Last week’s Xbox Live Arcade update of
absolutely nothing at all left some in the SPOnG office feeling mildly cheated of their regular Wednesday morning fix of retro arcade joy.
Never fear though, as it’s just been announced that the service is back on track this week with the addition of Pac-Man’s missus,
Ms.Pac-Man.
Ms.Pac-Man will be available to download from 9am (GMT) tomorrow, Wednesday 10th January. You can play the first two demo levels for free and if you should want to download the lot (which includes all 255 mazes from the original) then it will set you back 400 Microsoft points ($5/£2.50).
The full feature list for Ms.Pac Man is as follows:
• Guide Ms. Pac-Man through mazes, munching Pac-Dots and Power Pellets to clear each stage
• Remains true to the classic arcade version, including ghosts, dot chomping action, and Ms. Pac-Man’s “waka waka” original sounds
• Full of hilarious antics as you avoid moving fruits and smart monsters through the fun filled mazes
• Munch a Power Pellet to momentarily turn ghosts blue. When ghosts are blue, Ms. Pac-Man can eat them for bonus points.
• Play all 255 mazes from the original
• Free trial demo provides players with the first 2 levels of the game.
• Gamers can track their high scores on the Ms. Pac-Man leaderboards and strive to garner all 12 Achievements
Next up, what's due on Virtual Console this week...