Cheap Ms Pacman 7-in-1 Wireless TV Game (Video Games) (Not Machine Specific) Price

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Early 80's Weekend Afternoon Memories
Ms. Pac Man was always my game back in the day. She just seemed less clunky than her male predecessor. <
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> I just received this game in the mail today and after a mad scramble for eight (count 'em EIGHT) AA batteries I got down to business. I admit that I bought this game for Ms. Pac Man, exclusively. Here's what I found, in a nutshell: <
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>1) Graphics & sound are faithful to the old arcade game with the minor exception of the placement of the score, lives and fruit. No problem. <
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>2) Old skool joystick. Nice touch. <
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>3) Plug 'n play set-up. No brainer. <
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>1) I honestly don't mind cords one bit. The eight batteries can be a bit of a logistical problem as I don't usually have a dozen-or-so batteries lying around at any given time. <
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>2) My main gripe is that the joystick is frustratingly unresponsive and has the habit of moving Ms. Pac in directions I don't want her to go. I understand, however, that the previous version of this game was worse in this regard and has been slightly improved in this version. Fair 'nuff. <
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> All-in-all a neat little contraption that is every bit as addictive as it was in my youth.

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Frustrating to say the least
Don't buy this price increased version. I doesn't work any better than the $19.95 model. Plus it uses twice the amount of batteries. The concept is great, the graphics are great and that's the end of it. This just like the first plug and play Ms Pacman (which I also bought) and has a joy stick issue. If the manufacturer would take off the games that need the twisting action of the joy stick maybe this would actually be fun to play instead of frustrating. While playing Ms Pacman which is the ONLY reason I bought these plug and plays Ms Pacman has a mind of her own, turns corners on her own and runs into the ghosts on her own. It's impossible to use the joy stick without twisting it during play and then you're out of control. It's extremely frustrating. For as popular as Pacman and Ms Pacman were in their day and still are these plug and plays would sell on that merit alone so take off the games needing the turning action of the joystick.

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My mother made me write this!!
I have played both the wired and the wireless Ms. Pac-Man games, and I like the wireless game better. I could get at least 9 feet away from the TV and it would still be fine, whereas I could only get about 5 feet away with the wired version. Some games were more fun and had better sound on the wireless than the wired versions. However, two games, Rally-X and Bosconian (especially Rally-X), were extremely hard to control. The rest of the games were mostly better than the wired versions and sometimes had better sound. Basically, I like it more than the wired kind because, with the exception of Bosconian and Rally-X, all the games were better (especially Mappy). The saving high scores feature is cool, but is only on the wireless version and not on the wired version. The wireless joystick is a little harder to control because it has a short joystick, so it might be nice if it were a little longer. <
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>P.S. My mother made me write this for a homeschool assignment!