Once the jingle finished, I could move Pac-Man, presented by his iconic “pizza shape”. It started out normal before slowing down, then speeding up and growing loud toward the end while also going at a lower key (Another thing I noticed was that the jingle played at the start of every level, not just when you first start the game). The iconic startup jingle played, but it was really, REALLY off.
The familiar maze board that everyone remembers displayed along with Pac-Man., notably replacing the position of where the bonus fruit should’ve been. I noticed it briefly flashed from ‘Coin’ to ‘Soul’ for about a split second now and then. The game eventually loaded with a corrupted ROM startup accompanied by loud static before displaying the words “Insert Coin”. But I moved on and clicked the link, leading to an Itch.io page where I could play the game on my browser so I didn’t have to risk downloading it and getting any creepy viruses, I guess. I cringed inside, thinking this was all going to be another one of those “Lavender Town Syndrome” knockoffs.
The page had the game itself, and a note: I opened the link up and was taken to a browser page. However, I was reminded of the link my friend gave me thanks to the trusty Notepad file I saved to my desktop. Honestly, I didn’t believe him, but he gave me a link that I kept on a note for a few days later since I was busy with school at the time.Įventually when I got home, I thought of playing some Minecraft or something to kill the time. One day, I was chatting with my friend on Skype, who allegedly told me that he found a supposed prototype of Pac-Man: A ROM that was found locked away in a safe in the back of an old arcade in some abandoned amusement park and extracted from a damaged PCB board. I played the original game in PMW 2’s “Arcade” bonus area which allowed you to play all of the classic games from the 80’s. Before I start, it’s obvious that I enjoy Pac-Man. I never liked the new personality they gave him and all, though, because they made him an obnoxious high school kid trying too hard to be cool, but that’s besides the point.
You remember Pac-Man? Yeah, the little pizza-shaped guy who’s been the main mascot for Namco (now merged with Bandai) for 41 years now? The fella’ will always have a place in my heart since the days I played Pac-Man World 2 on my GameCube.
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