Pac-Man Championship Edition for XBLA this Wednesday
You may have noticed how Xboxic failed to jump on the bandwagon about a massive announcement. It rolled past us with hundreds of different websites crammed onto it, yet we simply waved and let them go. That’s because we had a sneaky suspicion it just wasn’t going to be as big as everyone thought. This is the part where we say “we told you so”, as it has been announced that Xbox Live Arcade Wednesday will be graced with the presence of Pac-Man for the third time, in the form of a Championship Edition.
The new game boasts the following:
- Classic 2-D “Pac-Man” presentation with a new, modern look in HD
- Six new, timed game modes:
- The Championship Mode. This is the main game mode designed by NAMCO BANDAI Games and Iwatani specifically for the championship round of the Xbox 360 Pac-Man World Championship. This mode – as well as all others within the “Pac-Man Championship Edition” – features redesigned mazes with wide maze walls and a widescreen configuration to better enable high-speed game play. Timed limit of five minutes.
- Challenge Mode 1 (Patience and Reward Course). This mode is an evolution of the Championship Mode. Patience mazes strategically offer fewer Power Pellets and Reward mazes provide a large number of Power Pellets – providing unique challenges and rewards for the player. Timed limit of 10 minutes.
- Challenge Mode 2 (The Darkness Course). In this mode, only the area directly around Pac-Man and the Ghosts is visible and the maze walls are completely hidden. Timed limit of 10 minutes.
- Extra Mode 1 (The Freeway Course). An extremely high-speed mode for advanced players, this mode features warp-speed Pac-Man and Ghosts and plenty of tunnels. Timed limit of five minutes.
- Extra Mode 2 (The Manhattan Course). A mode inspired by the streets of Manhattan — the home for the first-ever Xbox 360 Pac-Man World Championship. Timed limit of five minutes.
- Extra Mode 3 (The Overall Course). A mix of all other modes resulting in extreme mazes for the most devout Pac-Man fans. Timed limit of 10 minutes.
- Xbox LIVE leaderboards, Achievements and Gamerscore
- Rated E for Everyone by the Entertainment Software Rating Board
- Costs 800 Microsoft Points
The press release also states that the game will have, for the first time in 26 years, new mazes to wakka your way around. It is the fact that the game will have new mazes that makes this “video game history”, and nothing more. The game will be exclusive to the 360’s Arcade service. Whether or not this will inspire people to buy the game or not only you can decide, this Wednesday in fact.
There is also a video that you might want to check out of the game in case it tempts you further.
Thanks to Arial Assasian for submitting, who clearly jumped on the bandwagon and submitted “MAJOR XBOX ANNOUNCEMENT!!!” yesterday. We still appreciate it though! And thanks to Andy for letting us know about the video.
Video of the game here
http://360post.com/watch/...-man-championship-edition
looks cool
Thanks, I’ve included it in the post.
hey cool thnaks, can you make my name a link to my site?
Thanks
Thank goodness for xboxic. They see through this kinda crap and give the opinions of normal gamers.
Hey Microsoft… BIG EFFIN DEAL. You guys are pissing away the marketplace. Period.
Take a page out of nintendo’s book if you are going to do classic games and stop giving us such utter bullshit.
800? 400 and I would have bought it. I’m not paying $10 for yet another version of pacman with pretty colors.
I can only think of one word…
Studley
Studley High School Yeah!
What have I done now
Granted, I bought Pac-Man AND Ms Pac-Man, but this seems like a lot of points for a game that’s worse than the two I bought already…
I think this is the best version yet…I hated the others, but seem to enjoy this one, it plays a little different..
OMFG what a huge announcement This is going to CHANGE TEH FACE OF G4MING FOR EVA!!!!!!!
/Hyperbole
If they pay me 800 points i will download it, other than that not a bloody chance.
They should pay us 1200 points so we can download other stuff too!
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The should make it a free update for those people that bought the original version.
Wishful thinking I know….
I tried the demo, quite fun…but I still will not purchase it.
tried the game, bought it 5 minutes later.. loads of fun
Are they obsessed there with this freaking pacman or what? It is the third copy of the same freaking game already on the marketplace. I wouldn’t play it for free.
Its not the same game.. if it were I would not purchase it. Its a nice addition to the pacman family. The trippy graphics, techno music and fast gameplay really get you hooked.
too bad i cant stand pac-man!!!
Pac-Man=Hardcore lame.