Ms. Pac-Man

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Dave Nicholls 2/5 MISS

Roger Willis 5/5 HIT

Ross Holman 3/5 MISS

JOYSTICK JURY From their bench on high, our regular panel of jurors - Ross Holman, Dave Nicholls and Roger Willis - pass judgement on the latest games software! You're probably getting used to our joystick jockeys by now but, for the record, there's gamester supremo Ross Holman; the hairiest of hackers, Dave Nicholls; and the fastest reviewer on two wheels, Roger Willis. WARNING! Just in case you find our scoring system too confusing, here's what it's all about. The score out of five at the end of each person's review is based on their own experience of the game. But that's pretty subjective... so they also use the HIT and MISS system to indicate its potential as a commercial success. MS PACMAN Atarisoft £9.95 Roger: As the Greater London Council and page seven of The Guardian never cease to remind us, God was obviously a woman. And so, we are now told, was the 'Original Atari Arcade Classic. However, before your imagination's run riot, there's not a 'lady bump' in sight. Which is surprising really since she must be bursting out all over, considering her diet of interminable dots, intermittent fruit and interestingly aggressive energy pills. But never mind, because fat is, after all, an acceptably feminist issue. What started out as a simple screen for simple minds can be viewed through playground perspectives by pageboys or sucked dry of innuendo cred by Page Three readers. After all, pills that can be consumed prior to the termination of blinking phantom breath have got to be twinning the jolly old entendres, haven't they? Ignore this intellectual flatulence. Ms Pacperson is a seminal and shapely (oops!) figure in micro software history. Put her in the display case next to your mainframe!

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