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

Joystick (French)	TurboGrafx-16	Mar, 1990	84 out of 100	84
Retro Game Reviews	Lynx	Jul 21, 2015		80
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	Lynx	Aug, 1991	770 out of 1000	77
The Games Machine (UK)	Amstrad CPC	Jun, 1989	65 out of 100	65
Power Play	Commodore 64	May, 1988	5.5 out of 10	55
Power Play	Amstrad CPC	May, 1989	52 out of 100	52
The Games Machine (UK)	Amiga	Jun, 1989	51 out of 100	51
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Amiga	May, 1989	2.8 out of 12	23
All Game Guide	TurboGrafx-16	1998		20
Power Play	Atari ST	Jun, 1989	17 out of 100	17

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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.