 Ms. Pac-man 7800 release Developer/US publisher: Atari Never played it. Pacmania Arcade release Developer: Namco US publisher: Atari After quite a bit of nothing, Namco finally creates a new Pac game, one that sticks to the formula more than Pac Land did. This one wasn't that bad, really. In the new 3-D world, Pac, along with some of the monsters, now have the ability to jump around. This game gets pretty insane in the later levels, with Pac having to put up with up to eight monsters if he gets far enough.  Pacmania C64 release Developer/US publisher: Grandslam  PacmaniaAtari ST release Developer/US publisher: Grandslam Pacmania Amiga release Developer/US publisher: Grandslam Pacmania Amstrad CPC release Developer/US publisher: Grandslam Pacmania Spectrum release Developer/US publisher: Grandslam On the whole, most players found Pacmania to be a decent sequel worth a few quarters, but it seems this company called Grandslam got a complete hard-on over it, releasing quite a few translations on some systems that just could not have possibly still been used on a regular basis at the time. I have never tried these versions, of course... I doubt many people have. Pac-man PC release Developer/US publisher: Thunder Mountain Pac-man C64 release Developer/US publisher: Thunder Mountain Ms. Pac-man PC release Developer/US publisher: Thunder Mountain Ms. Pac-man C64 release Developer/US publisher: Thunder Mountain Again, I have not tried these. Don't ask me what Thunder Mountain is and why they felt the need to release these. Were the Atari ones not good enough for 'em? =P  Pac-man NES release Developer/: Namco US publisher: Tengen Finally, Atari brings the old Namco Famicon game to the US. I will not get into the amusing events that occured after Nintendo "approved" it without telling Atari... And now that it's all over, what WAS "Tengen" anyway!?  Pac-Land PC Engine release Developer: Namco US publisher: NEC  PacmaniaMSX release Developer: Namcot US publisher: None Pacmania X68000 release Developer: Namcot US publisher: None Pac Land Atari ST release Developer/US publisher: Grandslam Pac Land Amiga release Developer/US publisher: Grandslam Pac Land Amstrad CPC release Developer/US publisher: Grandslam Not much to say about 1989... the two most recent Pac games just get released on a few more systems. Pac-land and Pacmania got their most flawless home translations yet on the PC Engine and X68k, respectively.  Ms. Pac-man NES release Developer/US publisher: Tengen Apparently, Namco never released a Ms. Pac game themselves for the Famicon (not yet), so Atari made one themselves. The rom for this game doesn't work with Nesticle, so I have no idea if it sucks or not.  Ms. Pac-manLynx release Developer/US publisher: Atari Lynx One of the first portable versions of Pac, not counting game & Watch games... If memory serves me correctly, the playfield does not scroll in this version, so Lynx players got a very miniscule maze and a very miniscule Ms. Pac to work with in this Atari-made game. It wasn't a bad translation... just... tiny. And just WHERE did Atari get off claiming the sound was 32-bit? What a load of shit. Pac-man Game Boy release Developer/US publisher: Namco At this point, Namco is finally beginning to release stuff in the states without anyone's help. With a scrolling playfield, we get to see Pac at full-size this time, albeit only in shades of green.   Pac-manGame Gear release Developer/US publisher: Namco Pac on the Game Gear. Yup Pac Land Lynx release Developer/US publisher: Atari Pacmania NES release Developer/US publisher: Tengen Pacmania Genesis release Developer/US publisher: Tengen  PacmaniaSMS release Developer/US publisher: TecMagik Ms. Pac-man Genesis release Developer: Innerprise US publisher: Tengen Ms. Pac-man SMS release Developer: Innerprise US publisher: Tengen These were all yet more Pac translations from Atari, though I may be wrong in my assumption that TecMagik and Atari are one in the same. The last two games developed by Innerprise, however, are different than the other Pac translations in that they offered something MORE than just a direct translation, adding in more maze layouts, and two player simaltaneous capability, I beleive. This is something Namco themselves never bothered offering, with the exception of the ultra-rare Pac-man Arrangement. At any rate, these would end up being the last Pac games to be published by Atari.  Pac LandC64 release Developer/US publisher: Quicksilva I'm sure the C64 had only a cult following at this point. Nonetheless, Namco had no problem licensing Pac Land to Quicksilva. Pac-man's second most gay game gets yet ANOTHER useless translation.
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