Ms. Pac-Man returns in a title specifically developed for Windows-based PCs to battle Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Sue in a 3D update to the 1981 arcade game that retains the original's focus on single-screen mazes. Ms. Pac-Man: Quest for the Golden Maze features a green Baby Ghost that, when eaten, awards one of five new power ups. Pac Army unleashes a temporary wave of "pacs" into the maze, Rainbow Power Pellet freezes ghosts and turns them blue, Magnetic Pac attracts pellets, and Speed Up and Invulnerability power ups are self-explanatory.
To unlock the title's Golden Maze, Ms. Pac-Man must collect golden fruit. The process requires collecting three types of any fruit in a row, warping to a room filled with that type, and collecting all the fruit in the room before a timer runs out. Collect three pieces of golden fruit, and the heroine enters a gold warp room, filled with valuable golden fruit. Five additional bonus items occasionally float through the maze as well, including 3x, 5x and 10x score multipliers, a time extender to increase the life of power-ups, and a "fruitifier" that change pellets into grapes worth 300 points each.
Two-player action is a race to see who can eat the most pellets in one of three mazes. No power pellets or normal ghosts appear, but the player who eats Baby Ghost gets the chance to catch his or her opponent and earn power ups. The player who gets caught gives up a quarter of their pellets to the maze and a quarter to their opponent. The game ends when all pellets are removed from the maze.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Infogrames Interactive, Inc.
eBay Product ID (ePID)
214644491
Product Key Features
Rating
E-Everyone
Genre
Action & Adventure
Video Game Series
Mississippi. PAC-MAN Series
Platform
PC
Game Name
Mississippi. PAC-MAN: Quest for the Golden Maze [Jewel Case]