Pac-Land

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Description

Pac-Land is a side-scrolling 1-2 player game with a cartoony feel to it. Now equipped with arms, face, and legs, Pac must guide a fairy back to her home in Fairy Land, but this task will not be easy because Inky, Blinky, Pinky, Clyde, and Sue will pursue Pac-Man as he travels through Pac-Land. When he finally transports the fairy back to her home, Pac is given some magic shoes, which will help him get to his own home, where he will be greeted by his family: Ms. Pac-Man, Baby Pac-Man, Chomp Chomp, and Sourpuss.

There are sixteen rounds to complete, with four trips each. During each round, he can grab a power pellet, which cause ghosts to turn blue, allowing Pac-Man to eat them for points. Points are also awarded by collecting fruit that appear, like cherries and strawberries. In some rounds, Pac must use a springboard to jump over a lake. He must also make it to the end of each round before time runs out, otherwise a ghost will chase him.

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Alternate Titles

• "Video Game: Anthology - Vol. 11: Pac-Land" -- Sharp X68000 title
• "Pacland" -- ZX Spectrum title
• "パックランド" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Pac-Man games (licensed)
• Video Game Anthology series

User Reviews

It's a beautiful day for a stroll. Isn't it, Pac?

Amiga

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Critic Reviews

Computer and Video Games (CVG)	TurboGrafx-16	Sep, 1989	90 out of 100	90
Commodore Force	Commodore 64	Aug, 1993	90 out of 100	90
The Games Machine (UK)	Commodore 64	May, 1988	85 out of 100	85
Crash!	ZX Spectrum	Apr, 1989	73 out of 100	73
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Commodore 64	Apr, 1988	7.87 out of 12	66
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	Lynx	Aug, 1991	24 out of 40	60
The Games Machine (UK)	Atari ST	Jun, 1989	53 out of 100	53
Power Play	Lynx	Aug, 1991	53 out of 100	53
Jeuxvideo.com	NES	Aug 10, 2011	7 out of 20	35
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	TurboGrafx-16	Sep, 1989	3.8 out of 12	32

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Trivia

1001 Video Games

The Arcade version of Pac-Land appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Graphics

The graphics in Pac-Land resemble the art and animation from the Saturday morning animated series of the same name, and the game's theme music is also from the animated series.

Version differences

The Fairyland level is absent from the Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and MSX ports "due to machine limitations" according to the manual.