Pac-Man Collection

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Pac-Man Collection

Developer(s)	Mass Media
Publisher(s)	Namco
Release date(s)	July 1, 2001 (NA) July 12, 2001 (EU) January 11, 2002 (JP)
Genre(s)	Arcade, Puzzle
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	CERO: All ages ESRB: Everyone (E) PEGI: 3+
Platform(s)	Game Boy Advance
Media	64mbit cartridge

Pac-Man Collection is a compilation of four Pac-Man games, released in 2001 and 2002 for the Game Boy Advance: Pac-Man, Pac-Mania and Pac-Man Arrangement, all ports of arcade games which follow the essence of classic Pac-Man gameplay; and Pac-Attack, a falling-block puzzle game originally released on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Ms. Pac-Man is included versions released outside the United States.

Due to the restrictive screen resolution of the Game Boy Advance, the player is given the choice of two methods for viewing the playfield in Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man: scroll mode, where the playfield automatically scrolls to follow Pac-Man, or full-screen, where the entire playfield is displayed in miniature form.

With the exception of Pac-Attack, the player can alter various settings such as lives, difficulty and bonus life counters, similar to the DIP switch-enabled settings in the original arcade versions. Hints are available for each game.

This release is notable for the inclusion of Pac-Man Arrangement, a remixed, full-color update of Pac-Man with new power-ups and gameplay features. The game was released into arcades by Namco in 1995 as part of the Namco Classics range, but had never been ported to a home system prior to this release.

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The cartridge lacks a save facility, therefore players' high-scores cannot be stored in the games. However, Pac-Attack features a password feature.

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The U.S. version of Pac-Man Collection only has four games: Pac-Man, Pac-Mania, Pac-Attack, and Pac-Man Arrangement.
The game is somewhat similar to Namco Museum which also features all the game playable on here.