I bought Ms. Pacman off of the XBOX Live Marketplace last night after I got home from work. Less than one hour later, I had unlocked all of the achievements and gotten a perfect 200/200 points. As a matter of fact, I got 90 points (including the hard-to-get “Perfect� achievement) in the first level. For you information, the “Perfect� achievement is the one where you have to eat all four ghosts four times in one stage. I still haven’t done this in Pacman.

I bought Pacman when it first came out on the arcade a few weeks ago. I played the demo and it brought back memories of watching my parents play this game on an old Atari. However, I have to admit that I was a little disappointed when I recalled that I was actually just playing the same level over and over. So, I bought Ms. Pacman. It had different levels or stages and I knew this is what I really wanted to play.

During the first round I got the “Cherry�, “Strawberry�, “Orange� and “Pretzel� achievements right off the bat. Noticing that Ms. Pacman seemed to move a little faster than Pacmac did in his game, I decided to go for chomping all four ghosts with one pellet (something I still haven't done in Pacman). I simply maneuvered around the stage until all the ghosts, which were following me, were near a pellet. I ate the pellet and ate one, two, three, and four ghosts. I then knew that eating four ghosts in Ms. Pacman was a lot easier than eating them in Pacman. So, I went to the other three pellets and did the same thing: maneuver around the stage until the ghosts are near each other and following me toward a pellet. In the first stage and without dying, I got this achievement. I got 90 points and 7/12 achievements in just a few minutes.

(Note: The “Perfect� achievement must be gotten on the same level. You must eat all four ghosts after eating each of the four power pellets.)

I then spent the next 40 minutes getting the rest of the achievements, the hardest one now being “Clear Round 21�. Since Ms. Pacman (and Pacman) allows you to start your game over at the last level you completed, getting to level 21 was a matter of restarting some of the harder stages from scratch when I ran out of lives.

If you are wondering if you should buy Ms. Pacman or Pacman, I recommend getting Ms. Pacman. There really isn’t a reason to get Pacman over Ms. Pacman in my opinion since Pacman is really only one stage.

Ms. Pacman at XBOX.com - (link)
My gamercard at XBOX.com - (link)