However, if you think you can adjust to joypad control for a maze game, this is a good one. Also, one of the 'standard' Pac-strategies, wiggling the joystick rapidly back and forth to keep your Pac-pal stationary, while attempting to lure the ghost monsters toward him/her, is virtually impossible with a joypad. Pac-Man will take an unexpected turn for the worse. Just a little pressure in the wrong place and Ms. No amount of programming effort can overcome the fact that navigating mazes at high speed is not easily done with a joypad. This is a game that should be played with a joystick, plain and simple. Here's another good game that's hindered by inadequate controls. If you're going on a very short road trip, though, you might consider packing this classic right alongside your toothbrush. Although the alternating two-player option gives the game some competitive flavor, there just aren't enough mazes to more than whet most gamers' appetites. PAC-Man along without you pressing a button. The straightforward controls are simple, but sometimes unpredictable - occasionally they scurry Ms. PAC-Man looks as good as she ever did, and the game's familiar bleeps sound average, although that squeaking can get annoying. Pac-Man's graphics and sounds aren't fancy, but it doesn't matter. If you reach the 10,000-point mark, you get an extra life. Healthy Fruit drops from the sky and scores you points when you eat it. Racking up the points can help you in your travels. Otherwise, stay away from the spooks, or you're dead - and you only have three lives with no continues. Your only reprieve from the spooks are Power Pellets, which you can munch to make the Ghosts termporarily vulnerable to your incisors. It's not that easy, though, 'cuz PAC-Man-eating ghosts are nipping at your heels. Gobble up all the little dots, and you'll move into the next maze. PAC 'Em InД«y now, everyone should know this game's premise - you are a round chomping ball with a bow on top who chases around the screen munching on dots.

This game is addicting, but don't get too hooked, because the four mazes end all too quickly. Pac-Man, the classic, returns on the Game Boy.

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