Pac-Man and Galaga Dimensions

Pac-Man and Galaga Dimensions is a 2011 video game compilation developed and published for the Nintendo 3DS by Namco Bandai Games. It contains six games from the company’s Pac-Man and Galaxian franchises—Pac-Man (1980), Galaga (1981), Pac-Man Championship Edition (2007), Galaga Legions (2008), Pac-Man Tilt, and Galaga 3D Impact, the last two being unique games created exclusively for this collection. The collection also includes achievements, online leaderboards, and a trailer for the Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures television series.

Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions is a collection of six games from the Pac-Man and Galaxian franchises—Pac-Man (1980), Galaga (1981), Pac-Man Championship Edition (2007), Galaga Legions (2008), Pac-Man Tilt, and Galaga 3D Impact, the last two being exclusive to this collection. Pac-Man and Galaga are both arcade games from the early 1980s, while Pac-Man Championship Edition and Galaga Legions are modernized updates that were first published on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. All of the games except Pac-Man Tilt utilize the system’s 3D display. 

The original ports of Pac-Man and Galaga feature a curved monitor display that replicate the original arcade machines, with the added option to choose from the American upright, Japanese upright, or tabletop cabinets for the screen border. The collection also includes access to an online ranking system and a trailer for the Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures animated series. In Pac-Man Tilt, players control Pac-Man as he must make it to the end of each level while avoiding ghosts and other obstacles in his way.

Tilting the 3DS changes the direction of gravity, which is used to easily climb up steep inclines or turn into a ball to roll down hills and smash through bricks. Pac-Man can defeat the ghosts by finding glowing Power Pellets throughout the level. In Galaga 3D Impact, players control a starship from a first-person perspective throughout a series of levels, destroying formations of enemies and avoiding collision with their projectiles. Moving the 3DS in a fixed direction controls the player in the game. Players can also capture enemies and use their weapons against other enemies and bosses.