(Intro song plays) (-_-) Before, there was board games, and then they made video games. And then they made board games OF THE video games. So they went to cardboard and plastic to pixels on a screen, back to cardboard and plastic again. Let's see how well some of these 'Video Game Board Game' games'have turned out.
First up is Pac-Man. If you know how Pac-Man is played, then there's not much to say. They translated the video game to physical medium in a pure, faithful way. The famous pellets are represented by these balls which go in his mouth. Ehh..it works okay. Damn! The main difference is that there's multiple Pac-Men for a competitive game play. On each players turn, they control their Pac-Man and also a ghost to chase after the other Pac-Men. If caught, they go back to the starting point. Imagine what it would be like to be trapped for all eternity with two ghosts. The game ends when all the balls are gone. The player to gobble the most balls wins. I do have to say, the Pac-Man pieces are a little strange looking. Even the instructions say "move your SILLY Pac-Man playing piece." As if they were admitting, it's stupid. The game isn't perfect for sure, its just kind of you know, I guess you could say its... AVGN: I think the proper term you're searching for is... ...IT'S A PIECE OF SHIT! Who would want to play the board game of Pac-Man when you can play the video game instead? Board James: You mean like that asinine Atari 2600 version where they couldn't even get Pac-Man into a circle shape? It's not great. But at the time, this was a better way to get Pac-Man into a home than that flickering glitchy mess. AVGN: Face it, nobody cares about board games. BJ: I prefer to have something physical where you can actually get your hands on. Here's a better example: Pac-Man Magnetic Maze This version gives you more of that instant gratification of real-time action you're looking for. It's closer to the video game. You actually use a joystick which wobbles the board around, therefore, moving the pieces. The goal is to collect the points, which magnetized Pac-Man's head and bring them back to the start point while avoiding the ghosts or... "monsters". Why do they refer the ghosts as "monsters"? AVGN: Because it's GARBAGE, what kind of board game uses the joystick anyway? BJ: Okay, let's try Super Mario Bros. That's a great action oriented game with plenty of possibilities. The art style is pretty much in tune with the video game, but let's see how it plays. Each player takes turns controlling Mario. That's odd that you all share the same pawn. If you roll red, you move on to the next red space. If you roll yellow, you move on to the next yellow space. *Board James rolling the die and moving Mario while humming the Mario theme* AVGN: Real fun game, really beats playing the video game, does it? Don't do just love rolling that die? Roll, roll, roll Roll, roll, roll, roll, roll doo..doo... *shit sound* Yeah, it's pretty tedious. You're constantly landing on spaces potentially covering almost the entire board. Having numbered dice would have made the game much quicker paced.
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