Unfortunately, in remixing the remix of a remix, Namco’s latest spin feels obligatory, as if motivated more by the need to reinvent than improve. Suffice to say, the new sequel, Pac-Man Championship Edition 2, has a lot to live up to. It succeeded where so many classic coin-op hits faltered. CE DX was a high watermark for Pac-Man and set an example of how to effectively retool an old arcade game for a new age. The CE formula was further remixed into the blissful chaos of Pac-Man CE DX (2010) with its ghosts trains and neon-bathed EDM trappings. Pac-Man CE took the fundamental elements of the original 1980 Pac-Man -mazes, ghosts, power pellets-and remixed them into a high-score challenge contained within tight, five minute chunks. This modern-day Pac-Man resurgence was spurred on by its original creator, Toru Iwatani, back in 2007 with the release of Pac-Man Championship Edition (Iwatani’s final game before his retirement). Motivated more by the need to reinvent than improve
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