Mainstream404
9 reviews liked by Mainstream404
My god what the fuck did the dev do? The demo was so promising, with an actual entity present. Its been completely revamped and not at all for the better. Now its just another walking sim with mall_furniture.asset copy and pasted.
The Bubble Bass of Gaming burst into the creator's studio.
"You forgot the GAMEPLAY!!" he screams
The Bubble Bass of Gaming burst into the creator's studio.
"You forgot the GAMEPLAY!!" he screams
Basketball
1978
You can pump fake, you can dribble, you can shoot, you can steal. It's simply the best basketball game ever made.
I laughed, I cried, I was filled with child-like wonder.
Must play.
I laughed, I cried, I was filled with child-like wonder.
Must play.
The Temple of No
2016
Pretty good for a Twine game
Perfect Vermin
2020
I wasn't expecting this game to do much for me, but by the end when the words "No one will care about my death if I can't prove to them that I lived." are presented.
Yeah, it hit.
It only takes about 10 to 15 minutes to finish and it's free, you really have no reason not to at least check it out.
Yeah, it hit.
It only takes about 10 to 15 minutes to finish and it's free, you really have no reason not to at least check it out.
Ape Out
2019
this game really makes you look at the harambe drama a whole lot differently
never bring a gun to an orbital laser fight
Hypnagogia
2020
legitimately my favorite game i've played on itch.io
Pac-Man Museum+
2022
Psychological experiment by Namco to see how many times the human mind can be exposed to the Pac-Man theme in one hour before going completely insane. Very disturbing!
An ideal game for Game Pass - the sort of light-touch curio that would make you resent Pac-Man forever if you paid full price for it, but is very enjoyable as a noncommittal "free" offering that you can dip in and out of while playing your big meaty 4K HDR games and say stuff like "Pac-Attack fucking sucks!", "Can I unlock Baby Pac-Man?" and "Man, video games sure have come a long way since Pac-Man!"
The decision to host this smorgasbord of slice-stolen pizzas in an customisable iso-hub reminded me of the multi-storey Nintendo museum I built in Animal Crossing for the GameCube back in the day, which is nice, though I don't understand why a bunch of crummy original Pac-Man variants get their own cabinets and like, a dozen really good console and mobile games are all crammed into one games machine in the corner. Sad! Like Kirby and the Forgotten Game, there's a sort of deep sadness that comes from installing a virtual gatchapon machine in your virtual arcade, feeding it virtual coins that you got by playing a terrible 1987 US-only port of Pac-Man for the Amiga so that you can own virtual statues of cherries and berries...
Anyway, to save you some time:
MUST-PLAY
- Pac-Motos
- Pac-Man: Championship Edition
- Pac 'n Roll: Remix
- Pac-Man 256
SHOULD PLAY
- Pac-Land
- Pac-Man Arrangement
SHOULD PLAY, BUT YOU WILL BE WEIGHED DOWN BY AN INESCAPABLE SENSE OF LONGING FOR YOUR FRIENDS
- Pac-Man: Battle Royale
MORALLY OBLIGED TO PLAY
- Pac-Man
DON'T PLAY
- Pac-In-Time
- Pac & Pal
- Pac-Attack
An ideal game for Game Pass - the sort of light-touch curio that would make you resent Pac-Man forever if you paid full price for it, but is very enjoyable as a noncommittal "free" offering that you can dip in and out of while playing your big meaty 4K HDR games and say stuff like "Pac-Attack fucking sucks!", "Can I unlock Baby Pac-Man?" and "Man, video games sure have come a long way since Pac-Man!"
The decision to host this smorgasbord of slice-stolen pizzas in an customisable iso-hub reminded me of the multi-storey Nintendo museum I built in Animal Crossing for the GameCube back in the day, which is nice, though I don't understand why a bunch of crummy original Pac-Man variants get their own cabinets and like, a dozen really good console and mobile games are all crammed into one games machine in the corner. Sad! Like Kirby and the Forgotten Game, there's a sort of deep sadness that comes from installing a virtual gatchapon machine in your virtual arcade, feeding it virtual coins that you got by playing a terrible 1987 US-only port of Pac-Man for the Amiga so that you can own virtual statues of cherries and berries...
Anyway, to save you some time:
MUST-PLAY
- Pac-Motos
- Pac-Man: Championship Edition
- Pac 'n Roll: Remix
- Pac-Man 256
SHOULD PLAY
- Pac-Land
- Pac-Man Arrangement
SHOULD PLAY, BUT YOU WILL BE WEIGHED DOWN BY AN INESCAPABLE SENSE OF LONGING FOR YOUR FRIENDS
- Pac-Man: Battle Royale
MORALLY OBLIGED TO PLAY
- Pac-Man
DON'T PLAY
- Pac-In-Time
- Pac & Pal
- Pac-Attack
A short and sweet game, won't be my all-time favorite, but worth checking out nevertheless.
