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E.T. might be considered the worst, but Pac-Man for the 2600 was surely the most disappointing. The plumber wrench Pac-Man had to be one of the worst adaptatio

E.T. might be considered the worst, but Pac-Man for the 2600 was surely the most disappointing. The plumber wrench Pac-Man had to be one of the worst adaptations ever. The 8-bit Atari computer version was such a amazing leap.

Johnny555 7y ago
What was disappointing about it? I owned an Atari 2600 and played Pac-Man many times. But I've never played it on another game console or in an arcade, so I'm not sure what I was missing.
- krige 7y ago
  Pretty much everything: the flickering and the altered map with misaligned dots is the most obvious change, but it's missing all the different value bonus items, the iconic sounds, and lots of tiny graphical touches like ghost eyes facing the direction they move in, or up and down sprites for the pac. In short, it's severly cut down on all features, and poorly coded to boot (mrs. pac-man shows you can do better than this).
  - Johnny555 7y ago
    I guess I was very forgiving back then... I loved Pacmac on my 2600. Or maybe it's because it was my first game purchase after "Combat!" (which came with the 2600)
    - krige 7y ago
      I mean, I'm in the same boat as you. 2600 pacman is the only one I knew for a long while and I still kinda prefer the meaty beep sounds over the original sound effects. But for people who knew arcade pacman beforehand, the perception was obviously rather different.
- ASalazarMX 7y ago
  I think the most disappointing thing was the "klong klong" sound it made while eating pellets, and that the pellets were bars instead of dots. The ghost flickering looks awful in an emulator, but it's almost bearable in a CRT.
skocznymroczny 7y ago
It's not the worst by any means. For example, any game on the infamous Action 52 cartridge is easily worse than E.T. Most of the "worst" consideration happens because of notable game reviewers such as AVGN perpetuating the meme of it being the worst game ever. Kind of similar to how EA Games is often the #1 hated company, even though it has many successful franchises and beloved games.
adam12 7y ago
Here's a much improved version of Pac-Man for the 2600: https://atariage.com/forums/topic/229152-new-pacman-for-atari-2600/#comments https://atariage.com/forums/topic/229152-new-pacman-for-atar...

Johnny555 7y ago

What was disappointing about it? I owned an Atari 2600 and played Pac-Man many times. But I've never played it on another game console or in an arcade, so I'm not sure what I was missing.

krige 7y ago
Pretty much everything: the flickering and the altered map with misaligned dots is the most obvious change, but it's missing all the different value bonus items, the iconic sounds, and lots of tiny graphical touches like ghost eyes facing the direction they move in, or up and down sprites for the pac. In short, it's severly cut down on all features, and poorly coded to boot (mrs. pac-man shows you can do better than this).
- Johnny555 7y ago
  I guess I was very forgiving back then... I loved Pacmac on my 2600. Or maybe it's because it was my first game purchase after "Combat!" (which came with the 2600)
  - krige 7y ago
    I mean, I'm in the same boat as you. 2600 pacman is the only one I knew for a long while and I still kinda prefer the meaty beep sounds over the original sound effects. But for people who knew arcade pacman beforehand, the perception was obviously rather different.
ASalazarMX 7y ago
I think the most disappointing thing was the "klong klong" sound it made while eating pellets, and that the pellets were bars instead of dots. The ghost flickering looks awful in an emulator, but it's almost bearable in a CRT.

skocznymroczny 7y ago

It's not the worst by any means. For example, any game on the infamous Action 52 cartridge is easily worse than E.T. Most of the "worst" consideration happens because of notable game reviewers such as AVGN perpetuating the meme of it being the worst game ever. Kind of similar to how EA Games is often the #1 hated company, even though it has many successful franchises and beloved games.

adam12 7y ago

Here's a much improved version of Pac-Man for the 2600: https://atariage.com/forums/topic/229152-new-pacman-for-atari-2600/#comments https://atariage.com/forums/topic/229152-new-pacman-for-atar...