Pac-Man
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- Pac-Man
- This original arcade classic came from Namco in 1980 and truly launched the maze-chase genre of arcade games.
- Ms. Pac-Man
- Bally Midway had the publishing rights for Namco's maze-chaser and used it to make the most unofficially official sequel ever.
- Super Pac-Man
- Namco's own attempt at a sequel adds in a lot of concepts but seemingly loses all the fun.
- Pac-Man Plus
- Bally Midway tries to strike gold a second time, but their update of the formula is too random and strange to be fun.
- Pac-Man on Pinball
- Pushing the format into pinball, Bally Midway made two games that are interesting... but only one that's really good.
- Pac & Pal
- Namco's next sequel refines the ideas of Super Pac-Man into something fun, fresh, and interesting
- Professor Pac-Man
- Thinking the license could go further, Bally Midway made Pac into a trivia game. It didn't work at all.
- Jr. Pac-Man
- Bally Midway tried to make yet another sequel, and this one finally has enough originality to be worth playing.
- Pac-Land
- Namco shifts the series from maze chase into platforming, once again redefining an entire genre for a generation.
- Pac-Mania
- Going back to the series' roots, Namco made the next, great Pac-Man sequel, and it's truly amazing.
- Pac-Attack
- Repurposing an older puzzle game, Namco released this Pac title (in name only) for Western audiences... but no one cared.
- Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
- Shifting Pac-Man into an adventure title sounds good on paper, but the end result is far from playable.