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It recycles a few old ideas well, and sports uncharacteristically classy art direction and music, but its strictly by-the-numbers gameplay is plainly disposable.

Genre: Racing
Release date: Aug 22, 2006
Published by: Namco Bandai
Developed by: Smartbomb

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5 SO-SO
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News

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World Rally screens reveal the Retro Maze

Jul 26, 2006

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Jun 15, 2006

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Review

Pac-Man comes out of retirement for a competent but forgettable Sunday drive

Aug 30, 2006

You know a video game character has faded from relevance when its "intellectual property" spits out a rally racing game in frustration. For every Mario Kart there are piles of pitiful cash-in dreck that go from the development cradle directly to the bargain bin grave. Pac-Man World Rally, surprisingly enough, bucks this trend to a certain degree, by somehow managing to salvage archaic ideas like dot-munching and power pellets into elements that don't seem entirely out of place. Each character ...

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Previews

Pac-Man World Rally hands-on

The world can finally continue - Pac-Man has a racer

Aug 3, 2006

As we sat down to play Mario Ka- oh, excuse us, Pac-Man World Rally, our first thoughts were primarily ones unfit to print. Does the world need yet another item-launching, power-sliding kart racer that exists solely to get its licensed mascot more air time? The answer is no, but there are enough ideas taken from the source games to make each lap in the Pac-world marginally different from every other game like this. There are several types of buttons scattered throughout each heavily themed ... » Read Full Pac-Man World Rally preview

E3 06: Pac-Man World Rally hands-on

Multi: The dot-muncher hits the dealership and comes back with a kart racer

May 12, 2006

It seems to be a rite of passage that every cartoon-y, platform-y game character must eventually star in a kart racing game. This summer, one of the earliest arcade stars - Pac-Man, one of few modern game characters who can remember when Mario was a rookie - gets his turn behind the wheel. He's not alone - there are at least 15 characters in all, including the fire-breathing dragon Fygar from Namco's arcade classic Dig-Dug and a certain roll-headed prince from a more modern hit, Katamari ... » Read Full Pac-Man World Rally preview

Pac-Man World Rally

No more mazes - Pac-Man's finally riding free

Mar 31, 2006

Well, if it took until 2006 for Sonic the Hedgehog to get a tricked-out snowboarding game, Pac-Man might as well get a go-kart racer too. Pac-Man World Rally is still a few months away, but it has all the hallmarks of a potentially capable Mario Kart clone. By now, you know what's up. Pick a mascot character (this time from the land of Namco) and power-slide him/her/it through winding, outlandish courses that could never really exist. In addition to obvious stars Pac- and Mrs. Pac-Man, you'll ... » Read Full Pac-Man World Rally preview

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