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'''Pac-Man Collection''' is a collection of four (five in the Japanese version) [[:Category:Pac-Man|Pac-Man]]-related games, for the [[Game Boy Advance]], developed by [[Mass Media]], and published by [[Namco]] in the United States on [[July 12]], [[2001]], in Europe on [[December 7]], of that same year, and in Japan on [[January 11]], [[2002]]; while most of the games are of the familiar maze genre, [[Pac-Attack]] is a variation on the [[Tetris]] formula, and was "adapted" from [[Cosmo Gang: The Puzzle]] ([[1992]]). This compilation includes the following games:

 

*'''[[Pac-Man]]''' ([[1980]]): The original game now has a choice of two views; {{gb|A}} for "Full Screen Mode", and {{gb|B}} for "Scroll Mode", and in the latter, you can use the L and R buttons to view the maze's top and bottom halves. However, many of the arcade game patterns will not work in this version.

 

*'''[[Pac-Mania]]''' ([[1987]]): This conversion of the series' inceptive 16-bit game is based on the original Japanese version; however, three of the songs have been cut down and the Jungly Steps one is missing completely (and has been substituted with a reprise of the cut-down Block Town theme).

 

*'''[[Pac-Attack]]''' ([[1993]]): This conversion of the series' first "direct-to-console" game was based upon the [[Sega Genesis]] version; however, "Versus Mode" from it and the [[SNES]] version was removed.

 

*'''[[Pac-Man Arrangement]]''' ([[1996]]): This conversion of the series' last arcade game is based on the US version, as evidenced by Blinky and Clyde's names being mistakenly swapped upon the title screen; however, the second player's fluorescent green Pac-Man and the end-of-game bonuses were removed. The Japanese version also features '''[[Ms. Pac-Man]]''' ([[1981]]), as a hidden game - it was originally developed by [[Midway Games]], without Namco's authorization, but the rights were later turned over to them in [[1982]]. It was also featured in Mass Media's [[Namco Museum]] title for GBA, along with [[Galaga]] (also from 1981), [[Dig Dug]] (1982), and [[Pole Position]] (also from 1982).

 

On [[June 11]], [[2014]], this compilation was rereleased upon the [[Wii U Virtual Console]] in Japan and the United States (without Ms. Pac-Man for Japan), and in Europe and Australasia on [[June 12|the following day]].