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y pushing against specific objects in certain stages including a helmet that protects pac man from falling mini ghosts an item that makes pac man temporarily invincible and a galaxian flagship that awards the player a large sum of points 7 9 jumping in certain spots will reveal fruit items that can be consumed for points 9 the game features the theme song from the pac man television series composed by hoyt curtin which plays in a constant loop throughout 8 the north american version of the game by midway features the characters being re designed to more closely resemble the designs found in the show while the japanese namco version has the characters modeled after pac man marketing material and cabinet artwork it has yet to be known what version the european version looks like until further investigations 8 9 development edit pac land was programmed by yoshihiro kishimoto of namco development division 1 who would later work on the family stadium franchise after seeing the success of hanna barbera s pac man animated series namco asked kishimoto to create an arcade game based on the show hanna barbera was not involved with the game s development beyond licensing elements related to the series 10 kishimoto stated that the hardest part of development were pac man s animations most arcade games in japan at the time simply used two or three frames to convey movement which he found unconvincing 10 the team wanted the game s backgrounds to be vibrant and colorful and to have the characters move smoothly to replicate the show s animation style 10 pac man himself was given 24 different frame patterns alongside several facial expressions and clothing swaps 10 kishimoto cited konami s sports video game track field 1983 as the number one influence on pac land the game s controls were heavily influenced by track field a game that allowed the player to become faster by constantly tapping the button in succession 10 kishimoto thought the idea was interesting and that it would make it stand out among other games 10 to allow for two layer scrolling backgrounds more sprites and more colors the team created the namco pac land arcade board which was used for several later namco games including baraduke 1985 and metro cross 1985 10 the game was tested in yokohama where kishimoto recalls the springboards being difficult for new players 10 release edit the arcade game was released in japan in 1984 but there are conflicting release dates arcade tv game list a japanese language book of arcade release dates authored by masumi akagi and published by the amusement news agency in 2006 lists the japanese release date as august 1984 1 however the united states copyright office 3 and john szczepaniak in the second volume of the untold history of japanese game developers 2015 when including biography details taken from kishimoto s resume lists the release date as october 1984 10 the game was later released in north america by bally midway in december 1984 1 and in europe by atari games in early 1985 2 ports edit the first home port of pac land was for nintendo s family computer released in japan on november 21 1985 11 versions for the amstrad cpc zx spectrum commodore 64 and msx were published by british company grandslam entertainment in 1988 and developed by gannon designs and mr micro for the atari st and commodore amiga platforms 12 namco released a pc engine version in june 1989 which was later released for the turbografx 16 by nec in january 1990 12 atari corporation developed and published a lynx portable version in 1991 and dempa softworks released an x68000 conversion in 1994 12 pac land was included in the 1996 compilation namco museum vol 4 for the playstation alongside the other five namco arcade games from the 1980s 13 and later in the ios game namco arcade 14 in 2014 it was ported to the xbox 360 playstation 3 and pc as part of pac man museum 15 and the famicom version was digitally re released for the wii u virtual console 16 17 and namco museum archives volume 2 aside from the namco arcade version all home ports of the game are based on the japanese namco version announced on march 31 2022 18 the arcade version of pac land was released on april 7 2022 for the nintendo switch and playstation 4 as part of hamster corporation s arcade archives lineup though based on the original arcade version this re release was modified by bandai namco to replace the graphics of ms pac man and baby pac man who greet pac man at the end of each trip in their place are two new characters named pac mom and pac sis which were created for the then upcoming compilation pac man museum which also replaced the characters in all the games featured in the collection bandai namco has remained silent on the removal of the characters though news outlets assumed the character replacements to be related to a dispute between bandai namco and atgames which is related to ms pac man 19 20 21 the game is included in the pac man museum game compilation which released on may 27 2022 the version in this collection uses the same edited version as seen in the arcade archives release because of bandai namco s legal issues with atgames 22 reception edit reception review scores publication score computer and video games 90 pce 23 92 pce 24 7 10 lynx 25 electronic gaming monthly 7 10 6 10 6 10 5 10 lynx 26 famitsu 30 40 pce 27 ign 7 10 lynx 28 6 5 10 tg16 8 raze 74 lynx 29 pac land was a commercial success in arcades in japan it entered the game machine arcade charts at number two on the table arcade cabinet chart in september 1984 30 in north america it was in the top 20 replay upright arcade game charts through november 1985 31 it ended the year as one of the top five highest grossing arcade games of 1985 in the united states 32 the game well received by critics for its colorful graphics level structure and challenge mike roberts gave the arcade game a positive review in the may 1985 issue of computer gamer he called it an interesting game where pac man is an animated character that moves along a horizontally scrolling landscape while praising the very colouful graphics and stating it is easy to play once you ve got the hang of it 2 japanese publication famitsu praised the pc engine version s graphics and overall challenge 27 computer video games called the pc engine version a marvelous conversion for its vibrant visuals stage layouts gameplay and accuracy to the coin op game 23 they had a similar response for the atari lynx version claiming its accuracy to the original would entice fans of the arcade release 25 reviewing the lynx conversion ign praised the game s colorful graphics controls and faithfulness to the arcade original 28 raze echoed a similar response saying the visuals stage layouts and soundtrack added replay value to the game 29 raze disliked the lynx port s limited amount of lives and lack of continues saying that the high difficulty would repel younger players 29 ign stated it provided little replay value for veteran players adding that it could be easily finished 28 allgame was particularly critical of the turbografx 16 version lambasting its poor graphics bland stage layouts and lack of challenge jokingly saying it was only recommended to collectors interested in the most morbidly poor games in existence 33 in a retrospective review for the turbografx 16 conversion ign disliked the game s difficulty for lacking any real challenge and said the game seems to have been made simply to keep pac man relevant at the time instead of as a real deal game 8 legacy edit pac land is an important and influential game in the platform genre 10 34 35 paving the way for games such as ghosts n goblins alex kidd and wonder boy 12 pac man creator toru iwatani has since labeled it as his favorite pac man sequel for its interesting concept and gameplay he said shigeru miyamoto told him it had a profound influence on the creation of super mario bros 10 36 12 shigeru miyamoto himself also says that pac land had an influence on super mario bros but to a lesser extent saying that while he was in tokyo seeing namco has developed a platforming game he decided that he should follow suit the only feature of pac land miyamoto cites as a direct inspiration was the blue background of the game as opposed to the black ones he typically would put in his games 37 shortly after the game s release namco produced a board game adaptation for its fantasy board game series based on the player reaching the end of the board without losing the fairy chip a japanese lcd handheld game was released in 1990 many of pac man s moves in the super smash bros series are directly based on pac land such as his fire hydrant attack super smash bros for wii u and super smash bros ultimate include a stage based on the game featuring automatic scrolling 35 notes edit sources for the release date are conflicting the united states copyright office catalogs the game s date of publication as october 29 1984 3 but other sources list it as early as august 1984 1 japanese パックランド hepburn pakku rando references edit 1 2 3 4 5 akagi masumi october 13 2006 アーケードtvゲームリスト国内 海外編 1971 2005 arcade tv game list domestic overseas edition 1971 2005 in japanese japan amusement news agency pp 52 125 isbn 978 4990251215 1 2 3 4 roberts mike may 1985 coin op connection computer gamer no 2 united kingdom argus press pp 26 7 1 2 pac land registration number pa0000242997 united states copyright office archived from the original on may 31 2021 retrieved june 5 2021 previews crash no 62 newsfield march 1989 p 97 pc engine software list 1989 game data room in japanese archived from the original on august 27 2018 the games of august 1991 appearing in local stores now electronic gaming monthly vol 4 no 8 sendai publications august 1991 p 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 pac land atari lynx instruction manual atari games 1992 archived from the original on march 17 2017 retrieved september 9 2019 1 2 3 4 5 buchanan levi march 31 2008 pac land review ign 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original on april 29 2019 retrieved september 9 2019 whitehead thomas june 12 2014 pac land and pac man collection both arrive on wii u eshop in europe nintendo life archived from the original on september 26 2017 retrieved september 9 2019 wii uバーチャルコンソールとして パックランド パックマンコレクション が配信開始 期間限定のディスカウントキャンペーンも開催 famitsu enterbrain june 11 2014 archived from the original on july 6 2019 retrieved september 9 2019 ez_takayoshi march 31 2022 register tweet via twitter nickisonlinet april 6 2022 register tweet via twitter arcade archives pac land trophy guide アーケードアーカイブス パックランド トロフィー攻略 ps4 2022 04 07 april 6 2022 retrieved april 6 2022 good owen s april 7 2022 pac man has a new wife thanks to ms pac man drama polygon retrieved april 8 2022 switcharcade round up pac man museum kao the kangaroo plus today s other new releases and sales toucharcade may 27 2022 retrieved may 28 2022 1 2 rignall julian september 1989 mean machines pac land pc engine no 94 computer video games p 98 retrieved september 8 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