OK, so I read that the Atari 2600 Pacman is really great. But what self-respecting person would claim such a thing? The next thing I'm expected to swallow is that ET was a fantastic Atari 2600 game....in Borneo? Maybe the Chuckwagon game by Purina dog chow was a big hit in Egypt?
Rant: There are many that say ET was what broke Atari's back - but when it started with Defender - the flashy blinky ship, flashy blinky ppl on the ground and no explosion graphics. That's kind of where the beginning of the end commenced. From there it went down hill with an unplayable vcs version of what we all felt disappointed with in Pac-Man. From there we were deluged with everybody and their brothers bad games. And finally Atari joined them with the worst possible game ever ET.
Sorry but for anyone to say that the vcs 2600 version of Pacman was a great game is just...just...too graphic to describe.