Hello there. Today I'm reviewing Pac-Mania on the Sega Genesis. It's a port of the 1987 Namco arcade game(which was distributed by Atari in the United States) that was published by Tengen in 1991. This port was developed by Sculptured Software, who have done a number of ports, such as Mario Bros. on the Atari 8-bit family, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego on the Amiga, and others. This is a review of an Arcade game port, so I'm going to compare almost everything about this version of Pac-Mania to the arcade version of the game. Let's begin!

If I had to describe Pac-Mania in 6 words, it would be simple- 3-D Pac-Man with a jump button. And that's basically what it is. Unlike Pac-Man, however, Pac-Mania has 4 different maze boards instead of just one, and they all have a unique style to them, whether it be a maze of Legos or a giant sandbox on the sea. This port has a number of options: 1 or 2 players, with one controller or both, 4 difficulty settings, and a Pac-Booster that speeds up Pac-Man, this feature of which was in most of Tengen's Pac-Man series ports. The options screen even has a little Pac-Mania maze medley. That's nice.

The Genesis soundfont isn't that compelling, so seeing that the music and sound is very Genesis-like(Richy electric guitar sounds, at least that's how I think of it) isn't a surprise. However, there are a variety of sounds that are close to the arcade version. It's half close, half not close. The graphics are... Mediocre. They're not very colorful, and it's weird seeing Pac-Man with a yellow tongue, among other oddities. Pac-Mania was a very colorful arcade game, so this is sort of a letdown. Not even the title screen looks that good- the title screen of the Sega Master System version looked better. But really, that's the only big problem. It's a nifty port with some charm to it if you can ignore the below-average graphics. Overall, Pac-Mania is a great addition to any Sega Genesis owner's collection, if you're a fan of arcade games and can ignore the "meh" graphics.

For a review to be featured it must be at the very least 500 worlds (on less other wise posted in the thread you posted in). Next time add some more detail but this is a pretty good review. Take a gander at some featured reviews and see how they wrote there work if you need an idea of what to do next time.

toadnick : okay you have to try to put a lot more description in every catogory like saying a lot more about graphics and sound/music okay so this will help you to get better at review making.