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[Adrian M]

I'm just wondering what the majority of 2600 fans think is the best variant of Pacman for the 2600 VCS. I myself love Pac-Man Jr, followed by Ms. Pac-Man as a close second.

The reason I like Pac-Man Jr is due to the speed. THe little Jr. Pac-Man is so fast and agile, it makes the game a joy to play, despite the large mazes!

Ms. Pac-Man is also a great game and one that will keep me hooked for hours, but the speed of the game is slower and your on-screen character just doesn't feel very "nimble."

As for the original Pac-Man, I loved it as a kid in 1983, but I have no idea what possessed me to play through the same maze over and over for hours at a time!

[Lemmi]

I love pac-man jr cause of the speed and the scrolling screen

[dwh]

As the saying goes,'the third times the charm'.Once you play Jr. Pac-Man you will not go back to Pac-Man or Ms. Pac-Man or any other knockoff variant game.The strange thing with Jr.Pac-Man is the fact that the first screen seems to be the hardest,I loose a lot of lives there.I'm repeating myself here,but it seems that the game plays better on 'attract mode' than I do....

[bcprs1]

Jr Pac-Man is by far one of my favorite Atari 2600 games. It was the first game I bought with my own money way back in 88. I wanted to buy Ms. Pac-Man, but the store didn't have it. I saw Jr. Pac-Man and bought it for $14.
I also find the first maze one of the hardest. The hardest one for me is 5th maze with the train engine. If I manage to keep all my lives through the first four mazes, I usually end up losing them all here.
The other great part of Jr. Pac-Man is that the game controls are so responsive even though he moves so fast. I also love the exploding Power-pellets- nice touch.

[ 12-14-2001: Message edited by: Secret Quest ]

[Ze_ro]

Once again, I'll have to disagree with everyone... I never liked Jr. Pac-man, and the scrolling screen was annoying in my opinion... it just hid things from me, and I didn't know where anything was until I ran straight into it.

However, I do enjoy Ms Pac-Man, and Alien... although Lock 'n' Chase is my overall favorite.

--Zero

[The Night Phantom]

Jr. Pac-Man is certainly the best official Pac-Man game for the VCS in terms of fidelity to the arcade, but my skills are too meager to keep up with it for long. So, my favorite remains Ms. Pac-Man.

If, like Ze_ro, we count unofficial Pac-Man-style games, I think I would still award the prize to Ms., but I agree that Lock 'n' Chase (also an arcade conversion) is a lot of fun. However, we would be remiss in overlooking Rob Kudla's Pac-Man redux (actually based on the Ms. Pac-Man ROM), perhaps the best of the VCS hacks to date, certainly more faithful to the arcade than even Jr. (Too bad Ebivision's Pac-Man remains unavailable!)

[NE146]

I'll 2nd that...My favorites are undoubtably Ms. Pacman and Rob's subsequent hack into a better Pacman.

[Nukey Shay]

Jr. Pac Man...but I find it amazing that Alien and MouseTrap were able to get so much out of 4k (the size of the original PacMan).

[fmctm1sw]

Hmmm. nobody has mentioned the problem I had with Jr. Pac Man. Is it just me, or is it very hard to see? I guess "contrast" is the term I'm looking for. Ayone else?

[tomyou]

I'd have to go with Ms Pac Man. I am no fan of that scrolling sceen.

[Chuck Gill]

'A better Pac-Man' is the one most often stuck in my 2600. If you don't have it, you should order it, it's well worth buying. Ms. Pac-Man is my second favorite. Jr. Pac-Man suffers more from poor color choices than anything else, it is tougher to see.

-Chuck

[AtariDude]

This is a tough call but I would have to say that between Jr. Pac Man and Ms. Pac-Man, Junior wins. But since I have both games, I am spared the problem of which one to obtain

[Adrian M]

Rob Kudla's Pac-Man Redux is awesome! I never knew this hack existed!

If only Atari had released a version of Pac-Man equivalent to Pac-Man Redux back in the early 80's....I would have been a much happier child! The Atari 2600 was so much more capable than we were led to believe!

[Spector]

I liked Pac-Man, the original, supposedly disastrous, conversion best.
The points system is better, but I admit it's too easy.

[King Atari]

My fav is JR as well. Although my copy is missing a prong and the label has a tear in the middle (right on JR's face), I still love playing it.

[El Destructo]

Don't forget 20th Century Fox's Alien, it's arcade Pac-Man in everything but name. How did they avoid being sued?

-El D.

[Ze_ro]

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Originally posted by El Destructo:
Don't forget 20th Century Fox's Alien, it's arcade Pac-Man in everything but name. How did they avoid being sued?

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What are you talking about? They're complete different games! I mean, one has ghosts, and the other has aliens... do I have to draw you a diagram?

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Originally posted by SpectorI liked Pac-Man, the original, supposedly disastrous, conversion best. The points system is better, but I admit it's too easy.

Easy? I thought it was pretty hard since you had such little lee-way with the collision detection. The arcade version let you overlap with the ghost quite a bit before registering a hit.

--Zero

[Atari-Jess]

wait, wait, wait. aliens? ghosts? im confused, i think i might need that diagram!

hehe but i think Lock n' chase is good cause you can make them barriers.

but Ms Pacman is what i pick when im in a pacman fix.

no crappy scrolling, no crappy pac-man.

all fun.

[Ze_ro]

Any Questions?

--Zero