Pac-Attack

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

















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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.

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.

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.

Physical Scans

Mega Drive Version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
79
82 №40, p85[1]
50 №75, p55
80 №53, p66
72 №2, p92
Sega Mega Drive
73
Based on
5 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU) NTSC-U
40
[2]
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU) PAL
50
[3]
Digitiser (UK)
79
[4]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
75
[5]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
73
[6]
GamePro (UK)
80
[7]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
82
[1]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
50
[8]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
80
[9]
Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL
72
[10]
Tricks 16 bit (RU) PAL
77
[11]
Tricks 16 bit (RU) NTSC-U
78
[12]
VideoGames (US)
70
[13]
Sega Mega Drive
70
Based on
13 reviews

Pac-Attack

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, EU
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Cover

Game Gear Version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
Sega Game Gear
Division by zero.
Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
66
[14]
Sega Game Gear
66
Based on
1 review

Pac-Attack

Game Gear, US
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Cover
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Cart



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) |
Sega Mega Drive
Ms. Pac-Man (1991) | Pac-Mania (1991) | Pac-Attack (1993) | Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures (1994) | Pac-In-Time (unreleased)
Sega Dreamcast
Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness (2000)
Unlicensed Pac-Man games on Sega systems
Sega Master System
Arcade
Sega Mega Drive
Pac-Man (19??) | Puckman Pockimon Genie 2000 (2000) | Pac-Man (2018) | Pac-Man Pocket Player (2018)
  1. 1.0 1.1 File:MeanMachinesSega40UK.pdf, page 85 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega40UK.pdf_p85" defined multiple times with different content
  2. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 166
  3. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 229
  4. Digitiser (UK) (1996-01-01)
  5. Electronic Games (1992-1995), "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 98
  6. GamePro, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 112
  7. GamePro, "February 1996" (UK; 1995-12-xx), page 24
  8. Sega Power, "Christmas 1995" (UK; 1995-12-21), page 55
  9. Sega Pro, "January 1996" (UK; 1995-11-30), page 56
  10. Sega Saturn Magazine, "December 1995" (UK; 1995-11-24), page 92
  11. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 188
  12. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 132
  13. VideoGames, "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 126
  14. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 40