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Pros & Cons
Pros
The basic fun arcade series takes your retro arcade games from the early 80s and recreates them in miniature form. The basic concept is the same as the original arcade ms. Pacman love story from the original. If u like miss pac man, well, this is a mu... Read More
My fav thing is you hear the coin drop when you press start. Music is great, albeit really loud.
This handheld device is compact and portable. I just wish that it wasn't so difficult to navigate the corners, unlike the big pacman console. The games are shaped like retro arcade cabinets coming in at a decent handheld size of 6 inches by 4 inches b... Read More
It is a little harder to control and see than the stand up, larger version. My reflexes are a little bit slower, but i still have had a lot of fun playing the game and reliving my childhood.
Adults love borrowing, this nostalgic toy. My granddaughter loves it after she realized the concept of the game.
Cons
The little joystick is stiff, awkward-feeling, and has poor response. It's hard to know if it's the hardware being unresponsive, or the game being slow and not reacting to input. The animation is at such a low frame rate you feel disconnected from the... Read More
Always red, flashing, blinking nondescript ghost shapes. Pacman, the ghosts and even the fruits are just outlines--- thin outlines of the actual figures. The power pellets also just blink and are not much bigger than the other pellets.
This is a clone of ms pac man that will fool those people who do not know the original game. Ms pac-man never orients when she turns.
Highlights
Quality
Although it can be hard to control with the tiny joystick, it's still fun to play.
The mini arcade joystick works fairly well for the purposes of the game.
The arcade game is powered by 3x aa batteries which are supplied with the game.
Otherwise, it is a fun experience and very good value for the money.
Packaging/appearance
The game comes with three aa batteries already installed, so it's ready to play right out of the package.
it came with batteries, so it is ready to play right out of the box.
I don't remember because we threw the packaging away.
Competitiveness
One final note is the coleco units weren't exactly cheap in the 80s but now they fetch hundreds of dollars on the secondary market.
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- This product had a total of 891 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 1 2022.
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If youre looking for an arcade accurate version of ms pacman then look elsewhere
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This is an approximation of the 1983 coleco tabletop arcade version of the game
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That said this does get knocked a few points for not being a faithful reproduction of the original units
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The new unit has a much slimmer profile with scrunched artwork and only has one joystick compared to two on the original
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The actual screen size however is quite small at just 2
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To replace the batteries you will require a small philips screwdriver to take the battery door off
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Operation of the game is as simple as hitting the power button then pressing the start button
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