Pac-Man 256

Pacman 256 is different from traditional pacman games, But it is a very nice take on the game with a lot of powerups to take on the ghosts, leaderboards and even 4 player local coop with your friends.
The Original Pacman level 256 is and impossible to complete corrupted level due to the technical limits of the arcade machines. Half the screen got corrupted with strange letters, The Glitch is practically famous. And Pacman 256 goes beyond this level.
In Pacman 256 you don't have to collect all dots, there are no levels, and there are more ghosts than the traditional few. It is just 1 endless level in which you have to escape from the corruption that is slowly eating up the level behind you, If you go in to the corrupted zone you are dead.
There are a ton of powerups, which let you shoot lasers, become a bomb, grow huge or spawn whirlwinds. Most of them are to squash the ghosts that are all over the place, You can find anywhere from 2 to 20 ghosts on the screen at any time so you practically need there powerups to kill the ghosts and keep on collecting those dots.
You unlock new powerups by eating pacdots, You can upgrade the powerups using credits, which you also find scattered around the level, But you also get credits for completing goals like use X powerup 5 times or get a streak, You even get some gifts for nothing sometimes. There are more than 20 powerups, and each powerup can be upgraded 7 times. These mainly add time to the counter and score you more points.
There is a lot to the game aside from the parts I listed here, You gain dot streaks by eating dots in a row which greatly enhance your score, Ofcourse there are still power pellets which makes the ghosts blue so you can eat them, There are global leaderboards, friends leaderboards, You can even adjust the general looks of the game, There are a bunch of themes which change the ghosts into go karts, or change you into a chicken.
The best thing about the game is the Multiplayer, You can play it with 2 to 4 friends, If one of you gets eaten by the corruption or a ghost you will be revived when someone picks up a pacman emblem in the maze. Powerups are still present, If one picks one up they count for all players. It is a great game to play with some friends.
Overall I think it is a very welcome Pacman, It takes some from the old and puts a great spin to it, The powerups and local multiplayer makes this a great game, I can not give it anything less than an 8, It is great.
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Steam Cloud Save
Working fine
Controller Support
Yes, Xbox One Bluetooth Working
Achievements
Not hard, but time consuming
FPS on Ultra
Locked to 100 but can go above with Vsync
Launch Command
gamemoderun %command%
Issues
None
OS
Arch Linux
Kernel
5.3.8
DE
Gnome 3.34.1
CPU
Intel I7-6800K @ 4.20Ghz
GPU
Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080 (Nvidia 435.21 Drivers)

It's a mobile game on steam without microtransactions. I got it with humble bundle and since it was basically free I think it's alright.

In my ongoing and likely futile effort to write a Steam review for every game in my library (#485 out of 639)... it's time for PAC-MAN 256.
It's Pac-Man, arguably the most famous and iconic arcade game of all time! Much like Tetris, it's a game so simple and refined and timeless that one can scarcely imagine a world where a modern iteration like 256 could be inferior to the original thirty-year-old game cabinets. But here we are.
Ostensibly, PAC-MAN 256 takes the core, classic PAC-MAN game, updates its visuals to fit our current HD era, and offers several dozen different skins. The idea being, I believe, that with so many different choices of aesthetic, players can enjoy the same, beloved PAC-MAN gameplay as the arcade original with so many unique and varied skins that the experience will feel fresh and modern. It's the classic old game you know and love, 256 insists, but with a fresh new coat of paint slathered on top.
Only PAC-MAN 256 is not the same game, not quite. With Classic PAC-MAN, you maneuver the titular character through a simple maze, consuming pellets and avoiding different-colored ghosts, each of whom exhibits different behavior. In addition to the aesthetic choices, 256 adds more enemy variation and power-ups to make traversing the maze a more dynamic experience. Sounds pretty good so far, right? And it would be, if not for one small change that (accidentally, I assume) makes 256 inferior to the original.
It's all down to the maze. In classic PAC-MAN, the entire maze is represented in the screen at once. You can clearly see every possible route and dead end that you might travel down, or that enemies might use to reach you. Literally all of the information you need to know about a level is presented immediately. 256, instead of relying on a single square maze, uses a long, vertically-oriented maze that scrolls up as you play. The amount of the maze you see on-screen at any one moment is thus very limited, with new routes and enemies constantly appearing at the top of the screen as the scrolling proceeds. This effectively eliminates your ability to plan movements ahead of time, hides enemies from your sight, and gives you fewer options to explore as the visible maze is much smaller by comparison. And because the maze is always scrolling upward, tarrying too long in one area near the bottom can result in your becoming trapped, thus adding a wholly unnecessary timing element to the game.
By itself, PAC-MAN 256 is a solid, competently-executed game, and the multiple aesthetic options make it very appealing for fans of the game. But the only thing I want from a PAC-MAN game from the 21st century is an experience as good or better than the original, and 256 does not qualify. So consider this a very tepid endorsement: PAC-MAN 256 is flashy and modern-looking, and can easily provide a few moments' diversion, but fails to meaningfully add onto or even fully adapt the original 1980 game.

Highly addictive! Well worth the absurdly low price.

I don't know how I feel about this game. On one hand, it's Pac-man with upgrades. Some of them are pretty cool but I don't think Pac-man really needs lazers and tornadoes helping him. Worse yet, you spend in-game currency trying upgrade them. It just feels off. Like, if you want a highscore, you have to grind your powerup of choice. I guess that's cool but it's not really a pure arcade experience and it makes me wish there was a pure mode wiithout all of that nonsense.
What's left is a strange, endless runner version of Pac-man I guess works. It's fun and I still like it. I really hope to try out the multiplayer some day. That looks reallly fun too and probably well worth the price of admission.
And I guess that's what I want to say. As a single player experience, I guess it's ok but if you have friends, definitely go for it as I think this is the only multiplayer Pac on steam right now.

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This is my favorite Pacman game, I play 4 player with family and we like it.

I fking deepthroated a ghost. 10/10