Seriously......Its sucha  boring game.....all you do is go around a linear place eating god knows what.

then I see IGN having it in their top 100 games ever (I think) & people praising it

My school teacher thinks pac man's the best game ever!

Why do people like pac man......atleast you use your intelligence to play tetris!

Saying Pac Man sucks in 2009 is a lot like saying the telegraph sucks. Yeah, it may be outdated, but you have to take things in context. When the telegraph came out, it revolutionized communications forever, just like Pac Man was revolutionary to the video game industry.

Oh, and by the way, Pac Man is 100x harder than Tetris.

@deadt0m

but SMB doesn't suck

Tetris doesn't suck

they are still very enjoyable

Pac-man is awful though!

I don't think Tetris is any more fun than Pac Man, by any stretch of the imagination. Both have very simple controls, the only difference is that Tetris is laughably easy and Pac Man is absurdly difficult. Plus, the ghosts look sweet.

How can you call Pac-Man linear?

Yes, yes you are. You're also wrong, and a horrible person.

BTW, let's be clear... I *think* that when most people talk/think about "Pac-Man" they really mean "Ms. Pac-Man," the one with the fruit and the cut scenes.

Maybe not the people here--pretty savvy bunch--but in general.

And about that, I think it's still a fun experience, but it's been many years. You know, but I think part of the appeal (and I can't really explain it) came from the joystick and sacrificing quarters at the arcade, trying to make the lives last, etc. I have a feeling that a lot of those older arcade classics depend a lot on the actual arcade environments of their time, and wouldn't be as fun with a d pad or keyboard, where you can just endlessly restart the game w/ no loss of money.

What's Centipede w/o the track ball? Tapper with out the tap? :)

Pac Man's strength is it's simplicity, beautifully clear design and iconic sound.
Expect to be flamed to hell!

@madman

but the sounds ANNOYING!

I will stick to this opinion

If people can hate MGS.....then me hating pac man is like not that awful at all! lol

I'm with you on this one. I for one can't stand playing pac-man. With mario your mission is to save a princess. With tetris- it's all about thinking fast. Pac-man: dodging ghosts? bleh