This is the first video game I’ve ever played and it needs no introduction. Ms. Pac-Man takes everything great about it’s predecessor and amps it up with so much more variety in mazes, enemy behavior, and overall difficulty that it makes it fun to go back to years later. It’s incredibly interesting to note how this can be considered one of the first “official” ROM hacks of it’s time and from a development team located on the other side of the globe from it’s original developers, using some of the most crude development tools possible. But, they managed to make a game that easily surpasses the original in nearly every way despite it’s legal status being a chaotic mess and leading to this game sadly being rereleased less frequently as time goes on. However, if you find a cabinet out there in the wild, do yourself a favor and play it.

Reviewed on Jan 02, 2021


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