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| pzeke:
--- Quote from: mrkonasoni on May 23, 2021, 02:55:21 am ---I guess I also like the character because his inspiration was a half-eaten pizza and pizza with Pepsi is my absolutely favorite food. --- End quote --- That's actually only a half-truth, but as someone who also likes pizza just as much as those anthropomorphic reptilians in a half a shell, I don't have a problem believing it. However, if we're to go technical with it, the power pellets were inspired by the way Popeye ate his spinach to power-up, so food is still part of the equation. Anyway, I lived through the golden era of arcades and very much enjoyed playing Pac-Man back then, and to this day still do on occasion. I've always liked the character and it pretty much was a big part of my childhood and the gamer I am today. Waka-waka-waka. |
| undertakerprime:
When it comes to the original Pac-Man, I honestly didn’t play the arcade game that much. I did have the Atari 2600 version which I know gets a lot of shit nowadays but I did squeeze some enjoyment out of it. Now, Ms. Pac-Man is where I got into it. When I was growing up in southern California there was a restaurant in Irvine called Lucy’s where my parents and I would often have lunch on weekends. They had a Ms. Pac-Man cocktail game in their waiting room, and our favorite waitress would give me a quarter to play it if I gave her a peck on the cheek (I was 7, it was an innocent thing. Nowadays there might be rules against things like that, but I don’t know). I played Pac-Man Jr and Super Pac-Man often. I loved the video/pinball hybrid Baby Pac-Man even though it was hard as balls. I watched the cartoon every Saturday morning and ate the cereal, which was really yummy. I remember I was baffled by the existence of Mezmaron in the show, since there was no such character in the games, but my favorite character was Blinky, who I always felt sorry for and wanted to hug him to make him feel better :) (in contrast to his aggressive game version). I still have my Tomytronic tabletop Pac-Man game that I’ve been wanting to add to my collection but apparently it’s not on the site yet. I’d add mine but it’s currently in my parents’ basement hundreds of miles away. |
| mrkonasoni:
- Answering to @Flashback2012 Since the first day I seen Pac-Pix back then in the 2000s, I thought it was a pretty clever concept also based on something a lot of us will relate, like drawing a humble Pac-Man sketch. I remember one of the ports for MS.Pac-Man for the NES included the turbo mechanics as well an ending, and it make the concept funnier. Thank you for sharing a pic of your Pac-Man collection, It´s pretty great. - Answering to @pzzeke Oh, I didn´t knew that, I should check up again soon, I hope someone make a good documental for the franchise even if it includes stuff that is general culture at this point. I also love the TMNT, from the shows, to the comics, to movies, to videogames, playing with the Ninja Turtles in Injustice 2 is pretty great. Thank you for sharing your story with the character. - Answering to @undertakerprime That´s a pretty wholesome story, pal, thank you for sharing. I remember reading that at the time newspapers reviewers weren´t too impressed with Atari 2600 port, either, but I have never thought it´s that bad, I guess is because I understand the developers did what they could with an old limited hardware. About the Tomytronic, I don´t believe is the same gadget but pretty much most versions of Retroarch includes a free download for that version of the game if you want to re-play and burn some time. - Thank you very much to everyone that posted here. |
| Flashback2012:
--- Quote from: mrkonasoni on May 24, 2021, 05:33:29 pm ---- Answering to @Flashback2012 Since the first day I seen Pac-Pix back then in the 2000s, I thought it was a pretty clever concept also based on something a lot of us will relate, like drawing a humble Pac-Man sketch. I remember one of the ports for MS.Pac-Man for the NES included the turbo mechanics as well an ending, and it make the concept funnier. Thank you for sharing a pic of your Pac-Man collection, It´s pretty great. --- End quote --- Derp...I forgot there was a DS game with the same name. Pacpix is/was a member/mod-admin on here. I'm pretty sure school/life got in the way of things and I haven't seen him post here in a little bit (shows his last login around April of this year but no new posts for about 2 years now). Maybe we can throw some power-pellets inside a pentagram and summon him back here. :P Anywho, back onto the subject matter...one particular "holy grail" of mine is to own a Coleco Pac-Man table top. We had one when I was a kid and I'd love to own one again. :) Now that I have my Arcade1Up unit set up, I'd set it on top of it for the whole "Don't talk to me or my son ever again!" meme. :P |
| kashell:
It's aight. |
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