Game:

Pac-Land (1984)

Duration: 4:19

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Stream VOD for these runs: [https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2022274666]

Pretty sure time is 4:00 since I started it slightly early and ended late (think it started at 0.07, ended at 4:01.05) but let me know if you think it is 4:01!

You basically have to be speedrun level just to clear this game so figured I would try this. Pac-Land inspired Super Mario Bros., but this NES release came out afterwards and leaves a lot to be desired. To control Pac-Man you have to press A or B to go left/right, which is hard to get used to at first. You have to mash to reach his top speed. The other Pac-Land games are the same when it comes to holding buttons to move, but you don't have to mash them and you have to jump by pressing up on the D-Pad. I now prefer these NES controls over the other versions of this game, but at times I've thought this game has some of worst controls ever for a side-scroller. It's quite unintuitive and hard to get Pac-Man to do exactly what you want.

Unfortunately, this version of the game is very ugly and the music sucks. This game isn't actually all that unengaging, it is however very frustrating but I happen to be obsessed with clearing NES games in particular. This run features many hard to pull of tricks like the Round 1 to 13 level skip, riding the orange plane on Round 14 and staying on without falling off (which sometimes doesn't show up for some reason), and jumping the gap in Round 15 using the purple ghost who doesn't like to cooperate all that much. Sadly I died on Round 15 on what is one of the easiest parts of the level.

Personal rating: 2 / 5 (Mediocre) -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/brickngames

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