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===Legacy===
 
===Legacy===
 
Initially released for the [[Sega Mega Drive]] and Super Nintendo, ports of ''Pac-Attack'' were made for the Game Boy, [[Sega Game Gear]] and Philips CD-i. The Super Nintendo version has since been re-released on the [[Wii]]'s [[Virtual Console]] service.
 
Initially released for the [[Sega Mega Drive]] and Super Nintendo, ports of ''Pac-Attack'' were made for the Game Boy, [[Sega Game Gear]] and Philips CD-i. The Super Nintendo version has since been re-released on the [[Wii]]'s [[Virtual Console]] service.
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==Magazine articles==
 
==Magazine articles==

Revision as of 04:16, 8 April 2018

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Pac-Attack
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear
Publisher: Namco
Developer:
Genre: Puzzle

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US 		T-14116
Sega Mega Drive
EU 		T-14116-50
Sega Game Gear
US

Pac-Attack, whose European Sega Mega Drive and Game Boy and Japanese Game Boy versions are called Pac-Panic, is a puzzle game developed and published by Namco in 1993. It is an adaptation of Cosmo Gang the Puzzle - an arcade game released by Namco in 1992.

Gameplay

Pac-Attack is a spin-off from the Pac Man series. It is similar to Tetris, however as well as clearing lines of blocks there are also ghosts that cannot be cleared in the traditional sense and Pac-Man pieces which will eat the ghosts, assuming Pac-Man is placed nearby.

History

Legacy

Initially released for the Sega Mega Drive and Super Nintendo, ports of Pac-Attack were made for the Game Boy, Sega Game Gear and Philips CD-i. The Super Nintendo version has since been re-released on the Wii's Virtual Console service.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language Localised Name English Translation
English Pac-Panic Pac-Panic
English (US) Pac-Attack Pac-Attack

Magazine articles

Main article: Pac-Attack/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Game Gear print advert in GamePro (US) #60: "July 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
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Print advert in VideoGames (US) #72: "January 1995" (199x-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Consoles + (FR) #48: "Novembre 1995" (1995-1x-xx)
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Artwork

  • PacAttack Art Cover.jpg

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
79
80 №38, p67
82 №40, p85[3]
50 №75, p55
80 №53, p66
72 №2, p92[4]
70 №71, p126[5]
Sega Mega Drive
 73
Based on
7 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU) NTSC-U
40
[6]
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU) PAL
50
[7]
Digitiser (UK)
79
[8]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
75
[9]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
73
[10]
GamePro (UK)
80
[11]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
82
[3]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
50
[12]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
80
[13]
Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL
72
[4]
Tricks 16 bit (RU) PAL
77
[14]
Tricks 16 bit (RU) NTSC-U
78
[15]
VideoGames (US)
70
[5]
Sega Mega Drive
 70
Based on
13 reviews

Pac-Attack

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
PacAttack MD US Cart.jpg
Cart
Pac-Attack MD US Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
PacAttack MD EU Box.jpg
Cover
PacPanic MD EU Cart.jpg
Cart

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
66 №60, p40[16]
Sega Game Gear
 66
Based on
1 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
66
[16]
Sega Game Gear
 66
Based on
1 review

Pac-Attack

Game Gear, US
PacAttack GG US Box Back.jpgNospine.pngPacAttack GG US Box Front.jpg
Cover
PacAttack GG US Cart.jpg
Cart

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:MeanMachinesSega39UK.pdf, page 39
  2. ↑ File:EGM US 058.pdf, page 204
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 File:MeanMachinesSega40UK.pdf, page 85 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega40UK.pdf_p85" defined multiple times with different content
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 File:SSM UK 02.pdf, page 92 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SSM UK 02.pdf_p92" defined multiple times with different content
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 File:VideoGames US 71.pdf, page 126 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:VideoGames US 71.pdf_p126" defined multiple times with different content
  6. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 166
  7. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 229
  8. ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1996-01-01)
  9. ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 98
  10. ↑ GamePro, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 112
  11. ↑ GamePro, "February 1996" (UK; 1995-12-xx), page 24
  12. ↑ Sega Power, "Christmas 1995" (UK; 1995-12-21), page 55
  13. ↑ Sega Pro, "January 1996" (UK; 1995-11-30), page 56
  14. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 188
  15. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 132
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 File:EGM US 060.pdf, page 40 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:EGM US 060.pdf_p40" defined multiple times with different content



Pac-Man games for Sega systems
Sega Game Gear
 Pac-Man (1991) | Ms. Pac-Man (1993) | Pac-Attack (1994) | Pac-In-Time (unreleased)
Sega Master System
 Ms. Pac-Man (1991) | Pac-Mania (1991) | Pac-Man (????)
Sega Mega Drive
 Ms. Pac-Man (1991) | Pac-Mania (1991) | Pac-Attack (1993) | Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures (1994) | Pac-Man (2018) | Pac-Man Pocket Player (2018) | Pac-In-Time (unreleased)
Sega Dreamcast
 Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness (2000)
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