A playthrough of Namco's 1994 Sega Genesis adventure game, Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures.

I recorded the SNES version quite awhile back, and I thought it only fair to give the same attention to the US exclusive Sega Genesis version. The graphics don't suffer much at all with the lower color palette of the Genesis, mainly because everything was so bright, cartoony, and primary-colored to begin with, but the MUCH higher quality sound (well, except for the samples... I've never heard a cow mooo sound like a groaning zombie before) and the inclusion of a brand-new remix of Ms. Pac-Man, Jr. Pac-Man (with new graphics, sounds, and cut-scenes) that is exclusive to this port really put it in the lead. The SNES version by comparison just has a remake of standard Ms. Pac-Man in it. If you have to chose a single platform to play it on, I'd absolutely recommend the Genesis one.

I do show both of the arcade games during the video.

Regardless of platform, though, Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures (or Hello! Pac-Man, as it was originally called) is a pretty awesome game that really isn't like anything else. It's sort of a platformer when you don't directly control Pac, and it's sort of an adventure game with all the puzzle elements. Either way, it's oozing with charm, and it's a lot of fun to play. Pac-man has an insane amount of animation, and most of it is wicked funny. :)

One thing though - at the last boss, how did they not notice the horrendously awkward way that the name (at the bottom right corner) could be misread when rendered in that font?! I mean, even if it's purple, the boss is a goo blob! Well, who knows - maybe they did it on purpose;)
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No cheats were used during the recording of this video.

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