Pac-Man or Tetris?

Atavan-Halen

Which do you prefer? My friend and I used to have this arguement. He loved tetris, I love Pac-Man.

I'l try add a poll tomorrow.

ironictoaster

I prefered Tetris!

TanG411

Yeah tetris for me. Pac-man always felt repetitive after a while. At least with Tetris it's a bit more random.

omb0wyn5ehpij9

Tetris without a shadow of a doubt!

o1s1n

Pac Man is a little before my time so it's not a craze I ever caught on to.

Tetris on the other hand defined the Gameboy. I can remember the first time I played that in 3rd class. Queue a lifelong addiction worse than crack.

So yes, Tetris it is for me too!

Atavan-Halen

Aw come on! There has to be some Pac-Man lovers out there! Pac-Man is way before my time too but, imo, it's far better than Tetris

o1s1n

Nothing is better than tetris, nothing!!!!

Not even crack!!!

...

/jidders

Atavan-Halen

o1s1n wrote: »

Nothing is better than tetris, nothing!!!!

Pfft! Slanderous lies!

Big Lar

It has to be Tetris.

Princess Zelda

I remember scoring huuuuge in Tetris on the Gameboy back when it was only two colours. Never been able to repeat that score since (sad face). Even the theme song is awesome. There was some crap dance remix of it wasn't there though

o1s1n

Human Tetris!

cynos

I don't think the 2 games can be compared, but I prefer Puckman on the arcade over Tetris
Tetris on the Gameboy is brilliant

Atavan-Halen

Nah, they're not really similar at all, just wanted peoples opinions

ghostchant

Tetris Tetris Tetris. Remember getting a gameboy for my 6th birthday back in '91 or so, been addicted to the damn game ever since!

brianon

I've only come to like tetris really since Tetris DS. I play more Tetris these days for sure than Pac-Man but still have a soft spot for Pac-Man so he gets my vote.

Atavan-Halen

Poll added

Tallon

didnt even have to think about it, tetris all the way

Atavan-Halen

For some strage reason I feel a sweeping victory for Tetris....

Dr Bob

Ah has to be Pac Man.
The only port of Tetris I liked was the Tengen one on the NES (the one that was withdrawn from sale almost immediately).
The updated versions of it have basically been flogging a dead horse , with pretty much the same thing over and over
Love Pac Man , its Iconic (how many Tetris T-shirts have you seen?), its still a decent game , PLUS it spawned PacLand , one of the best platform Arcade games ever!

batari

+ 1 for Pacland :pac:

Loved Tetris too but Pac was there first!

jhegarty

Very important question.

I need some time to think about this one.

o1s1n

luas_dublin wrote: »

The only port of Tetris I liked was the Tengen one on the NES (the one that was withdrawn from sale almost immediately).
The updated versions of it have basically been flogging a dead horse , with pretty much the same thing over and over
!

Tengen Tetris has nothing on Megadrive Tetris! Think there are only 10 known copies in the world.

CCCP^

Tetris Blast for the Gameboy, oh god it's so good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OndpMshfP60

The music is genius, some of the best game music ever imho.

o1s1n

Tetris blast! Ah man, thanks for reminding me of that game. I'd completely forgotten about it's existence. Was one of the best games on that multi cart thing I got with my Gameboy pocket. Highly addictive. Actually managed to improve on perfection.

LoGiE

SILENCE!! PAC -MAN RULES

Yes Tetris is one of the most well known games of modern times but it wasn't as ground breaking as the original Pac Man. I also loved many of the later games like Pac Land (Below) and Pac- Mania :pac: :pac: :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM5pisedFSQ

D4RK ONION

It's got to be tetris! It's the perfect game, different every time you play it. Conceptually simple, practically impossible.

CiDeRmAn

ghostchant wrote: »

Tetris Tetris Tetris. Remember getting a gameboy for my 6th birthday back in '91 or so, been addicted to the damn game ever since!

6th birthday?
I got one whilst in college, playing Super Mario Land during pathology lectures in Sligo General!
Kids! Eh?

But, I too played Tetris to death, and still have the original Gameboy version virtually welded into the best console of all to play it on, the Gameboy Pocket, awesome!

That said, I have to say, Pacman wins my heart every time.
If there is a game I have to buy on every format I own, it Pacman.
I loved the version on the NeoGeo Pocket Color, lovely box, and a little ring to place around the 8 way microswitched joystick, so it was restricted to 4 directions only during Pacman, avoiding any embarrassing situations!

A wonderful game, along with Space Invaders and Donkey Kong, the true heralds for the videogame heaven we all now inhabit, fantastic.

Vyse

Tetris by a massive margin. Eptimises everything that is great about videogames. Simple concept, unbelievably addictive gameplay.

LoGiE

Interesting Poll results so far.... I still think that pac-man is far more memorable. Maybe it's an age thing or the fact that everyone who owned a gameboy had tetris!

corblimey

The very first game I played in my own living room was Pacman on a borrowed ZX81. It was plugged into the only telly in the house, in the front room and for that reason was a real family affair for about a week. So Pacman gets it for me.

o1s1n

corblimey wrote: »

The very first game I played in my own living room was Pacman on a borrowed ZX81. It was plugged into the only telly in the house, in the front room and for that reason was a real family affair for about a week. So Pacman gets it for me.

Didn't you just hate when the novelty wore off for the rest of the family though?

'Turn that off! I want to watch Coronation Street!' /reaches for the off switch.

'No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'

Malice

I never really got into Pacman, probably because I was never much good at it . Tetris on the other hand I loved. It was always a feeling of a job well done when I sent one of those long vertical pieces into a gap thereby clearing 4 lines in one go.

The version of Tetris I remember most fondly is Tetrolis. It's probably only remarkable because it supported the Gravis Ultrasound and had a two player mode.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA60THTxQog

CiDeRmAn

I was always good at Tetris, I got it along with my original Gameboy at launch and was always to be seen playing it, the music never really meant much as, to save on battery power, I played with the sound always turned down, except for the little band playing and the shuttle launch at the end, then I turned it up!
I seem to remember playing a lot of Lemmings on the GB as well, no wonder I have glasses, given I was staring intently at such small sprites on a smally blurry greeny/yellowy screen!

But, again, Pacman is so, well, amazing, the main character is an icon, heck, so are the ghosts and even the maze!
In fact I reckon a lot of gamers could draw the Pacman maze from memory!
Now that implies genius!
And the sounds, they are a beacon for thousands upon thousands of retrogamers, who only have to try to pass an arcade, hear the attract theme and are then compelled to go in and have a quick go, then get as far as the 3rd level and lose all their lives!

NeoKubrick

It has to be Tetris.

Read this really interesting article:

http://bsixcentdouze.free.fr/tc/tgm-en/tgm.html