SoulBlazer
07-19-2003, 08:21 PM
Last week I went with some friends to my local Dave and Busters, a place I had'nt been to for about six months. It's a small one (Providence RI) compared to other ones, but there's still a good mix of games, gambling games, and party stuff. There was some new stuff since last time I had been in there.
One of the 'new' games was the 20th Anniversary Edition of Ms Pac Man and Galaga, from Namco. Both games were in the same machine. It almost looked out of place, sitting in a corner surronded by more modern games. Still, it got as much play time as the other machines there.
Even though it had been a long time since I had played Ms Pac Man, I recalled how good I used to be at it and sat down to try it. Several things jumped out at me right away.
For starters, I would swear the game was MUCH faster then what I recall playing before. It did'nt take long for my friends to notice and comment on my hand-eye cordination as I handled the joystick to keep the game going. Also, the mazes seem to have been shuffled around in a different order then in the original game, and after the fruits started to repeat, the mazes changed also.
My biggest shock was around the 10th board when the power pellets suddenly lost effect totally! No fraction of a second like before, but no effect at all. The first time I saw this, I ran into a ghost beyond the pellet cause I thought that I could get that split second to eat him!
Still, I managed to get a score of about 76,000. I thought that was good -- until I noticed the high score was for over half a million! O_O
Nothing like impressing your friends and then feeling humbled. LOL
One of the 'new' games was the 20th Anniversary Edition of Ms Pac Man and Galaga, from Namco. Both games were in the same machine. It almost looked out of place, sitting in a corner surronded by more modern games. Still, it got as much play time as the other machines there.
Even though it had been a long time since I had played Ms Pac Man, I recalled how good I used to be at it and sat down to try it. Several things jumped out at me right away.
For starters, I would swear the game was MUCH faster then what I recall playing before. It did'nt take long for my friends to notice and comment on my hand-eye cordination as I handled the joystick to keep the game going. Also, the mazes seem to have been shuffled around in a different order then in the original game, and after the fruits started to repeat, the mazes changed also.
My biggest shock was around the 10th board when the power pellets suddenly lost effect totally! No fraction of a second like before, but no effect at all. The first time I saw this, I ran into a ghost beyond the pellet cause I thought that I could get that split second to eat him!
Still, I managed to get a score of about 76,000. I thought that was good -- until I noticed the high score was for over half a million! O_O
Nothing like impressing your friends and then feeling humbled. LOL