Pac-Man Museum

 Xbox 360
Metascore
64

Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. X-ONE Magazine UK
    Apr 27, 2014
    60
    An okay celebration of 30 years of Pac-Man's furious assault on the four unluckiest ghosts ever. There are better Pac-related options though. [Issue#110, p.78]
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  2. XGN
    Apr 1, 2014
    65
    Pac-Man is a classic game in everyone’s opinion. Therefore, it's really nice to play some old Pac-Man games. Although the price is quit expensive for what you get. Four or maybe five Pac-man games are really worth it, the rest is simply too outdated.
  3. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Mar 26, 2014
    60
    A disorienting mix of the classic, the needless and the forgotten. [Apr 2014, p.89]
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  5. Official Xbox Magazine
    Mar 26, 2014
    50
    The world's first bona fide videogame mascot deserved better than to have five failures trotted out alongside four dirt-simple classics, and the inflated price of admission doesn't do his flawed exhibition any favors. [May 2014, p.83]
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  6. God is a Geek
    Mar 5, 2014
    60
    You cannot help but think that a more fitting tribute to the little yellow fella would have been a standalone version of the top-drawer Battle Royale, with the inclusion of online play that they have bafflingly ignored.
  7. Hardcore Gamer
    Mar 2, 2014
    80
    In short, Pac-Man Museum is the best representation of what has been a truly illustrious video game career.
  8. Destructoid
    Feb 28, 2014
    70
    If you've never played Championship Edition before and thus do not have DX to compare it to, it's a perfect way to re-acclimate yourself to the franchise, while you use Royale to spice up your next local gathering. Everyone else who lacks friends on-hand or has already played CE should wait for a sale, or pass this one up entirely.
  9. Game Informer
    Feb 28, 2014
    70
    The overall presentation is cute, with a virtual Pac Room that you can deck out with unlockable items, and a sticker album that you fill up by completing challenges. Namco missed a critical opportunity, however, in putting all the games into a greater context.

Awards & Rankings

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#34 Best Xbox 360 Game of 2014
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#47 Most Discussed Xbox 360 Game of 2014
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#37 Most Shared Xbox 360 Game of 2014

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User Score
5.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 3 out of 7
  1. KrazyIvan14
    Feb 27, 2014
    4
    The difficulty in rating a game like this is that it is a collection of aged games, albeit that some of the collection has not yet appeared onThe difficulty in rating a game like this is that it is a collection of aged games, albeit that some of the collection has not yet appeared on consoles. As a whole, this collection could stand from including the history of the more obscure games and xbox live support for more than just leaderboards, but this seems to be a hastily put together compilation.

    Pac-man Battle Royale would have saved this collection from being a money grab, but the exclusion of xbox live support (local player only) basically limits this to a party game. Pac-man, Super pac-man, mrs. pac-man, etc. are all faithfully emulated, so much so that the emulation causes the screen to be letterboxed (cannot be adjusted). This game would have been disappointing at $10 and is a travesty at $20.    … Full Review »
  2. FNaF
    Dec 17, 2018
    0
    This game is useless it is not ported on Wii U, &/or Nintendo 3DS! Maybe because the creator/Namco hates Nintendo.
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