Arrangement (which is an ABSOLUTE GEM), A nicer UI, and less Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures!
Just go buy PLUS, even if you already have this one. I bought PLUS and don't regret it a bit.
As for this one? It's alright, but PLUS trumps it in nearly every way.
also you can't buy this one anymore
a mixed bag. Here's all my issues with this game:
-Pac-mania has very slight input delay that makes anything after level 3 impossible
-Pac-Attack is missing the feature where you can get massive points by skipping the fairy
-This collection has the PSP version of Pac-man Arrangement, which i personally think is inferior to the original Arrangement. too slow, too easy, and too short for proper score attacks.
while this may turn you away, let it also be known that this game has good arcade ports of a few obscure Pac-Man games, which so far i see no issue with. As a bigger incentive, this game has the original Pac-Man Championship edition, which many consider to be much more of a challenge compared to DX. all in all, this collection is okay, but I'd get it on sale. Otherwise, Namco Museum on the Gamecube or PS2 is a better, cheaper alternative with a port of Pac-Mania that isn't stupid
While it's nice to have all these differnt Pac-Man Games in one collection, I don't like how when you play them they only take up a small portion of the screen. Granted some of the older ones are made for vertial and not horizontal but still to waste so much space with the borders around all the games even the newer ones takes away from my enjoyment. I want to play the games as big as I can get not compressed into a window. For me it ruins the fun so I I can't quite recamend it but there is quite some noce varity to the game and some I never heard of but again it's hard for me to look past forcing everything into a small part of the screen. if you can look past that and like pac-man then go for it but if your looking to have the maze full your screen look somewhere else.
1.The selecting in menu is confusing, use X as select, Z as backward, istead of arrows and enter keys.
2.You cannot restart from the last stage.
I don't think it's worth the money, but I got it on a sale for 5 euros. so I can't complain too much. And I liked the game.
So only buy the game if you really LOVE Pac-Man or if there is a sale. ok?
Old School Pacman and Ms Pacman fan here and I just love the 2 games but definately be sure you have your controller setup as the keyboard I would think would be difficult to play this. A knobbed joystick would be ideal but with the thumb stick you can easily practice and get very good at controlling your pacmans.
If you're a fan of classic Pac-Man games, this is easily one of the most complete collections out there. Mind you, this collection isn't about the platformers (outside of Pac-Land), racers, or Smash Bros. fights. This is pure arcade Pac-Man in all its glory, and for that reason, it's pure dot-munching joy of eating ghosts and high scores.
Great collection. Basically everything that you would ever want from a classic Pac-Man compilation.
Why Does Everybody Hate this game? No idea. Theres nothing wrong with the resolution.
Pros
-All of the arcade games
-Controller support
-not very pricey
-Other things thrown in
Cons
-DLC?
-No Continues
-Weird controls
I dont know why this game got a lot of hate on pc rating: 7/10 76 B-
Seems to play well. Would like to remove the border on most games and scale to the screen, as others have mentioned. Battle royale seems WAY too small on screen but happy to be able to get the original PacMan Championship edition and the arrangement version.
Pac-Attack is oddly just in a small box on the screen... I'm not a big fan of this game but why make it so small on the screen!
Pac-Land seems to also be a bit different from the arcade and seems a bit slower but not sure if it's a different version than I recalled playing in the arcade. This one is also far too small for the screen and could have used a smaller border.
You're mostly buying this for Battle Royale
Let's not beat around the bush here -- with the new Pac-Man Museum compilation, you're getting a bunch of really old games you've most likely played before, a few you probably already own, and Pac-Man Battle Royale. Royale is a bit of a unique release, as it's only been playable outside of Japan at special events and arcades, and has been highly sought out by fans of the genre.
To be blunt, this is the perfect opportunity to wait for a sale just to pick up Royale.
Pac-Man Museum (PC, PS3, Xbox 360 [reviewed])
Developer: Namco Bandai Games
Publisher: Namco Bandai Games
Released: February 25, 2014
MSRP: $19.99
Reviewing a collection of old games can be tough, so let's start at the iconic, timeless classic: the original Pac-Man. It still holds up today, and although Museum doesn't pack a ton of nuanced options to fundamentally change the game, it does have few extras like the ability to select a starting level (once you earn it), and increase your life and bonus life thresholds.
Having said that, I know a lot of people who hated the original Pac-Man until they played the Championship Edition of the game which really helped them "get it" -- since it was pretty much better in every way. While CE is fully included in the Museum, sadly the DX upgrade that came later is not. Why Namco would opt to give you an inferior, outdated version of Championship Edition is beyond me, and counts as a strike against Museum's quality.
Next up is Pac-Mania, which is similar to the original, just with an isometric view, expanded boards, and the ability to jump. Pac's leaping power is a lot more useful than you'd think, as he can change his trajectory mid-air and jump around corners, making for a more action-oriented feel.
The problem is since the view is at an angle, you can't actually see the whole board, and it's frustrating to have to track down that last pellet you can't even look at. Because of that, you'll have to change up your strategy fundamentally and go on specific routes, clearing pellets along the way. Pac-Man Arrangement is very similar in that it offers up jumping capabilities (with a classic view), but it goes a step further with other power-ups like speed boosts. Both are fun, but not nearly as engaging as Championship Edition.
Then you have the decidedly dated Pac & Pal and Super Pac-Man, which don't hold up today, as they essentially operate like the original, but with convoluted additions such as "keys" and other weird concepts. With Pal you have a ghost that steals items and with Super, Pac-Man grows really big and can speed up to smash through walls -- that's about it.
When it comes to Pac-Land and Pac-Attack, they're anything but familiar. Land is basically the black sheep of the franchise, taking the form of an odd 2D platformer in which Pac needs to escape from ghosts chasing him in vehicles like old-timey cars and UFOs.
It's got a perfect "so bad it's good vibe" going on, although you probably won't want to play it more than a few times. Pac-Attack is basically a clone of Dr. Mario, with Pac-Man pieces eating the ghosts (viruses) instead of the requirement to match up colors. It features a two-player versus mode, which is just about the only way you're going to get mileage out of this game.
Again, Battle Royale is the main reason you're probably interested in this pack. There's no surprise here -- the concept of putting four Pac-Man players in an arena and forcing them to eat each other is good fun. It uses the Championship concept of automatically arranging levels in real time around you, and it speeds up over time to increase the tension. Even if people aren't Pac-Man fans, they can still enjoy the fast-paced, simple gameplay of Royale. Thankfully, it also supports solo play against an NPC, but you'll definitely want to find three local friends for this one (mostly because Museum doesn't have an online component).
Museum as a whole supports full leaderboards for every game, an in-game Stamp Book achievement system, and a "Pac-Room" to mess around in that stores collectibles. Visually on consoles the game looks fine, but every game outside of CE and Royale will support a tiny native resolution while a border takes up the rest of the screen. As a side note, if you buy the game before the end of March, you'll net the wonderful Ms. Pac-Man for free, which sweetens the deal.
Pac-Man Museum has a bunch of middling pieces, but the addition of Battle Royale is the icing on the cake. If you've never played Championship Edition before and thus do not have DX to compare it to, it's a perfect way to re-acclimate yourself to the franchise, while you use Royale to spice up your next local gathering. Everyone else who lacks friends on-hand or has already played CE should wait for a sale, or pass this one up entirely.
Pac-Man Museum reviewed by Harley365
7/10
GOOD
A solid game that definitely has an audience. Might lack replay value, could be too short or there are some hard-to-ignore faults, but the experience is fun.
Pac-Man Museum is a collection of all kinds of Pac-Man games, including all-time classics to obscure titles with limited re-releases. That being said, this also makes it a large collection of games you're mostly not going to play (anyone up for some Pac & Pal).
However, does that make it a bad collection? Maybe not, but the other issues might. We'll get to that in a moment. This collection caters to two kinds of people: those who are megafans of the yellow... whatever he is, and those who are curious about Pac-Man's history. If you don't fall into either of those camps and just want a way to play Pac-Man, check out the Arcade Game Series port of it on Steam (I recommend the bundle that includes Galaga and Dig Dug).
This collection does have some issues, however, such as the obnoxious inability to change the tiny screen size in games (or, y'know, screen resolution at all). The emulation seems to work well enough, though, and you at least have options to change things like the number of lives (nice priorities).
Also, if you like Pac-Man Battle Royale, this is currently the only way to play it besides going to an arcade.
Sale Price: $4.99
(Arcade Game Series - Pac-Man: $1.99)
Also Ms. Pac-Man is $5 DLC lmao
Pac-man museum has quite a few new pacman games that I didn't even know existed. And the ones I did know play just like I remember them. This is a great game.
This collection is pretty nice with it's library of Pac-Man games, and they all play really well. The only thing that ruins it for me though, is the high score on the game(not the community) resets when you stop playing the game, and there's no way to set the keys so they can be comfortable for you to play. Other than that, this collection is nice for any Pac-Man fans out there.
Overall, this is a nice collection with a large chunk of all the Pac-Man games released. A huge plus is that this is the only way you can play Battle Royale without hunting down the extremely rare arcade version. Leaderboards are nice, and the ability to slowly fill a room with Pac-Man items is a nice touch. Controls are tight as well, which is very important in a Pac-Man title.
The biggest negative is the borders. I think they are done to keep the arcades aspect ratio, but the borders around the game window are massive. I know many of these games used vertical monitors, but even in vertical mode there's still an inch or more of border on both the top and bottom of the screen! At least max out the size vertically for a vertical game.
Also, it was a bummer that Ms. Pac-Man is a DLC extra. This was the most popular game in the entire series, but its considered an extra in this collection. I realize the differences between Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man are small in this day and age, but in the arcades at the time, the addition of new mazes, ghost patterns, and a slight tweak to the controls were pretty big, and Ms. Pac-Man to this day is considered the pinnicle of the series. It's a shame that in a Pac collection, it's not included unless you pay more.
Still, these classics are replicated well in this collection. The big ones are Tournament Edition and Battle Royale, two great additions to Pac-Mans legacy. There's plenty of others to choose from as well.
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so wie damals auf dem automaten ^^
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hmm irgendwie billiger (5eu)
muss keine muenzen mehr reinstopfen
damn mit diesen muenzen hätt ich mir damals ein auto kaufen können !!!
I Really Enjoy This Game. for anyone out there who loves Pac-Man, then this is definitely for you, i do not regret buying this at all, and with all the pac man games it features and the museum where you can collect prizes, it makes the older games more of a challenge,Long Story Short this game is really amazing, You Should Buy It.
This is a game that features many of the maze Pacman games. From the original Pacman, Ms Pacman all the way to Pacman CE (my favourite), there are a ton of games to keep you busy here.
All the games are entertaining and support XBox 360 controller.
My biggest gripes however are the fact that the older games included in this bundle do not take full advantage of full screen, instead the game takes up about two thirds of the height of the screen and has a border 360 degrees around it. I would have prefered to have the game maximised height-wise and only have a border on the sides.
The other issue, and I can't work this one out, is that the games do not support a NES controller through USB. Pacman was on the original Nintendo but you can't use that controller here. I find this a shame because in Pacman CE with the speed you eventually move at, it can be difficult to control with either the XBox controller's analogue stick or 8-way directional pad.
I had Pacman CE on the 360 and it ran in 1080p. This version will only run in 720p which is a shame.
All in all a great collection of games, incredible value if you get it in a steam sale, and something that will keep you busy.
Better than hooking up your NES to your flatscreen.
Really this is a bad game colection. I think its not bad at all. biggest complaint is not being able to remove the capnet art or change the resolution. Namco please fix that. other than that! it's pretty good! Keep in mind other then argument and championship edition these are old games. so dont expect to much.
The Pac-Man Musum is a compilation set released by Namco and from its description you would be forgiven for thinking that this game would be a compilation of all the Pac-man games released brought together in one set...this compilation however simply contains Pacman and the half a dozen variations that were released in Arcades following the success of the first, as a result for the money you would pay for this (Currently retailing at £14.99) you effectively get the original Pac-Man, about 4 or 5 table variations and a strange platformer game in which you play as a side scrolling running Pac-man trying to avoid ghosts by jumping over them (Nowhere near as fun as it sounds)...there is also a tetris variation in which you have to line ghosts up and send pacmans down to take them out (Effectively Dr.Mario meets Bakubaku)
Where it pains me most is that this version not only doesnt include Mrs. Pac-man.. But they instead offer that as a DLC extra you have to pay for...this would be the equivilent of a natural history museum which is already offering limited access to its exhibits making you pay to see anything about Birds...its simply not on...Add to this that the with a title like Pac-Man Museum you would think they would at least glance on the home console games if even briefly (No Pac-Man 2, Pac in time, Pac man world ect...) just makes for a rather over priced experience that delivers very little content...
If your really desperate to play the original Pac-Man there are hundreds of Flash based versions available online, failing that locating a copy of the original on any home console or even handheld mobile devices these days is almost guarenteed to be possible and for a lot cheaper than you can get it here...
Personally I would only pick this up if you had a nostalgia for one of the more obscure titles included in this package...otherwise I can highly reccommend picking up Pac Man championship edition DX+ which is also available on Steam, which in my opinion is a vastly superior modernisation of this utter arcade classic. As it stands though for the cost you can definately do better...
I love this collection of classic pac man titles I don't know why so much people give it hate they say the keyboard controls are really unresponsive but I have only encountered this problem in pacmania but overall there are 2 things I don't like about it
1.Ms pac man is DLC when it could just be part of the collection
2.It is quite pricey for a pac man collection i would recommend buying this when there is a price drop I got it during the latest namco bandai sale for £3.74
P.S if you are playing this on xbox live I wouldn't recommend buying the ms pac man DLC because it doesn't have achievements I would just recommend buying the xbox live version of ms pac man which does have achievements
Хоть из всего сборника мне понравился только оригинальный PACMAN, все-равно поставлю лойс. Игра шедевр на все времена, kак и тетрис, кстати, здесь есть и PacMac-TETRIS :D
Works well, I bought it for the original and for battle royale. The original seems to run a little faster than the arcade machine, but otherwise seems pretty spot on. Both games have huge frames around them so the games aren't full screen. This is the most annoying part, and makes it less enjoyable to play with a group of people.
I highly recommend hooking your pc up to the tv, and getting a few xbox controllers; makes for a decent party game(apart from the distracting frame.)
Also you can't use the keyboard with controllers as another player in battle royale, which is a little annoying.
This game may be better with a controller. It doesn't accept non-Xbox controllers, so I don't know for sure. But playing with a keyboard seems somewhat less responsive than you'd expect. You lose a lot of lives when you try to turn a corner only to have Pac decide "nah, I'll just keep going straight". Other than that, it's a good collection of games, and has some less-familiar titles like Pac & Pal or Pac-Land.
I bought this game because I did not have the opportunity to play the original ones. And I'm really enjoying them, despite being pretty difficult for me . There are some issues with delayed keyboard response as well. But I really like the variety. Really hope they would update this into a complete pac man museum with the missing games.
Dreadful and lazy collection of games. All games have boaders however when I say boarders, I mean the game is running in a 400x600 box in the middle of the screen with no option to even double it.
Seems to me like someone has created a template for this kind of release and they just drop the roms in and a custom skin.
Games are at least as fun as you remember them but this kind of release is unforgivable and would encourage users to find other ways to play if they fancy pacman.
It's ok, so far. The small game screen can be annoying, but it's still a generally good game. Good for practicing pacman or just goofing around. It may not be possible, but i can possibly extract the roms and play them in mame (and keep them for myself >:) ). THERE, now the reviews are ballanced.
I reccomend this compilation for the Summer sale price of $6.79. But I wouldn't buy this for $19.99, let that be known. My only complaints after testing each game is I wish we could make the screens of the games A BIT larger, but it doesn't Make or break the game in anyway just a small thing I would've preferred, & so far JUST PACMANIA has an input lag/bug of some sort especially when trying to point packman upwards. Other than that all the games run smoothly. Definatley pick this up if you want some Pacman in your life.
The game is garbage. Yes it has a lot of the obscure pac man games. However, epic issues trying to get a controller to work. This is aside from the incredibly frustrating task of playing the game using like 1/4 of your screen and having the rest filled up by some side filler which could be used to....idk PLAY THE GAME FULL SCREEN!!!! I got this game on sale. Even for 75% off, is NOT worth the price due to compatibility issues on all fronts. Avoid this game till at some point if they ever decide to fix any of this nonsense.
This game is garbage... You expect awesome retro game with new nice graphics, but you get game without normal resolution, terrible graphics and design, and ♥♥♥♥♥♥ games based on Pac-man universe.
I don't know how you manage to mess up Pac-Man controls, but somehow it happened.
Every tiny little touch on either my gamepad or keyboard sent the UI flying. A millisecond tap = 3 taps. This was often a BIG problem in the gameplay, because when you need to make a vital turn, it often doesn't happen, even though you pressed the button well on time.
If the creators of this felt like throwing in a "broken joystick" aesthetic, then they definitely did it.
I bought this on sale and regretted it. Please don't buy this at full price.
Pac-Man rules! Expecially with a Madcatz arcade stick (not supported yet). Trick is to use xpadder so you can map the direction arrows to the stick and be sure change the diagonal sensitivity to 1 so that you don't miss your turns.
I got it on sale and even on sale it was not worth it. I got it for battle pacman muti-player and you cant play multi-player unless you have two controllers. Also there is no online muti-player as well.
Example: One player can not play on the keyboard while one other plays with a controller. You both have to have a controller. You both also cant play using the same keyboard. (I was unable to get my X-Arcade joystick to work on this.)
Also you are not able to change the screen resolution and that is really messed up as I know they have battle pacman in arcades right now running on 720p screens.
Not worth the buy. Stay away get out while you can.
I'm a big fan of Pac-Man, but this collection left a bad taste in my mouth.
I realized before I purchased this that Ms. Pac-Man was DLC, and I thought that was a cheap trick to get more money, but I knew what I was getting into and I thought the price was still fair. If you're a big Pac-Man fan, the bundle is a good deal. Some games will likely never be played by me, but some games ( the original game and Ms. Pac Man) will be played quite a bit. A big down side for me was that I can't figure out how to get 2 player on Ms. Pac Man...which is really frustrating.
Unfortunately, I didn't research as much as I should have. What really sold me on getting this was having Pac-Man Championship Edition and Battle Royale included. I got CE for free on my PS3 a few years ago and loved it, but I sold my PS3 and I was excited to play it again at a fair price. I didn't realize that what I had on PS3 was the DX+ version of the game, and the version included is nowhere near as fun. Even if an upgrade was offered as DLC, I would be okay with that, but it is not. Battle Royale is frstrating in a completely different way because they took a HD game and put a border around the entire screen. Just..why?
Bottom line, the package is alright, but it lacks the option to change resolution and the thick borders (particularly on BR) is unnecessary. If you can get it for $5 you probably will get your money's worth, but supporting such a lazy port feels wrong to me. I wish I could get my money back.
Played this for about 10 minutes. My Qanba fight stick doesn't work. My MadCatz fight stick doesn't work. Using a 360 contoller is terrible. This game is meant to be controlled with a arcade stick and I can't use any of the ones I own. I completely threw my money away on this. But who knows? The controls and response time using the keyboard and controller are really bad any way. Horrible purchase on my part. I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THE MIXED REVIEWS SERIOUSLY.
If you are interested in practicing these games and want to get good, don't buy this. If you don't care about getting good, you know what? Just don't ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ buy it.
Installed, then found every thumbs down on this page confirmed, and proceeded to uninstall. Contros are off and you will miss turns you ko wyou made. The worst problem is the resolution is fixed and doesn't fit most modern reoslutions. I tried to play legit but looks like it's back to MAME.
pac man fans beware..... some guy at namco rewrote the programming for these games . patterns dont work , niether do xbox controllers, afterglow controllers, and all controllers made by pdp.com. i have bought 5 new controllers since january thinking that was the problem altho idk why because the controllers{all of them} work just fine playing mortal kombat komplete, works fine playing dragonball xenoverse. come to think about it , this is the only game i have controller issues with , all other steam games function fine. combine that with a turtle website, no contoller support and you got screwed just like me. i used to own all these games in the coin op cabinet form , had them all in my garage. yet i never saw scores on these games like the leader boards show. i'd love to see someone get 500,000 pts on pac man. i have gotten to the 18th key and i didnt even have over 100,000 , kinda hard at 10 pts a dot. not to mention they have modified the behaviors of the ghosts. they can all assume the same roles at the same time inevitably cornering you. it also seems like it i tend to score a few pts the ghosts tax me till i lose 2-3 lives then its back to normal. and the top scores on the leaderboards are so rediculously high with a huge point gap you know they were cheating .#1 19,000,000 #2 18,000,000 #3 15,000,000 then point gap down to 6 million #4 6,000,000 what i find jacked is theres no way i can even compete for a spot cause when i say it doesnt work right i mean it wont turn , especially when tryng to evade / eat ghosts sometimes wont go up and down others it wont turn left or right. point is if you like pacman dont play these rewrote versions , download a emulator and the rom and play the real deal that really works for free.
the only cons are too steep price and no jr pac man but it is still fun and worth getting if you are into retro games arcade games or pac man or simply just want to check out old time games i am very happy with this buy
11/19/2021: Review now obsolete due to the reveal of Museum+. Do not purchase a key for the standard Museum -- wait for Museum+ instead. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBftlAcWPKk
REDUX: I've owned this for some time and mainly play this just for the original Championship Edition. The other games are good but are plagued with issues that should have been easy to address, especially given it's a 2014 release and should not be 720p max, not to mention some games are in a small window compared to other releases).
There are obvious cons to this game -- the versions of Pac-Attack, Arrangement, and the implementation of Battle Royale are VERY questionable. After finding music references to Anthology/World 2 version of Pac-Attack, as well as 1996 Arrangement, one would seriously question why Namco made these choices of games in the line-up (ever heard of bonus content?). Given also, Pac-Attack lists 1998 (and ONLY 1998) as the release year, which implies they ported the PS1 version from Anthology.
If you're looking for the much better versions of Pac-Attack and Arrangement, don't get this.
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ORIGINAL: First off, please don't judge based on my Yes/No answer, as there is no "Mixed" option for me to choose. That being said, whether to buy Pac-Man Museum is your choice. For the full price, not so much ($25 for game + DLC is basically too much), as I had waited for 75% to roll around for the holiday sale. In the case of Steam sales, get it ASAP.
A somewhat ok game overall; a few problems here and there (most especially on Battle Royale -- no online multiplayer), and not really into Ghostly Adventures. If you're looking for the original Championship Edition, it's in there. Otherwise a nice collection of games to choose from. (I have been getting a bit of delay on controls, but I may not have made the correct settings on the graphics card for this game yet.)
Big con -- this game has the PSP Arrangement and not the Arcade Arrangement.
I'd recommend CE2 and CE DX+ way more than this, but this is still a decent choice during a major sale, because I wouldn't pay $20 for little features.
i hate to be a band-wagon kind of guy but what they say is true, they seem to have just threw this on a wall and want to see if it will stick. This games controls suck, while you can play it just honestly sucks and takes away from the nostalgia that is PACMAN. I am an old-schooler (39 years old now), this game is somewhat fun for the history, but now worth anything, not even 99 cent bin. This is not the first Bandai-Namco game I have purchased and found to be worthless, but I can assure you it will be my last.
Personally, it was a blast, (even though I payed full price), although the menu is HORRID, I'd recomend this if it comes on sale and you're craving some nostalgia.
The game's locked to 1280x720 which is letterboxed on my 1920x1080 monitor.
It's just bizzare, who'd ever expect to buy a game that's locked to a single, wrong resolution, I didn't think I'd have to check for something so ridiculous.
Long time coin-op fan here. My big problem with the implementation of this series is the controls... waaay too many missed turns and lost lives kill the enjoyment.
When I bought this, I thought that I was going to get another epic, nostalgic roller coaster ride like I did with Championship Edition DX+. I was wrong. For those of you who're busy and just wanna know my opinions summed up, I basically feel that this this game is a mockery of the original Pac Man. I recommend that you spend your hard earned cash on Championship DX+. You'll have a much better experience.
For those that will actually read the entire review, know that I hated this. It felt like the worst console port ever. I'd have yet to encounter a game on Steam that didn't use WASD if it weren’t for this. That's right, you didn't read it wrong: this game doesn't support the WASD keys as controls. It makes you use the arrow keys. Luckily, I use an Xbox controller for these sorts of arcade titles, so that didn't affect me too much. Apart from that, the games weren’t in their original states. I've played Pac Man Championship (the older one) and I know for a fact it wasn't anywhere near as pixelated. Come to think of it, the entire game, hub and all, was pixelated. However, I'm fairly certain that was due to poor settings on my side. Speaking of “my side”, this game didn’t run on the first try, nor did it run on the second, or third, or fourth, for that matter. I had to go as far as to contact Bandai (Namco) and wait for a response in order to even start the game. Even after I had had (that’s not a type-o) days to build extra anticipation to play the game, I still disliked it from minute 1.
All-in-all, this game really disappointed me. It’s the first game that I’ve ever installed that I’m uninstalling solely because it was unentertaining. Going back and re-reading it, I realize that my review really doesn’t “review” anything about the game at all. Still folks, trust me when I say that you do NOT want to spend your hard earned cash on “Pac Man Museum”.
Seriously though, people should start a petition to add multiplayer to Championship DX+, and to add Namco Museum, a title that I’ve loved since childhood, to Steam.
Полная коллекция Pac-Man на пк. Жаль большая часть игр не открывается на весь экран и по бокам довольно большая рамка, нет настроек (только настройки управления). А так, очень даже хороший сборник. Ценители аркад старых времён оценят по достоинству.
Understand that the only reason to buy this is to get Pacman CE on pc. (Same graphics, but totaly differnt gameplay from CE DX+.) Battle Royal is interesting but runs in a shrunken, boardered screen. (See screenshot 6)
Horrible, Horrible, Horrible, Horrible, gives you options to MAP CONTROLLER and it does, nothing, worst ever supported by steam, I've tryed every configuration and squat, ziltch, nada. Going back to "CLASSICS WITH THIS ONE PUTS YOU IN THE STONE AGE"!!! DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!
Namco has officially lost the right to complain about losing business to emulators like MAME.
The menu is unintuitive and clearly not designed for keyboards. People use those for PC games a lot of the time, and they're a valid input method even for super complex games like Pac-Man.
The game is locked to 1280x720 resolution. With my 1920x1080 monitor, this means it's letterboxed and the picture is distorted. Fullscreen is also forced on, bypassing launch commands. I think that needs emphasis because that has to be an aspect of the program written in and passing the inspection of at least one or two supervisors, tacitly approving something as bizarre and completely unnecessary as locking fullscreen in a final product.
I can't tell if this is all because of some kind of lazy porting of a collection made for the iPad or something, but these are not problems people should be running into in 2014. It's worth noting that none of these things are issues with unofficially built emulators, which double-downs on how pathetic this package is. I feel ripped off and would ask for a refund, but those don't exist, putting publishers beyond accountability in the Steam/Origin era.
Strange controls. Even stranger is that you cant change the size of the screen, yes thats the size you will get in the pictures.
This has Pac Man, Super Pac Man, Pac Attack, Pac Land, and another Pac game or 2. Ms. Pac Man costs extra.
Its barebones emulation, with few options. I wish the speedup versions were available for Pac Man and Ms. Pac Man.
I got it for 75% off and it was worth paying that much to me.
Its a good time waster and fun in short bursts.
Cutting straight to the chase here, to save typing.
Pros: Pac-Man, Pac-Man Arrangement, Pac-Man Championship Edition
Cons: Pac-Mania, Pac & Pal, Pac-Land, Super Pac-Man, having to pay an extra £4 for something that should have already been a part of the museum (Ms. Pac-Man), the screen, seeing the one thing that made me want to buy this collection in the first place (to get away from horrible Pac-Man games) i.e. Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures characters...
Neither: Pac-Attack, Pac-Man Battle Royale.
Overall, just don't get this. It's just better to get Championship Edition DX+ and saving yourself some money and a ton of games you wouldn't want anyone touching, not even your worst enemy.
Several classic Pac-Man titles in one collection, eight stamps to unlock in every game, unlimited continues and other little additions, as well as online leaderboards for each game. However, please be aware that Pac-Man Museum does NOT include the good Pac-Man Arrangement game, and that Ms. Pac-Man is DLC for some reason.
Ho veramente amato questi giochi e quindi non posso far altro che dare un bel voto. Gli amanti dell'old school da sale giochi apprezzeranno tantissimo. Per veri pac-fan
voto 8
Don't trust the other reviews! I don't understand why so many people hate this game. All the games play pretty well compared to their arcade counterparts, and there are some cool unlockable objects from the new Pac-Man TV show. The only problem I noticed is that Super Pac-Man runs a bit faster than it should when you hold down the speed button. But other than that, everything is accurate and done really well. It'll certainly please Pac-Man fans old and new (except those people down there apparently >_<).
Classic Pac-Man games. What more could you ask for from a Pac-Man collection?
Only complaint is Pac-Man's eyes when you aren't playing a game.
So astoundingly bad that it manages to transcend nearly every boundary put forth by some of gaming's absolute worst of the worst and easily makes it into that dubiously extraordinary category of being one of the most atrocious collections ever published.
Having a lot of fun with this. A good collection of a bunch of classic Pac-Man titles. My only complaint is that the arcade Pac-Man Arrangement isn't included as well. Overall, a good set of games.
hmm if you like pac man and ms pacman and such you will like this game. Its close to the same games. Differences are the ghosts move in differing patterns also this copy of hte game is slower in some respects and faster in others...like onthe ms pacman game she just goes slow....where inthe arcade she would pause at every dot you got...slight difference. The ghosts going in a differing patterns and the surprise way they move make this different. Though a few games they are missing are baby pacman and junior pac man....though i think the one with the pinball machine might be tough to emulate.
This game is awesome! I do not know why alot of people are mad about this game. They should look at the requirments section to make it run perfect. Enough of that. Here are my reasons I like this game. 1 It is a good deal to buy this game because their is more games in one. 2 THEY HAVE THE ARCADE GAME PACMAN BATTLE ROYALE WITH A DIFFERENT LEVEL DISIGN!!!! :D and YOU CAN PLAY THE GAME ALL YOU WANT INSTEAD OF PAYING EVERY TIME YOU WANT TO PLAY!!!!! :D
3 You can get unlockable figures and items and stamps!!!! .......as well as achivements.
4 Champion edition/Championship edition is awesome! It is very fun and addictive like battle royale!
5 The classic pacman is back! :D
These are my reasons and my opinion why i think this game is EPIC!!!! By the way every time i play champion edition it is glitchy and the maze is jumbled up. Please fix this!
The lack of an option to remove the borders and alter the screen size is dissapointing. Also, Pac-Man Battle Royale lacks real multiplayer support, as you are forced to have extra xbox controllers in order to battle against other players.
For $5, this would be worth it. $20 is way too much. Emulation issues in some of the games, strange controls, and the inability to change the resolution turned me away after a short play session.
This collection would have been fantastic if there were options to change resolution. Battle Royale is stuck in a crappy purple boarder. (which isn't shown in the video on the store page, something I find extremely deceptive.) This'll be a thumbs down for me until they fix something which sould be standard in any PC release.
Pretty nice collection of classic Pac-Man games, with some harder to find titles. Everything plays fine, but it is locked into 720p, meaning some of the menus and the one 3D game look kind of rough. The sprite-based games look perfectly fine though, and are very sharp. This will make for a great laptop game.
It's not a bad game. This game uses the engine of Namco Museum for XBOX 360 for displaying the arcade games. Unfortunately there is no way to turn off the sometimes distracting borders that some of the games have. You'll have to play in a well lit room to not be affected by it. Could make some people dizzy or sick.
Arcade perfection wise, these games are the originals. but you can't see the games opening attraction because once you start a game, the software automatically inserts a credit for you to play so you can't see it. Also if you notice the copyright messages on the original arcade games have been modified to say NBGI on them so its not really an original game if you modify the original copyright on the screen.
The controls are good. I'm using a Logitech F310 gamepad in XInput mode so it's just like playing on the XBOX 360 except its for PC.
Finally I read through some of the complaints about glitchy graphics . I don't have them here. Windows XP SP3, 4GB Ram , Nvidia Geforce 8400M GS , Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4ghz Processor. Runs pretty smooth.
If there is one complaint I had is that the initial demo offering really did not convince me to buy the full game initially but once I saw some gameplay videos of this game, I had to have it. I don't own an XBOX 360 so my gaming choices are limited but I'm happy that Namco Bandai Games decided to show some love for the PC audience and release this game. Despire some complaints about it.
Maybe it does need patching, but for now I'll play it as is.
Sorry Namco. But this is a bit of a shoddy job. The emulation is a bit off as it randomly goes up and down frames per second (a bit like the recent Metal Slug 3 release) and there's no online multiplayer for PacMan Battle Royale. Not to mention that £15/$20 is a bit much concider that there are better games released recently with a better price tage. Plus with a fixed screen resolution of 1024 X 720 on my 1080p monitor looks pretty bad too!
But with the powers of the internet, you, Namco, can make this game better by solving the problems above, like screen resolution and online play. Plus making the price tag somewhere like £10/$15 would be a better purchase than what we have right now.
If you're looking for a Pac Man collection, you might have to look else where until Namco fixes this game. Grab your old PlayStation and hunt down the Namco Museum discs. They're a better buy than this game!
It's the Pac-Man Collection we deserve, but not quite the one we need to spend $20 on yet.
I love me some Pac-Man. In fact, Pac-Man CE DX + is one of my favorite games on Steam so far. So when this came to Steam, I decided to get it. The result is mostly good, but needs some more polishing before it can be considered a good buy.
Like others have said, more customization options (controls and display) would be good, online multiplayer for Battle Royale would be welcomed in with open arms, and keeping Ms. Pac-Man free would also be good. The Game selection is pretty good, but personally I would have replaced Pac-Land and Pac-Man Arrangement with Pac-Man Plus and Jr. Pac-Man. In fact, how about having Pac-Man Plus and Jr. Pac-Man be the next two rounds of DLC? Or if we're thinking wishfully, how about a simulated version of Baby Pac-Man, the video and Pinball hybrid?
Bottom Line: Add the aforementioned customization options, keep the DLC free, add more games, take Battle Royale online, and then it'll truly be worth $20 (or 80 quarters). Hopefully Bandai Namco listens, and will start to spread even more Pac-Man Fever!
Terrible collection, just a bunch of emulated roms tossed out there with no extras and no effort. No video options, so the games are stuck playing in tiny windows at their original resolution, making it legitimately difficult to play on a large screen. This even goes for the Battle Royale arcade game; the version on here is exactly the same as the arcade, which means low resolution and local multiplayer only. Also noticed substantial input lag on the older arcade games when using a 360 stick. A pathetic collection, not remotely worth the asking price, and legitimately sad that Namco/Bandai/Whoever cares so little for the treatment of their classics. Absolutely do not buy.
If you want a good classic collection, look at M2's stuff or even the old Namco Museums on PS1.
Un excelente juego que recopila los mejores juegos de la franquisia Pac-Man, auque creo que le faltan algunos títulos más que son muy emblemáticos y que para mi deberían estar incluidos también como es el caso del Pac-Man World. Otro punto criticable es no poder cambiar la resolución de pantalla del juego, lo cual sería más que conveniente para mejorar el tamaño de los juegos vistos en pantalla. Si sos fan de la bolita amarilla te recomiendo el juego, pero intenta hacerte con el cuando su precio este de oferta, ya que me parece excesivo el precio para un juego de este tipo. Si quieres conocer más del juego te dejo mi vídeo review, donde pruebo y analizo más profundamente el Pac-Man Museum, espero que les guste.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUdXTxJgMdI
I have been waiting for this collection for years, and when I heard it was finally being made, I decided then and there that, as a life-long Pac-Man fan, I would get it the day it was released. I am not disappointed. It contains all the games I love, and many I'd never had the chance to play before. The included variety of games almost guarantes that if I get tired of one in the collection I can always move onto another. I was exacly what I expected of the title.
If you're looking for something other than a casual, arcade style experience, then you will probably be disappointed. It is not an HD game, and most fo the games run in a much smaller window within the program, but that's perfectly acceptable. This is a great walk thorugh Pac-Man's history, and well worth the cost if you're a fan.
I really like this collection. You get what you paid for: a lot of classic Pac-Man games that I grew up playing as a kid. I really love that Namco added Ms. Pac-Man to it, that's one of my favorites in this collection. There's one thing I don't like, Battle Royale doesn't have an online multi-player mode and playing local multi-player is not really fun when you have one chair and a small monitor play on.
So far this game blows. You cannot change the resolution, the Battle Royale that I have been waiting for looks like a terrible port from the arcade, and the game is boxed into a window on the screen. I should have just saved the money to play it in the arcade. Fix the resolution and graphics, add in online multiplayer and it would be worth the price. I wish I never bought this.
Championship Edition is fun and plays ok, but still no graphics options. I can play that game on my phone, so whats the point of this package.
Stay away.
