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Dissecting Design -- How Pacman Championship Edition Elevated Classic Design

For this week's video game analysis, Josh Bycer of Game-Wisdom looked at how Pacman Championship Edition managed to elevate one of the most recognizable game designs.

Each week I like to focus on one game for its unique game design in my "Dissecting Design" videos. This week, I took a look at Pacman Championship Edition and how Namco Bandai elevated what is a very simple game design into something else.

0:00 -- Intro

1:09 -- Pacman's Basic Gameplay

3:31 -- Pacman Championship Edition's Changes

9:27 -- Advance Play

15:21 -- Extending the gameplay and limitations

20:23 -- Lessons Learned

 

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