Editing Pac-Land (section)

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| CVG = 90% (PCE)<ref name="CVG94">{{cite news |last1=Rignall |first1=Julian |title=Mean Machines - Pac-Land (PC Engine) |url=https://archive.org/stream/cvg-magazine-094/CVG_094_Sep_1989#page/n97/mode/1up |access-date=8 September 2019 |agency=[[Computer + Video Games]] |issue=94 |date=September 1989 |page=98}}</ref> <br /> 92% (PCE)<ref name="CVG">{{cite journal |title=Complete Games Guide |journal=[[Computer and Video Games]] |date=16 October 1989 |issue=Complete Guide to Consoles |pages=46–77 |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/9/98/CompleteGuideToConsoles_UK_01.pdf#page=46 |access-date=2 August 2021 |archive-date=11 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611004221/https://retrocdn.net/images/9/98/CompleteGuideToConsoles_UK_01.pdf#page=46 |url-status=live }}</ref> <br /> 7/10 (Lynx)<ref name="CVG Lynx">{{cite news |last1=Swan |first1=Rob |title=Lynx Lowdown - Pac-Land |url=https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-117/page/n35 |access-date=8 September 2019 |agency=[[Computer + Video Games]] |issue=117|page=37 |date=August 1, 1991}}</ref>
| Fam = 30/40 (PCE)<ref name="Famitsu">{{cite magazine |title=NEW GAMES CROSS REVIEW: パックランド [PCエンジン] |url=https://archive.org/stream/bi-weekly-famitsu-no.-77-june-23rd-1989/Bi-Weekly%20Famitsu%20-%20No.%2077%20June%2023rd%2C%201989%20%28Compressed%29#page/n15/mode/1up |magazine=[[Famitsu]] |issue=77 |publisher=[[ASCII Corporation]] |date=June 23, 1989 |page=16 }}</ref>
| IGN = 7/10 (Lynx)<ref name="IGN Lynx">{{cite web |last1=A. Jung |first1=Robert |title=Pac-Land |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/1999/06/07/pac-land |publisher=[[IGN]] |access-date=8 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720052330/http://www.ign.com/articles/1999/06/07/pac-land |archive-date=20 July 2018 |date=6 June 1999}}</ref> <br> 6.5/10 (TG16)<ref name="IGN TG16"/>
| Raze = 74% (Lynx)<ref name="Raze">{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/stream/RAZE_Issue_11_1991-09_Newsfield_Publishing_GB#page/n37 |title=Pac-Land |via=archive.org |publisher=Raze Magazine |issue=11 |page=39 |date=September 1991 |access-date=20 August 2018 }}</ref>
| rev1 = ''[[Computer Gamer]]''
| rev1Score = Positive (Arcade)<ref name="CG"/>
| award1Pub = ''[[Famitsu]]''
| award1 = Silver Hall of Fame
}}

''Pac-Land'' was a commercial success in arcades. In Japan, it entered the ''Game Machine'' arcade charts at number-two on the [[table arcade cabinet]] chart in September 1984.<ref name="GM243">{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)|magazine=Game Machine|issue=243|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|date=1 September 1984|page=29|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19840901p.pdf#page=15|lang=ja|access-date=19 March 2021|archive-date=28 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828172710/https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19840901p.pdf#page=15|url-status=live}}</ref> In North America, it was in the top 20 ''RePlay'' upright arcade game charts through November 1985.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=RePlay: The Players' Choice |magazine=RePlay |date=November 1985 |volume=11 |issue=2 |page=6 |url=https://archive.org/details/re-play-volume-11-issue-no.-2-november-1985-600DPI/RePlay%20-%20Volume%2011%2C%20Issue%20No.%202%20-%20November%201985%20%28Compressed%29/page/6}}</ref> It ended the year as one of the top five highest-grossing arcade games of 1985 in the United States.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=AMOA Expo '85: 1985 AMOA Award Nominees |magazine=RePlay |date=November 1985 |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=62, 64, 66 |url=https://archive.org/details/re-play-volume-11-issue-no.-2-november-1985-600DPI/RePlay%20-%20Volume%2011%2C%20Issue%20No.%202%20-%20November%201985/page/62}}</ref>

The game well received by critics for its colorful graphics, level structure, and challenge. Mike Roberts gave the arcade game a positive review in the May 1985 issue of ''[[Computer Gamer]]''. He called it an "interesting game" where Pac-Man is an "animated character that moves along a horizontally scrolling landscape" while praising the "very colouful" graphics and stating it is "easy to play once you've got the hang of it."<ref name="CG"/>

Japanese publication ''[[Famitsu]]'' praised the [[PC Engine]] version's graphics and overall challenge, awarding it the "Silver Hall of Fame" badge.<ref name="Famitsu"/> ''[[Computer + Video Games]]'' called the PC Engine version a "marvelous conversion" for its vibrant visuals, stage layouts, gameplay and accuracy to the coin-op game;<ref name="CVG94"/> they had a similar response for the [[Atari Lynx]] version, claiming its accuracy to the original would entice fans of the arcade release.<ref name="CVG Lynx"/> Reviewing the Lynx conversion, ''[[IGN]]'' praised the game's colorful graphics, controls and faithfulness to the arcade original.<ref name="IGN Lynx"/> ''[[Raze (magazine)|Raze]]'' echoed a similar response, saying the visuals, stage layouts and soundtrack added replay value to the game.<ref name="Raze"/>

''Raze'' disliked the Lynx port's limited amount of lives and lack of continues, saying that the high difficulty would repel younger players.<ref name="Raze"/> ''IGN'' stated it provided little replay value for veteran players, adding that it could be easily finished.<ref name="IGN Lynx"/> ''[[AllGame]]'' was particularly critical of the [[TurboGrafx-16]] version, lambasting its poor graphics, bland stage layouts and lack of challenge, jokingly saying it was only recommended to collectors interested in "the most morbidly poor games in existence".<ref name="AllGame Review">{{cite web |last1=Knight |first1=Kyle |title=Pac-Land - Review |url=https://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=2683&tab=review |website=[[AllGame]] |access-date=8 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115040412/https://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=2683&tab=review |archive-date=15 November 2014}}</ref> In a retrospective review for the TurboGrafx-16 conversion, ''IGN'' disliked the game's difficulty for lacking any real challenge, and said the game seems to have been made simply to keep ''Pac-Man'' relevant at the time instead of as a "real deal" game.<ref name="IGN TG16">{{cite web |last1=Buchanan |first1=Levi |title=Pac-Land Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/03/31/pac-land-review |publisher=[[IGN]] |access-date=9 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428092943/https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/03/31/pac-land-review |archive-date=28 April 2019 |date=31 March 2008}}</ref>