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Ms. Pac-Man waka wakas XBLA this week

Okay, we're prepared to accept all the cries of "hypocrite!" when we say this, but we're excited to announce that Ms. Pac-Man is this week's Xbox Live Arcade release. Normally we trash retro offerings, but as retro games go, it doesn't get much better than Ms. Pac-Man. The superior sequel to Pac-Man (duh), Ms. Pac-Man ups the ante with more speed, more levels, moving fuit, and, um, a bow. We kind of wish Namco had released Ms. Pac-Man to begin with, but then how would they ever have sold us Pac-Man? The game drops this Wednesday and will be available for 400 points. Check out the "read" link for more screen shots.

You may now proceed with the shouting.

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1. She swallows

Posted at 4:07PM on Jan 8th 2007 by Shaggydelic2007

2. im down if it costs 100 microsoft points.. but we know that will never happen

Posted at 4:20PM on Jan 8th 2007 by s2h

3. no worms? f this garbage.

Posted at 4:24PM on Jan 8th 2007 by Wizardly

4. uh-oh. looks like my fiancee will be spending 400 of my MS points this week.

Posted at 4:51PM on Jan 8th 2007 by murph

5. NEW Rally-X for the final week of 06. Nothing for the first week of 07. Ms Pac-Man this week...

M$ better be having good new games for the next few weeks...

Posted at 4:52PM on Jan 8th 2007 by Imadogg

6. Nah, no shouting here. I'm happy to be getting a game at all, they could of (barely) gotten away with not releasing a game what with the Gears of War maps being free...

Posted at 5:20PM on Jan 8th 2007 by DannyOB@360insight

7. For all of you who are sulking over Ms. Pac-Man, just remember that Lost Planet is coming out tomorrow :D

Posted at 6:03PM on Jan 8th 2007 by Scott

8. Soooooooo what happened to worms?

Posted at 6:46PM on Jan 8th 2007 by What The Geek

9. Fuckin whiners I swear. Anyway ms pacman is a good retro game. That's what we've been needing. I can't wait for worms either but I'm not gonna whine and shit my pants because some other good game is comin out.

Posted at 8:47PM on Jan 8th 2007 by Virtua Fanboy

10. Argh my promotional points expire in two days, was hoping something worth buying would come out! :(

Prob gonna buy lumines..

Posted at 9:39PM on Jan 8th 2007 by Osiris

11. I'm not going to "whine and shit my pants" either, however, Ms pacman is pacman w/ a bow on her head... this isn't fresh content. Had they release Ms pacman and pacman at the same time in a package for five bucks, that would have been a deal. Finding out that Worms had been delayed and Ms pacman would take it's place was a disappointment. There's nothing wrong with Ms Pacman, but there's nothing right with it either.

Another point to consider is this - why dispense XBLA games one at a time? Why not both Ms Pacman and Worms? Nintendo's Virtual Console has seem several releases a week, and XBLA rarely produces one game a week - it seems there's a flaw somewhere in the system. This tiny trickle of content was ok when the 360 was alone in the next gen market, but the other consoles have arrived, and it's time to kick it up a notch to stay competitive.

Posted at 1:49AM on Jan 9th 2007 by What The Geek

12. @11.

Well, I do agree that ms.pacman is, in essence, pacman, and should have not been released seperately.
However, I don't agree that the arcade should have several releases a week.
I like to have something to look forward to, not be rushed with a stockpile of games I could never afford because they arrive too quickly.
Also, although I may be wrong, I believe the wii's titles are older nintendo games, which I could easily attain from emula- err....second hand stores anytime.

Posted at 10:03AM on Jan 9th 2007 by Premo

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