I'm actually a pretty good Pac-Man player, but the proverbial deck is stacked against the player in this version. The Fairchild controllers are both bad and good for the game. At times they're very responsive, at other times not so much. Also, the collision detection in the game is very unforgiving. The character sprites are a bit large, so movements that would normally allow you to escape don't work in this version. Again, it's insane to nitpick one of the few 5 star games on the platform, though.
It also seems like I need to get another Fairchild at some point, a third one. The one unit I have has no sound and the capture unit seems to get a bit buggy after a short period of time. Also, between the two systems I have four controllers, but only two seem to be working well. I've yet to acquire an original model, the one with the built in controllers and sound coming from a speaker in the unit. That's not terribly important, though, as I'd be perfectly happen with another System II.
Wow great game - although you do need to practice a little more :P
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I'm actually a pretty good Pac-Man player, but the proverbial deck is stacked against the player in this version. The Fairchild controllers are both bad and good for the game. At times they're very responsive, at other times not so much. Also, the collision detection in the game is very unforgiving. The character sprites are a bit large, so movements that would normally allow you to escape don't work in this version. Again, it's insane to nitpick one of the few 5 star games on the platform, though.
It also seems like I need to get another Fairchild at some point, a third one. The one unit I have has no sound and the capture unit seems to get a bit buggy after a short period of time. Also, between the two systems I have four controllers, but only two seem to be working well. I've yet to acquire an original model, the one with the built in controllers and sound coming from a speaker in the unit. That's not terribly important, though, as I'd be perfectly happen with another System II.
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