Nintendo

The 3DS Game I Didn’t Know I Wanted: Pac-Man, Plain Old Pac-Man

I think I was supposed to get excited about playing Pac-Man Championship Edition and a new 3D first-person version of Galaga when I played the anthology game Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions on the Nintendo 3DS at a Namco press event earlier this week.


April 8, 2011
Nintendo

See How Pac-Man And Galaga Work On A Nintendo 3DS

Pac-Man and Galaga both get served three ways in the upcoming Pac-Man and Galaga Dimensions for the Nintendo 3DS. Two of those games are brand-new and unique to the 3DS, Pac-Man Tilt and Galaga 3D Impact, and this new Japanese trailer explains how they work.


March 31, 2011
Nintendo

Pac-Man Championship Edition Is Coming To The Nintendo 3DS

The not-so-hot-looking Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions for the Nintendo 3DS is more than originally meets the eye. The 3D game will also include versions of Pac-Man Championship Edition, Galaga Legions as well as the original Pac-Man and Galaga, both tweaked with stereoscopic visual tricks. [Andriasang]


December 2, 2010
News

PlayStation Minis, I Can No Longer Ignore You

PlayStation Minis are little iPhone games, except no one talks about them (and they’re playable on a PlayStation Portable, not an iPhone). Sorry, but I’ve got to change that.


March 16, 2010
News

The Super Championship Edition Mash Up That Is Pac-Man Battle Royale

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What is Pac-Man Battle Royale? This week’s Amusement Expo in Vegas explains it all with a playable four-player Pac-Man face off that borrows from both Pac-Man Championship Edition and Super Pac-Man to interesting results.


December 11, 2009
News

Pac-Man: Championship Edition Waka Wakas The IPhone

Pac-Man Championship Edition, the Xbox Live Arcade remake of Namco’s classic arcade title, was far better than anyone was expecting. On Xbox. How it fares now it’s heading for the iPhone is anyone’s guess.


July 18, 2008
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Galaga Legions Hands On Impressions: Heavenly Galaga Hell

Microsoft and Namco Bandai are hoping that the future-retro success of the critically acclaimed Pac-Man Championship Edition can be repeated in another arcade classic, Galaga. The 27-year old vertical shooter is getting a proper update in Galaga Legions, a spectacular laser light show that blends “bullet hell” style gameplay with classic Galaga design.

It’s pretty simple stuff on the surface. Move your ship anywhere on the screen with the left analogue stick. With the right stick, you can place your ship’s two satellite guns. These two guns can be dropped anywhere on the fly, with a quick tap in the direction you want the guns to autofire.

Your ship will autofire by default too, but you can choose to call your own shots with the right trigger. The point? Higher scoring bonuses. The whole mechanic makes a lot of sense and you’ll need equal parts strategy, quick reflexes and pattern recognition to make it through all five areas.