Pac-Man vs.

 GameCube
  • Publisher: Namco
  • Release Date: Dec 2, 2003
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  • Summary: In Pac-Man vs., Pac-Man must navigate mazes, eating pac-dots, fruit, and power pellets as he dodges hungry ghosts, just like the original--but this time, human players control the ghosts. The lead player, viewing the entire maze on the Game Boy Advance, must avoid the other three playersIn Pac-Man vs., Pac-Man must navigate mazes, eating pac-dots, fruit, and power pellets as he dodges hungry ghosts, just like the original--but this time, human players control the ghosts. The lead player, viewing the entire maze on the Game Boy Advance, must avoid the other three players controlling the ghosts on the television screen. To raise the tension factor, the three ghost players can only see part of the maze around their characters. Pac-Man must clear all the pac-dots in each maze to progress to the next level. … Expand
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 31
  3. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. GameNow
    100
    We never would have thought that adding some multiplayer functions to a 23-year-old arcade game would result in one of the most fun and addictive games out there, but Pac-Man Vs. is just that.
  2. Nintendophiles
    89
    One of the most unique experiences you can get in a home console today.
  3. netjak
    86
    Easily one of the most interesting, if not most fun, multiplayer games to grace the GameCube’s purple presence.
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  4. GamePro
    80
    It’s just weird enough to be worth owning for posterity.
  5. Games Radar
    80
    So basic that you'd think it couldn't possibly be this much fun. A tremendous multiplayer game, but be warned - that's all it is. [NGC]
  6. Game Revolution
    75
    Doesn't match the frantic pace of a good first-person shooter or the complexity of a turn-based strategy game. Instead, it’s a clever reinvention of something old into a multiplayer experience.
  7. Game Informer
    50
    Simply put, it's just not that fun. [Jan 2004, p.141]
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  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. SteveK.
    Jan 2, 2004
    10
    Incredibly fun multi player game. Get 4 people playing for best results.
  2. GamecubeLover
    Jul 30, 2016
    10
    The person who wrote the bad review is WRONG. This game does look bad by the cover but don't judge a game by it's cover. Anyways this game isThe person who wrote the bad review is WRONG. This game does look bad by the cover but don't judge a game by it's cover. Anyways this game is very fun.… Expand
  4. wegie125
    Apr 22, 2018
    10
    I can't help but give this game a perfect score, usually I want to make it fair and talk about things on a basis of how good the game is fromI can't help but give this game a perfect score, usually I want to make it fair and talk about things on a basis of how good the game is from a development standpoint, but this game makes an exception. Not only did it add multiplayer in a way that was unique and still to this day has never been done, but it even made a return on the switch that I have yet to play. The way you played was by connecting a gameboy to the gamecube and the person that played as pacman got a normal screen on the bottom while the ghost got a more modern looking game while looking at the tv. Obviously this was a setup that not everyone had so I doubt it sold well, especially since it was on the gamecube. But for those who had it, it was amazing. This was one of the those games that I could spend so much time playing with my friends and family. This game made me love pacman again.… Expand
  5. FNaF
    Dec 7, 2018
    10
    Oh My goodness I can't believe Namco & Nintendo brought this back on the Nintendo Switch on Namco Museum Arcade Pac!
  6. JPK
    Jun 7, 2019
    9
    Just Another Good Old Pac-Man
    Pac-Man VS. definitely feels like a classic round of Pac-Man.

Awards & Rankings

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#38 Best GameCube Game of 2003
68
#68 Most Discussed GameCube Game of 2003
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#36 Most Shared GameCube Game of 2003