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I have to admit, I laughed a little bit when Namco and Microsoft first announced that Pac-Man Championship Edition was coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade. They were making such a huge deal about it, and all I could think was "Really? Pac-Man? Really?"
 
As it turned out, Pac-Man Championship Edition was amazing. No, it is amazing. To this day, it stands as one of my favorite Xbox LIVE Arcade games, an absolutely brilliant-yet-simple title that everyone should own. 
 
Now the above video is old by Internet standards (it appeared on NicoVideo back in July), but a post at GamerBytes just brought it to my attention. Yes, someone re-created Pac-Man Championship Edition in the style of an 8-bit NES game. Not only is the game fully operational (no, I don't know where or if you can find a ROM anywhere), but it looks just as fun as the original. 
 
Hey, that reminds me -- I still haven't beaten Chad's leaderboard score. I'm coming for you, Concelmo. 







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Fadakar's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/20/2008 12:06
Fadakar
I hate Pac-Man, I always have. I just never was able to grasp the idea of not sucking at it. But even with that, this is radical.
Bizznet's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/20/2008 12:18
Bizznet
This is cool.
TewDee's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/20/2008 12:57
TewDee
Pac-Man is such a fucking spawn camper...
Orionsaint's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/20/2008 14:08
Orionsaint
Hey, that song is from the PAC-MANIA soundtrack.
ShuperShawn's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/20/2008 14:20
ShuperShawn
AMAZING!!
Dastardly007's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/20/2008 14:38
Dastardly007
Yay! Back to the Future rules.
Dan CiTi's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/20/2008 16:15
Dan CiTi
Could there be a not rom of this in existence or begin made?
ghettobelmontes's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/20/2008 16:29
ghettobelmontes
Awesome! It even has the "sparking" or "grinding" feature in it! Absolutely uncanny!
SithToast's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/20/2008 17:44
SithToast
That was pretty awesome.
atastysammich's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/20/2008 17:45
atastysammich
Awww yeaaahh, that music's gettin' me pumped for some Pac-Mania!
Brian Szabelski's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/20/2008 18:01
Brian Szabelski
Someone find this for me. NOW.
welkstar's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/20/2008 18:58
welkstar
DO WANT!
mr spooky's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/20/2008 19:04
mr spooky
They could not at least release Pac-Man Championship Edition on wii, psp, PS3, and PS2.
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/24/2008 15:37
Darren Nakamura
Hot, but I'll stick with the XBLA one for now.
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