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Good as the Original, 2 October 2006
Author: Safari-1969 from Northeastern United States

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Note, this isn't from the creators of Pac-Man, but from MIT students and Midway. This was released in arcades in 1981 and outsold Pac-Man, but then Pac-Man's creators got the rights to it in 1982, so that's why all Namco Museum compilations have the 1982 copyright date on the packaging.

The game centers on Ms. Pac-Man, in four different colored mazes. It just gets better and better as you get farther. The original Midway version is great, but the Namco version isn't that great, the gameplay is slower. In the Midway version, Ms. Pac-Man is blazing fast, and the sound is better.

Overall, a 9.5, this is a classic.

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One of the greatest video games of all time, 9 February 2003
Author: edmundmuskie from America

I love Ms. Pac-Man. The original was too dark and seeing all of the levels were almost exactly the same at least by modern standards it is a little on the boring side. I actually got quite good at this game. One time though I made it up to 630,000 or so and the screen did something really weird. It flipped upside down but still showed me playing. I was killed and sense then I just never could get back up to that high score.

There is a trick where you can go through the ghosts when they turn their eyes around that you can go through them. I have done that a few times but I don't know how I did it. It is fun and while it is not my favorite video game it is so addictive. When I was a freshman in college I played this all the time. Well my studies suffered a little bit too. But this game takes me back to a day when you went out to play video games, Nintendos were not too widespread and games cost a quarter instead of up to $1.00. All I can say is this is a classic game, nearly immortal as far as games go. They were going to call this game Puc-Man but it was said it could be altered into a certain curse word.....

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Ms. Pac Man is far superior to any other Pac Man game, 1 April 2006
10/10
Author: Bemfactor7 from United States

Ms. Pac Man is by far the greatest Pac Man game created. It is a smoother game than original "Pac Man" and is entirely less gimmicky than any sequel version such as "Super Pac Man", "Pac Man Jr." or any of the others. This is a pure game requiring skill and reflexes that is not duplicated in any of todays "high tech" games on Playstation 2, Xbox, Game Cube... take your pick. Oftentimes, experts on these newer game systems laugh at Ms. Pac Man, only to be slaughtered within the first two mazes because they don't know how to handle this game of true skill, although simple, that existed prior to the games we now have. Ms. Pac Man appears in many different versions, from Original Arcade to the sit down "cocktail" version, to the home plug and play, to the recent 20th Anniversary Version combo w/ Galaga, to name the most common. You can usually find it in two versions, "slow" Ms. Pac Man and "fast" Ms. Pac Man. Fast Ms. Pac Man seems to be the rarer find, and I personally prefer it to the slow version. Some say it is easier, (and no doubt, higher scores can be achieved) but I find it to take more skill to wield a faster character through the mazes and around the ghosts than the slower and more cumbersome Ms. Pac Man, who oftentimes finds herself outraced by the ghosts even though the player is not necessarily at fault for bad play. In the arcade version, when you die, you are offered the chance to continue for another 25 cents. True players will NOT put in the "continue" credits, and instead allow their original tokens to represent their score and advancement through the game. All too often Ms. Pac Man players find a high score on a game that has been achieved by a lower class player who has pumped quarters into the game to rack up the high score, reflecting a false representation of their actual skill. So, I urge you, if you respect the game, NOT to continue your credits, and instead allow the game to expire and then attempt high score from "zero" as all true players do. Good Luck... and urge your local restaurant or bar to include Ms. Pac Man in their arcade...

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OKAY, 9 September 2000
Author: cheeseboy80

This sequel to Pac-man is an okay game. In this game, you play as the wife of Pac-man. It's the same game, you have to avoid the ghosts and munch every yellow pellet to complete each level. The mazes are slightly different than the ones in Pac-man. If you love Pac-man, you might love Ms. Pac-man. But I prefer the original one. It is a okay game, but it's not original.

I give this game 6 out of 10

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