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very fun and addictive

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Picked this up on a clearance sale for 15 bucks and it was money well spent. I had read a couple so-so reviews of this game, and I often saw it in the used section of a local video game store for around 25 bucks so did not think it would be so good. Like many games for the DS which utilize the touch screen, its a novel approach to an old game and is quite fun. I'm terrible at drawing, yet even my most bent out of shape pac-mans come to life.

PacMan Redesign, Not Spyro Rewrite

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Pac Pix is a top-notch game for the Nintendo DS handheld system. In this game you use both screens, top and bottom; and all the action takes place using the stylus. It's a little tricky at first, until you learn the "gestures" (the drawing symbols you need to use to control PacMan and his environment), but once you've learned those and had a little practice, the real challenge is in getting through the levels.

Using the stylus, you draw a PacMan (small or large, depending on how fast you want him to go), in the bottom screen. You then create "walls" which cause PacMan to turn and go in the direction you specify. Loose ghosts in the bottom screen are gobbled up as PacMan rolls over them. But just because all the drawing takes place on the bottom screen, doesn't mean the top screen is a gratuitous display piece. Quite the opposite! The top screen houses the PacMan road, a single channel where ghosts, extra lives and pickups can be found. PacMan can travel the PacMan road, but only when it's open. Navigate PacMan onto the entrance in the bottom screen, and he will automatically resize and charge around the top screen, encountering anything on the road.

The top screen also houses ghosts and switches that aren't on the PacMan road. These items can only be encountered when you have the arrow. Shoot the arrow from the bottom screen onto the top screen to flip switches and to knock ghosts onto the bottom screen where PacMan can gobble them up. Once PacMan has managed to get all the ghosts to the bottom screen, and has eaten them all, the level is over.

This game is a fantastic rewrite of the PacMan genre. Although I've played - and enjoyed - PacMan World when it came out, I saw it as more of a PacMan flavored rewrite of your typical 3d games of the time - Spryo the Dragon, etc. It didn't really seem like a PacMan game. It was more of an adventure game starring PacMan. This game is ALL PacMan (accept no substitute!). It feels like you're playing the original PacMan, except it's been rewritten to take advantage of both screens and all of the amazing new features of the Nintendo DS system.

Don't think it's easy - though. I'm on Level 8, and I just can't seem to beat the boss (yes, did I mention there were bosses?). This particular boss sits on the top screen taunting me to knock him down, and spits ghosts onto the bottom screen. I have to eat them, shoot the boss, and prevent PacMan from dying by traveling offscreen all at the same time. It's quite challenging!

Fun Fun Fun Fun Fun Fun Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Very fun game! I love it, as it is not too easy, but not too hard either...great as a gift for children with a brand new Nintendo DS, as it helps them get used to the idea of a touch screen, and having to concentrate on the top screen, and the bottom at the same time! A definite great buy. ^_^

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Wow! Draw my own PAC MAN??? Neat!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I almost passed this game up thinking it's another lousy Pac Man game like Pac n Roll. I hated Pac n Roll because of it's difficulty with the controls and it was in 3D which I found out I hate.

PAC PIX is not in 3D and you get to draw your Pac Man and watch him move and eat up the monsters. Really neatest thing I ever saw!!

I'm on Book 1 level 11. It is such an addicting game with high level of frustration as you go into higher levels but I'm enjoying it and not giving up!!

This game is all stylus usage! No buttons to use. Glad I got this game! Should be fun for all ages.

Very Fun, wish it was longer

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: May 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

One of my favorite cartoons growing up (I cannot remember it's name) was one in which an old guy would draw things on a chalkboard and then they would come to life. This is sort of what happens in this game, and also a possible preview for future, more sophisticated DS games.

You are able to draw pacman (I love giving him a Simpsons look with an overbite)and then see your drawing come to life and start carpet munching. You then control the direction by drawing lines. The goal is to complete several stages that make up a chapter and beat your previous higher score. There are 12 chapters in all. This is such a fun game, that replay value is huge, as you can replay levels to constantly try to beat youor hight score. In a sense, it is like a racing game, as your have a time limit.

I have not played it enough to get to the levels in which you draw bombs or arrows, but am guess they are just as fun.

Overall, this is a unique and fun game that is well worth the price. I only wish they had 20 stages and not just 12. And it is also a very welcome addition to a very sparse and disapointing DS line up.

This is cool

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 8
Date: November 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is pretty cool i would buy it and i did this game is worth money i think you should buy it this games is awesome and you get to conttol pac man and make him eat the ghost and draw him bigger to get over stuff

Terrible!!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 21
Date: June 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Their are bad games,but this is just crazy. It's ridiculus. What's really cool about this game,is that people like it. I can't even draw Pacman! YOu have to be absoulute perfect with the drawing. Don't buy it,it's not worth it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hopless.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 25
Date: June 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is not even fun for a minute. All you do is draw disfigured pac man and little lines. It is just pathetic how bad this game is.

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2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 14
Date: May 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

way too short, way too unfun, way too unoriginal..

do not buy it... this is by far the worst game on the DS.. it wasn't even to me worth the rent.. at ALL

Way too repetative

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: May 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I'm not entirely sure why the Nintendo DS can't get very many decent games. Pac Pix is a VERY INNOVATIVE game, but the problem is in the gameplay. It's unique, and for that I gave it three stars instead of two. But it's repetative gameplay makes this less fun to play. Especially because it gets old real fast.

First of all, let me say this. It's really cool to draw your own pac-man and watch him chomp away at your enemies. It's also really cool to be able to guide him by drawing walls and such. Really, it's innovative stuff. You can also draw arrors to shoot at missiles that come raining down on you.

The problem is this kind of gameplay gets old really fast. There's not much of a story (as a previous reviewer already said, if you didn't like Yoshi Touch and Go, you won't like this game). The only point is to get a high score and beat the game. It's also really short. There's no point putting down thirty dollars for a game like this. It's way too short, with very little replay value.

Graphic wise, this game is actually kind of neat. I love the way Pac-man looks, and I like the soft booklike look this game has. It's rather nice to see. The music is mixed from previous pac-man titles (arcade mostly).

Seriously, this can be a fun game. The problem is, it's too repetative. Sometimes being repative isn't bad, but in this case it is. Especially because you don't do much of anything! Fire arrows and draw lines for pac-man to follow. That's about it, actually. There's no challenge to it either, and it's too short.

Don't spend your money on this game. It's really innovative, that's for damn sure. But don't go blowing your money on a game that's not a whole lot of fun after two hours.

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