![]() Now, while I might normally be found down the Shady Scarts Video Game Retirement Community screaming "GET BACK, YOU VULTURES!" at the publishers trying to creep in with new contracts, swinging my beating stick wildly, I'm curious to check this one out. You can run, Patrick, and you can munch on pills and power-ups, but one day your mistakes will catch up to you and end you, leaving only a high score behind. Pac-Man 256 sees Patrick Mann undone by his own greed, trapped in an endless hell with the world falling away behind him and innumerable ghosts before him. This version will have four-player local co-op too. Following its debut on pocket telephones last year, Pac-Man 256 is now headed for a PC release in June. Pac-Man 256 is an endlessly scrolling version of ye olde dotmunching, with Patrick Mann (that is his real name) chased by glitches from Pac-Man's Map 256 kill screen (hence the name, yeah?). Hipster Whale previously found success with Crossy Road, a free-to-play version of Frogger where the only things that cost money are cosmetic outfits.įounded as a two-man indie studio, the Australia-based Hipster Whale earned $10m in Crossy Road's first 90 days.After making Frogger's car-dodging into one of the biggest games going with Crossy Road, developers Hipster Whale turned to jazzing up another vintage arcade game, Pac-Man. Credits refresh every 10 minutes, or you can continue playing for free without the use of power-ups.Īlternatively you can pay 79p for 12 credits or £5.99 to remove the need for credits altogether. There are credits to collect, too, which factor in to how the game's free-to-play mechanic works.Įach time you die you'll need to spend one credit to play. The first new item, a laser beam, will take out any enemies in the direction that Pac faces. ![]() ![]() ![]() You play as Pac-Man being chased by the glitch in an endless vertically-scrolling maze.ĭotted around the pathways are the usual Ghosts and Power Pellet items, along with a selection of new Power Ups. ![]() The developer of Crossy Road has launched Pac-Man 256, a new take on Namco's classic for iPhone, iPad, Android and Kindle devices.Ģ56 plays off the infamous glitch that may occur when you pass the original Pac-Man game's 255th level. ![]()
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