Pac-Man: Adventures in Time

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Pac-Man Adventures In Time
Developer(s) Creative Asylum
Publisher(s) Hasbro Interactive
Platform(s) PC
Release date 2000
Genre(s) Maze
Mode(s) Single player, Multiplayer
Rating(s) ESRB: Everyone (E)

Using their Namco licence, Hasbro Interactive made Pac-Man: Adventures In Time, a Pac-Man game for the PC. This game features five gigantic worlds, over forty 3D mazes and internet play. A Dreamcast port was also rumored.

[edit] Gameplay

As in the original, the object of each level is to guide Pac-Man through a maze eating up dots, fruit and ghosts. Some levels contain obstacles such as boulders, snakes and cannons. After every few rounds there is a little bonus mini-game where the player can get some extra points.The levels also feature a variety of shapes and features such as cylindrical mazes and pyramids,even walls that allow Pac-Man to walk on vertically.The game also includes the ability to see the mini intermission videos that come before a new level and allow for non storyline play on specific levels.It also has the ability to connect over the internet to play multiplayer.

[edit] Plot

The ghosts have stolen the mysterious magical power pellet known as The Artifact that has kept Pac-Land free from evil. They smashed the pellet and in a mighty explosion of power, the four pieces were scattered across time.

Your challenge, as Pac-Man is to retrieve the four pieces of The Artifact from the ghost-infested worlds and return them to the present. Professor Pac-Man and his unpredictable, hastily constructed Time Machine will help you on your quest.

[edit] Worlds

Pac-Man must travel to five different Worlds representing points in time:

  • Prehistoric
  • Egyptian
  • Medieval
  • Wild West
  • Future