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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Apr 1, 2021 20:42:21 GMT -5
I mean the only way I see it is if you hit at the right age where Pac-Man ruled or you mastered the tricks of the ghost logic in the 1st one
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Post by fw91 on Apr 1, 2021 20:56:23 GMT -5
I’d imagine they’re virtually the same thing. But Ms.Pac Man was the only thing in arcades growing up, so I’m used to it.
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Post by CMWaters on Apr 1, 2021 21:03:07 GMT -5
Higher ups at Bandai-Namco seem to these days, given how the lady Pac hasn't had any action recently.
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Post by Ron Woodsman aka Shempaholic on Apr 1, 2021 21:11:17 GMT -5
Ms. Pac-Man was the first Pac-Man game I ever played; it may have been the first video game I ever played period. So I’ve always been partial to it.
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Apr 1, 2021 21:25:45 GMT -5
Higher ups at Bandai-Namco seem to these days, given how the lady Pac hasn't had any action recently. It still gets licensed out. See the Arcade1up Ms. Pac-man machines so all is not lost
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on Apr 1, 2021 21:28:16 GMT -5
If we're talking about just the original PacMan Game, then no
Those Cut Scenes went a LONG way in adding charm and personality to the game
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Apr 1, 2021 22:18:23 GMT -5
Ms Pac Man easy. I played the hell out of it. Since the Pizza Hut in town had a Ms Pac Man machine until sometime in 95. Unless the machine is set to fast speed I can normally last 30 or 40 minutes on one quarter.
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Post by Paul on Apr 1, 2021 22:28:38 GMT -5
I prefer Ms. Pac-Man because of the random ghost patterns.
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Post by Triangle Lancer on Apr 1, 2021 22:29:59 GMT -5
In 1983, I remember having to wait over an hour to get a Ms. Pac-Man machine. We were flying to my aunt's and had a stopover in Charlotte, NC to switch planes. (Piedmont Airlines, in case you were wondering. I still have a drink stick from it. Lost the pilot wings.) And there was a guy there up to banana level on the first life, like 20 of us around him watching. I spent the whole 45 minutes just watching, enthralled by this. Them mom pulled me away or else we'd miss our flight to Newark.
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Apr 1, 2021 22:50:50 GMT -5
Ms Pac Man was an upgrade over the original.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Apr 1, 2021 23:44:51 GMT -5
What is the difference between Pac-man&Ms. Pac-man, really?
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Post by Perd on Apr 2, 2021 0:14:23 GMT -5
What is the difference between Pac-man&Ms. Pac-man, really? Well, Ms. Pac-man has a bow on her head.
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Post by Duke Cameron on Apr 2, 2021 0:17:30 GMT -5
I’ve always preferred Ms. Pac-Man. I remember playing it a lot more.
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Post by ERON on Apr 2, 2021 9:20:20 GMT -5
I prefer Pac-Man over Ms. Pac-Man. I also prefer Galaxian over Galaga. In both cases, I acknowledge that the second game is technically superior, but I find more enjoyment in the elegant simplicity of the original.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Apr 2, 2021 9:28:57 GMT -5
What is the difference between Pac-man&Ms. Pac-man, really? Well, Ms. Pac-man has a bow on her head. Get right outta town!
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Post by James Fabiano on Apr 2, 2021 9:49:00 GMT -5
When I was a kid, we were already to the point where you saw Ms. a lot more than regular Pac in the arcades. Fact is, I knew the *2600* version before the original!
My first Ms. sighting was at a Jamesway in Freehold...think Q*bert was there too, and possibly Baby Pac-Man? I swear I saw one of the bootleg regular Pacs somewhere else too at this time....the flea market in Jersey that borrowed the Peddlers' Village name from the shoppes in Pennsylvania?
Speaking of bootlegs, it reminds me of my realization that Crazy Otto (which became Ms. Pac-Man) was probably meant to represent that yellow bug-eyed blob with legs on the original Pac-Man cabinet.
Interestingly enough...I think I can get further into Ms. than regular Pac, so as far as feeling more comfortable, on top of the varied gameplay I do like Ms. as a game more.
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Post by smokinvokoun86 on Apr 2, 2021 11:14:19 GMT -5
As great and timeless those two games are, I’d probably give Ms PAC Man the slight edge.
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