Pac-in-Time

The Good
This game was a lot like another game in its genre at the time, that being the lost vikings yet somehow this had a far more endearing quality to it. The graphics were small but very well drawn and superbly animated, it had nice little neat touches like air bubbles underwater, and some minimal lighting effects for when you fired your fireballs.

Also it was one of the more infuriating of action/puzzle games out at the time, with the control system in particular being very sensitive to your touch so unwanted death constantly waited around every twitch of your joystick but this to me made things far more exciting.

Definitely one of the best puzzle games out on the Amiga delicately trailing its cute little furry butt behind them lemming types.

The Bad
The length, the game was far too short, there were only around 24 levels in all not including hidden area's. If you sat down and played it solid for a day or two I'd guarantee that you'd have it completed in that time, unlike say lost vikings which took me nearly 2 months to finish. Also some of the puzzles were very obscure and the vague way in which the game explained things could make the game harder and more infuriating than it should have been.

The Bottom Line
You control a small fluffy ball, that changes colour to signify different attributes, for example, turning into a yellow furry would allow you to shoot fireballs, turn red and you could chomp through things, blue to be able to swim and green (my personal favorite and definitely a highlight of the game) who could produce a small line from the top of his head much like spider man where he can swing from line to line to get to previously unreachable area's.

you had to solve puzzles and slowly make your way across various themed levels, that included caves, Egyptian tomb's and jungles just to name a few in your quest to make your way to the exit.

Along the way there were puzzles to be solved, using the different attributes that you was afforded, and monsters to be killed by or kill or if you was clever totally avoid. as far as i know this game also got released on consoles as Pac in time replacing the fury characters with the world famous Pac man character to try and glean more money from the franchise.. and much like as happened with this it fell on its face.

Yet I recommend that you try this game, if not for nostalgic purposes just for the fun of it. those that own the original in its original box I envy you I would love to own a copy.. and hey! I might just see if I can get one now I'm thinking about it.