Pac-Man Championship Edition DX

Overview

Pac-Man Championship Edition DX is a 2010 maze video game developed by Chinese studio Mine Loader Software and published by Namco Bandai Games for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, later ported to Steam, Android and iOS. It is the sequel to the 2007 game Pac-Man Championship Edition, which was the last game developed by series creator Toru Iwatani. The player controls Pac-Man as he must eat all of the dots in the maze while avoiding colored ghosts that pursue him. A bonus item will appear once the player has eaten all dots on one side of the maze, causing the layout to change. Several additions were made over the original, such as bombs that send all ghosts to the regeneration box and sleeping ghosts that will give chase when Pac-Man moves past them.

The development team wanted the game to focus on the excitement of fleeing from ghosts, and to appeal towards a more casual audience. Early prototypes experimented with increasing the number of power pellets and ghosts, leading to the sleeping ghost and "ghost train" mechanics being added. The neon art-style was inspired by the fluorescent lights used in early LCD handheld games, and was intended to help make DX stand out among other games. It was the first game released under the Namco Generations label, used for remakes of older Namco video games.

Upon release, Pac-Man Championship Edition DX was met with critical acclaim, many calling it one of the best Pac-Man games ever made and one of the greatest video game remakes of all time. Critics applauded the game's addictive nature, replay value, intense gameplay and electronic soundtrack, and for being a vast improvement over the original. Some publications would give the game perfect scores. A 2013 update renamed it to Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+, adding several new mazes and gamemodes including a skin based on the original Pac-Man arcade game. An indirect sequel, Pac-Man Championship Edition 2, was released in 2016.

Official trailer

Trailer. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Puzzle, Strategy, Arcade

Developer

Namco Bandai Games

Publisher

Namco Bandai Games

Series

Pac-Man Championship Edition

Platforms

PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Age rating

ESRB E

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

No

Co op

No

Age ratings

CERO

A

ESRB

E

Release dates

Subscription history

Trophies

Trophies15

Platinum possibleNo platinum

Platinum

0

Gold

1

Silver

1

Bronze

13

Total

15

Points

315

• Sparkster Emit sparks for 1 second! Bronze 16.96% of players
• 100 Point Pac-Dots Play until the value of a single Pac-Dot exceeds 100 points without losing a single life. Bronze 17.71% of players
• 30 Ghosts Combo Eat 30 ghosts in succession! Bronze 17.63% of players
• Score Attack (5 Minutes) Play Score Attack (5 Minutes) until the very end! Bronze 17.73% of players
• Score Attack (10 Minutes) Play Score Attack (10 Minutes) until the very end! Bronze 15.88% of players
• Time Trial Cleared Beat the Time Trial mode! Bronze 14.38% of players
• No Mistakes Finish Score Attack (5 Minutes) with no mistakes! Bronze 15.59% of players
• No Bombs Finish Score Attack (5 Minutes) without using a bomb! Bronze 15.85% of players
• All Maze Visuals Beat the game with every maze visual. Bronze 13.4% of players
• 500,000 Points Score 500,000 points! (Score Attack 5 Minutes) Bronze 16.57% of players
• 1,000,000 Points Score 1,000,000 points! (Score Attack 5 Minutes) Bronze 13.08% of players
• 1,500,000 Points Score 1,500,000 points! (Score Attack 10 Minutes) Bronze 14.59% of players
• 2,000,000 Points Score 2,000,000 points! (Score Attack 10 Minutes) Bronze 12.9% of players
• Time Trial Completed Finish every course's Time Trial! Silver 10.85% of players
• Score Attack Completed Finish every course's Score Attack! Gold 11.61% of players

Playable today

Playable offline todayYes

Single-player only, with no online features.

Online

Plays offlineYes

Credits

Publisher

Namco Bandai Games

Developer

Namco Bandai Games

Released

2010-11-23

Age rating

ESRB E

Region

US

Time to beat

about 3.3 hours