The first episodes of Amazon's Secret Level have been released and they contain a real mixed bag of game adaptations. However, probably the most out-there is the Pac-Man episode that turns the beloved game into essentially a mini horror movie.
Speaking to GamesRadar+, Secret Level's executive producer Dave Wilson said the shake-up to the traditional game was spawned by a meeting with the developers. "We just took that and sort of disemboweled what Pac-Man is meant to be," he explains. "They challenged us, the developers. The developers hopped on a call with us and were like – mind you, this was a translator saying this – 'We would like the audiences to wonder, "What the fuck did they do to Pac Man?"' So it's not just our responsibility when audiences watch it. But in that case, it's like, I think people have enough knowledge of what Pac-Man is that we can take some risks."
The episode, titled 'Circle', follows The Swordsman who is a creature trapped in a labyrinth. He has no memories of who he was before and his only interaction is with a small floating sphere that informs him that the only way to escape is to grow stronger by eating – or he will be eaten.
