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Where did you go, Ms. Pac-Man?

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137 points glhaynes | 1 comments | 17 Jun 24 20:02 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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CobrastanJorji ◴[18 Jun 24 03:09 UTC] No.40713725[source]▶
As much as I've never heard of, don't care about, and had no particular trust in the "Pac-Man Museum+" videogame, I am nonetheless disappointed in them for altering their history without credit or footnote. I expect more from Museum-branded shovelware.
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bigfishrunning ◴[18 Jun 24 11:08 UTC] No.40716318[source]▶
Yeah, it seems by naming the game "Museum", they're trying to appeal to a preservation angle, but then modifying the games seems to undermine the point
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1. dfxm12 ◴[18 Jun 24 14:01 UTC] No.40717987[source]▶
FWIW, the original "museum" games by Namco (in the PSX era) were set in a virtual museum, A 3D space that you walked through in first person perspective. Each game was set in its own gallery with a bunch of paraphernalia hanging around it that you could look at and get more info about. I don't think preservation was implied, it was just a skeuomorphic display metaphor. The name stuck, even if the UI changed.

I enjoyed the whimsy of them.