over the years many iconic video game
franchises have tried and failed
miserably to enter the third dimension
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
taking a look at the pac-man franchises
attempts to break from its 8-bit past
course TV one of the first video game
mascots and arguably one of the most
popular pac-man and his simple yet
addictive maze games have captivated
gamers for decades first released in
1980 by Namco for the arcades the game
has since been ported to dozens of
gaming platforms and computers and has
become recognized as the world’s most
successful video game its popularity has
been attributed through its
gender-neutral design and addictive
gameplay with centers on navigating a
never-ending series of stages while
pac-man remained insanely popular
following its initial leap to the home
consoles and the computer Namco
eventually found itself under pressure
to take pac-man into the third dimension
as a result pac-man joined other gaming
mascots in the third dimension in 1999
and his own free roaming platformer
simply called pac-man world for the
original PlayStation while not a bad
game it had far less appeal to gamers as
the 3d Adventures of Mario and Zelda
gamers remained skeptical as they didn’t
see a need for pac-man to have arms and
legs or a detailed plot so despite being
a decent game it failed to give the
yellow dot the comeback he deserved
unfazed Namco tried again in 2002 with
pac-man world 2 for the PlayStation 2
and n64 consoles eager to please their
fanbase the game’s level design was made
far more varied and interesting and the
pace was improved overall the game was
praised for its retro inspired
presentation that better managed to
incorporate the iconic designs of the
franchise’s past within a modern game
pac-man pac-man news unfortunately Namco
stumbled with their third pac-man world
in 2005 as the title had too many
technical flaws and was regarded as a
lazy follow-up that was far too easy and
generic at the same time they took a
different route for their portable title
pack and roll for the Nintendo DS the
game returned the character to his
limbless state and took the focus away
from platforming and had gamers rolled
him like a ball through obstacles next
Namco put their mascot in a go kart for
pac-man world rallied in 2006 and it was
harshly criticized for being nothing
more than a Mario Kart clone in light of
their lukewarm attempts at 3d the
franchise returned to its old-school
roots as a downloadable Xbox Live title
called pac-man Championship Edition the
game shifted its focus to online
multiplayer and minor aesthetic updates
such as a new widescreen board techno
beats and dazzling neon lights the
problem facing the franchise is the fact
that it was designed as a
straightforward maze game as a result
pac-man is perhaps best left in his
original form which is just as fun today
as it was when the game arrived in the
early 80s
franchises have tried and failed
miserably to enter the third dimension
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
taking a look at the pac-man franchises
attempts to break from its 8-bit past
course TV one of the first video game
mascots and arguably one of the most
popular pac-man and his simple yet
addictive maze games have captivated
gamers for decades first released in
1980 by Namco for the arcades the game
has since been ported to dozens of
gaming platforms and computers and has
become recognized as the world’s most
successful video game its popularity has
been attributed through its
gender-neutral design and addictive
gameplay with centers on navigating a
never-ending series of stages while
pac-man remained insanely popular
following its initial leap to the home
consoles and the computer Namco
eventually found itself under pressure
to take pac-man into the third dimension
as a result pac-man joined other gaming
mascots in the third dimension in 1999
and his own free roaming platformer
simply called pac-man world for the
original PlayStation while not a bad
game it had far less appeal to gamers as
the 3d Adventures of Mario and Zelda
gamers remained skeptical as they didn’t
see a need for pac-man to have arms and
legs or a detailed plot so despite being
a decent game it failed to give the
yellow dot the comeback he deserved
unfazed Namco tried again in 2002 with
pac-man world 2 for the PlayStation 2
and n64 consoles eager to please their
fanbase the game’s level design was made
far more varied and interesting and the
pace was improved overall the game was
praised for its retro inspired
presentation that better managed to
incorporate the iconic designs of the
franchise’s past within a modern game
pac-man pac-man news unfortunately Namco
stumbled with their third pac-man world
in 2005 as the title had too many
technical flaws and was regarded as a
lazy follow-up that was far too easy and
generic at the same time they took a
different route for their portable title
pack and roll for the Nintendo DS the
game returned the character to his
limbless state and took the focus away
from platforming and had gamers rolled
him like a ball through obstacles next
Namco put their mascot in a go kart for
pac-man world rallied in 2006 and it was
harshly criticized for being nothing
more than a Mario Kart clone in light of
their lukewarm attempts at 3d the
franchise returned to its old-school
roots as a downloadable Xbox Live title
called pac-man Championship Edition the
game shifted its focus to online
multiplayer and minor aesthetic updates
such as a new widescreen board techno
beats and dazzling neon lights the
problem facing the franchise is the fact
that it was designed as a
straightforward maze game as a result
pac-man is perhaps best left in his
original form which is just as fun today
as it was when the game arrived in the
early 80s
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