Category Archives: Atari VCS/2600

Pac-Man Games That Aren’t Pac-Man: Alien

Posted on April 30, 2015 by pacmaniax

It’s been a busy April, to say the least. Indeed just today it hit me that May starts tomorrow but I have yet to post about a Pac-Man clone this month. Does this mean that I’ve run out? Oh, dear reader, … Continue reading →

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Pac-Man Games That Aren’t Pac-Man: K.C. Munchkin!

Posted on January 21, 2015 by pacmaniax

  I remember in 1981 I got excited when I heard there was a home video game that was basically a knockoff of Pac-Man. My cousins had a 6-switch Atari VCS, and I was hoping it was for that system … Continue reading →

Posted in Atari 7800 ProSystem, Atari VCS/2600, Pac-Man clones, Philips Magnoavox Odyssey2 | 1 Comment

Pac-Man comes home to Atari players…and gets a bad rap.

Posted on September 26, 2013 by pacmaniax

The title says it all, my friends. Tod Frye’s infamous Atari Video Computer System (or “2600,” if you prefer) conversion of the wildly popular video game to this day is the victim of oral manure. It’s disparaged right and left. … Continue reading →

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