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Courtesy of our own cybernetic ninjas Dick McVengeance and Michael Yi comes this footage from the recent Pac-Man World Championships' final round. In this titanic clash of Pac-Man pros we bear witness to the epic struggle between Austria's Robert "The Glashinator" Glashuettner and Mexico's own Carlos "John" Romero. For best results, turn down the sound and blast Carl Orff's Carmina Burana to really get a sense of how dramatic and face-melting this competition truly was. So Brad tells me, anyway.
 
I've pumped an hour or two into Championship Edition and I've got to say, I'm really impressed. The developers at Namco-Bandai took the sensibilities emphasized by recent heart-pounding arcade games like Geometry Wars and applied them to Pac-Man's oh-so-traditional formula. Sure, it might make the purists shake angry fists at the sky, but for us heathens, it's a Pac-Man we can actually enjoy.
 
Big ups to Dtoid faithful Michael Yi for filming. Dude's a menace with a camera when he's not kicking out the jams with some crazy-awesome Destructoid wallpapers. He's also made of candy.

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godkow's Avatar
godkow at 06/08/2007 18:36
epic
ArrestedDeveloper's Avatar
ArrestedDeveloper at 06/08/2007 18:59
that got pretty frantic towards the end.
imbeta's Avatar
imbeta at 06/08/2007 19:09
VIVA MEXICO!
Paul Soth's Avatar
Paul Soth at 06/08/2007 20:25
New strain of Pac-Man Fever strikes.
Knives's Avatar
Knives at 06/08/2007 22:32
I still have the most important question for the champion... are there quiznos in mexico?
Topher Cantler's Avatar
Topher Cantler at 06/08/2007 22:37
Art team GO!
Niero's Avatar
Niero at 06/09/2007 00:04
Picked up this game tonight -- I am SHOCKED that its actually quite fun. I haven't enjoyed pacman like that in decades
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nsolo1717 at 06/09/2007 13:33
good job on using that beat from Aesop rock's - Greatest pac-man victory in history ....i fucking love that track and i love whoever came up with the idea to put it in the video
Zac Bentz's Avatar
Zac Bentz at 06/09/2007 16:40
The last minute of the video is the best!
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