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A copy of the freshly released volume 2 of the cuphead comic, hoping they continue making these as i really love what they have done they totally have nailed the feel of the game in comic form. The people drawing it need a hearty pat on the back as they have expanded on the world they all inhabit, this volume even includes characters from the DLC that's incoming.
Outside of the huge & quite frankly amazing artbook that was released last year these mini comics are the best of the remaining books that have been released.
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A special book arrived today been waiting for this for most of the year as i pre ordered back in feb but it got delayed several times, i was tempted to go for the version signed by iwatani himself but i didn't feel like adding nearly £200 to the price the limited version was already pretty expensive. Went for the limited to 2000 version with the amazing slipcase & goodies, the thing is a beast it weighs nearly 4kg, dilemma time the shipping box has a pacman on & i don't know if i can bring myself to bin it
It's full of little details for the fans
like the kill screen when you open the slip case.
The back
The 2 books inside one is the main one
The other book contains a reprint of the pacman fever song on vinyl and a pacman arcade token
Last edited by importaku; 19-10-2021, 13:17.
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Originally posted by wakka View Post"There's a Donkey Kong killscreen coming up"
Very cool, what is actually inside the book itself?
It lists everything you could ever want to know starting with the interviews with the dev on how he was created, very detailed segments with craploads of pics about how the game was programmed loads of the design document pics & the source code. It's wild seeing the original design prototypes from Iwatani there's segments on the merchandise & the cultural impact of pacman himself outside the game plus it's journey from japan to the west the book is super thick hundreds of pages. I only had a quick flick through to make sure all the pages were printed ok (a quirk of mine)
There's a LOT of pics it's def a coffee table kind of book but there's a lot of interesting stuff to read, if you like pacman then it's a must have. I don't buy many videogame related book but when i saw this one i had to have it as pacman is a fave of mine. If you want to see a few sample pages i can do a few for you if you want.Last edited by importaku; 18-10-2021, 13:00.
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Originally posted by wakka View PostThat's kind, thanks, but I don't want to put you to the bother. Sounds really good though. I do really like Pac-Man.
This is the source code for the game they list loads of it
And some other pics....
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Lovely, thanks @importaku, enjoyed poring over those. Looks really great, I think I'm gonna order myself a copy of the ordinary version.
Originally posted by fuseThat label in the first picture and this conversation makes it look like they delivered it to the wrong forumite.
Very good point actually. Importaku if you would be so kind as to inspect the cardboard box you'll see it's addressed to me, best you just forward it on at your earliest convenience.
My username is taken from the Pac-Man noise. Sometimes people think it's an FF10 ref though. But it isn't. So there.
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Originally posted by wakka View PostLovely, thanks @importaku, enjoyed poring over those. Looks really great, I think I'm gonna order myself a copy of the ordinary version.
Very good point actually. Importaku if you would be so kind as to inspect the cardboard box you'll see it's addressed to me, best you just forward it on at your earliest convenience.
My username is taken from the Pac-Man noise. Sometimes people think it's an FF10 ref though. But it isn't. So there.
Have a small collection going on now with this, couple of small pacman arcades, some figures & now this book. It's nice to see pacman get some love, he's one of the original gaming progenitors & yet even after all these years he's still out there doing his thing. He has a timeless charm that a lot of games don't have, the formula is simple & yet it can be mixed up into some crazy games. Pacman 99 been his latest but the pacman air hockey table in the arcades is insane fun especially when the thing releases all the stored up pucks in the side and they flood the table in a air hockey puck frenzy.
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Stupidly I haven't even played Pac-Man 99 and to be honest forgot it was even a thing. I'm going to get onto that today.
And yeah, Pac-Man is great. A timeless game. Weirdly one version I played an absolute ton of was the iPod version. You swiped the click wheel (remember those?) to play, which sounds awful, but with practise you could actually get some really strong cornering going.
Because I'm never going to be someone really playing for score (other than beating my own personal bests), I actually quite like the predictability of the patterns in the original game. You start to get a real instinct for where the ghosts are going to go. It's fun. Of course Ms Pac-Man is great too and much harder to 'game' in that way.
I remember when Pac-Man Championship Edition first dropped on 360. That was awesome and probably the first download-only console game that I really loved. An excellent adaptation.Last edited by wakka; 18-10-2021, 14:16.
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Originally posted by wakka View PostStupidly I haven't even played Pac-Man 99 and to be honest forgot it was even a thing. I'm going to get onto that today.
And yeah, Pac-Man is great. A timeless game. Weirdly one version I played an absolute ton of was the iPod version. You swiped the click wheel (remember those?) to play, which sounds awful, but with practise you could actually get some really strong cornering going.
Because I'm never going to be someone really playing for score (other than beating my own personal bests), I actually quite like the predictability of the patterns in the original game. You start to get a real instinct for where the ghosts are going to go. It's fun. Of course Ms Pac-Man is great too and much harder to 'game' in that way.
I remember when Pac-Man Championship Edition first dropped on 360. That was awesome and probably the first download-only console game that I really loved. An excellent adaptation.
Arcade club have a lot of the various pacman games but sadly not the air hockey one but when i used to go for my weekly leeds ac visit i would go upstairs when i was feeling tired and needed a rest from standing up and the insane amounts of noise. The leeds one has a ms pacman cocktail cabinet upstairs in the retro floor where's it's quiet so i used to take a drink up with me and sit for an hour at the cocktail cab and just play ms pacman for ages as nobody would ever be on it. Quiet & super cozy up there with the sounds of the rest of the machines in the background it's a nice way to experience it.
Last edited by importaku; 18-10-2021, 14:33.
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Originally posted by wakka View PostStupidly I haven't even played Pac-Man 99 and to be honest forgot it was even a thing.
I used to love it back when Casino on Goodge St was still a thing, that almost every time I went in, the same guy was sat playing Ms Pac-Man, rinsing it out HARD. I'm sure someone's since told me that he's up there in the world rankings for the game, though I don't know any details. Was just nice though, there being a dedicated regular for such a classic game.
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