Good news for Master System owners! Pac Man returns in 3D thanks to TECMAGIK

Everyone's favourite yellow eating machine, Pac Man returns to top form in thie excellent conversion of the coin-op. Pacmania is a perfectly simple concept, virtually identical to the original munching game with the extra enjoyment and visual appeal offered by the 3D graphics.

The premise of the game is amazingly simple. You must race around a number of worlds, Block Town, Pac-Man park, Sandbox and Jungly Steps, clearing them of little pills. The pills line every corridor of every world, and points are awarded for each you eat.

Pursuing PacMan through the maze are deadly-to-the-touch ghosts. At certain intersections you will find Power Pills, which allow Pac Man to exact terrible revenge on the ghoulish fiends, and eat them too!

The narrow corridors (only wide enough for one character), and the speed and intelligence of the ghosts are the factors which set this, like the other games in the series, apart from most other you'll find on your machine.

The Master System version is virtually identical to the original, with super-smooth scrolling and flawless motion. As you hurtle around the corridors, the ghosts all gang up and try to ambush you. Using the Jump command, ifs possible to fling Pac Man into the air, avoiding ghosts - providing your timing is sound - and scooping even more pills. Once you've gobbled every pill on a level, you will move onto the next. Unlike many other conversions of apparently 'easy' arcade games, Pacmania doesn't fall into the trap of trying to tweak or change any elements which may upset the balance and remove that tricky-to-define quality which made it such a hit in the first place. It's as direct a conversion as anyone could hope for. Excellent.

Jim Douglas

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GRAPHICS

6

IQ FACTOR

3

AUDIO

4

FUN FACTOR

7

ACE RATING

800

Predicted Interest Curve

Graphically pleasing, excellentto play, and blessed with stacks of levels to explore! Pacmania offers Master System owners the sort of playability and visual appeal previously enjoyed by their 16-bit counterparts.

Rating

80

Reviewer

ACE magazine

Region

UK

Scans

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