![]() ![]() Some games like Dig Dug and Centipede are completely new. In most cases, Atari took the 8-bit versions and improved them for the 5200. It's easy to get confused, because the 8-bit version does not have the intermissions. The 5200 version of Pac Man has the intermissions. Besides, I have heard of attempts to create a new and better controller for the A5200. It could have been better with the controls, but it still shines with some of the games.īut, getting back to Pac-Man, I liked it on both systems. Of course, this is my opinion on these games. Anyway, despite all that, there were good games on the A5200, like Space Dungeon, Popeye, Missile Command, Super Breakout, to name a few. But, of course, the NES has better graphics than that. They apparently just reverse-engineered it. I guess that Nintendo even modeled the NES after the A5200. ![]() Actually, the A5200 and A8 versions are almost identical due to the fact that the A5200 is modeled after the A8 computer in architecture. The intermissions are entertaining in the arcade version. I just wish that they had enough memory for the intermissions. The A5200 version of Pac-Man was better than the A2600 version. ![]() PS - I think I was 13 years old when 2600 Pac Man came out. I moved on to an Atari 800XL, which had an awesome Pac Man and Defender. Pac Man and Defender were the two that stick out in my mind as "not good enough". I didn't start buying 2600 games again until they were all on clearance. Looking back, I'm pretty sure that was the last game I paid full price for. My thought being that if that's the best that system could do, it was probably time to move on. But for me personally, it marked the end of the 2600. I don't think the game ruined the gaming industry. We had fun playing for high scores and also ripping on the game as we went.Īnswering your question isn't easy. But I played and kept track of high scores. Wrong colors, wrong sounds, Pac Man only facing side to side. The Pac Man box barely left my hands at the check stand. I know that I had to save up to buy it, and I remember the purchase day and store well. Electronic Games magazine panned the game, and I'm pretty sure I read that before buying. ![]()
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