[PAC-MAN Museum+ 4/14]

Hey, look! They made a game based off of that one Smash stage that everyone hates!

A decent, if not super remarkable 2D platformer based off of, oddly enough, the Hanna-Barbera PAC-MAN cartoon that has a pretty good heaping of charm to its name. Level design is decent, controls are a bit odd but workable, and the presentation is good with colorful locales and expressive characters. It's a decently fun time, though it is a bit antiquated in some aspects.

Also notable for being... surprisingly influential? Like, this game was directly cited by Shigeru Miyamoto as a inspiration for Super Mario Bros.' gameplay. If Pac-Land was never made, the platforming genre as we know it would not exist. Thanks, Pac-Land.

Reviewed on Sep 27, 2023


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