Dissecting Design -- Pacman Championship Edition's New Take on Classic Design

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Pac-Man (1980)
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For this week's Dissecting Design, I'm taking 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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