Pacozyx


“Pack o’ Six”. It’s how you buy beer. Beer is part of what makes the human race great. It’s refreshing, cheap(ish) and gives the mind a way out of the normal day to day grind.
Pacozyx, on the other hand, does NOT contain beer.

It’s quite a simple game that combines the elements of a few retro stables. If you can imagine Pacman mixed with The Three Little Pigs, Bob the Builder and, lest we forget, Zzyzzyxx, then you get something like Pacozyx. Mind you, if you can imagine Pacman, The Three Little Pigs, Bob The Builder and Zzyzzyxx all mashed together then it’s probably you that contains beer, and lots of it!
Adder, I have no doubt, was in a perfectly clear state of mind when the idea of a game featuring our little yellow hero and his ghostly buddies but in a very different situation than the norm popped into his brain (well, into the IRC channel he was on anyway). Half a day later (in dev hours anyway) and we now have version 1.1 of a cracking little remake.

The idea is to guide Paccy through the moving maze collecting bricks to rebuild his house at the top of the screen. The normal Pacman rules apply, avoid the ghosts, they be deadly. The exception to this rule is, of course, when you’re a chompin’ the Pac-Pill.
There is a huge amount to reccomend this game, some great sound effects, cute graphics (with the promise of updated graphics to come) and addictive game play.
Once you’ve tried it you’ll want it again and again….
A bit like beer really.

Pint me in the right direction

Go play the game
Pac it in and hit the thread

  • http://www.aol.com Roger E. Thompson

    Is there a way to play this game WITHOUT having to use Direct X8? Not EVERYBODY has ‘Top-of-the-line’ graphics cards, y’know!

  • Adder

    Roger: No, sorry. Only WinXP/Vista with DX8 compatible GFX card. Everyone doesn’t have it, but I think that most people do.

  • http://www.spraydough.co.uk Spraydough

    Now, on the off chance that you are being in the slightest bit serious Roger……
    I think DX8 is pretty much a given on 99% of windows PCs now-a-days. The liklihood is if your card can’t handle DX8 then you really ought think about upgrading to something slightly larger than that 8Mb Rage Pro.
    M

  • http://www.tcksoft.co.uk/ The Caffeine Kid

    His name links back to AOL. Say no more. LOL

    Seriously though if you have a PC that’s less than half a dozen years old it should be DX8 capable.

    We might like our classic games but you have to move with the times DX8 is still full two iterations behind the current version.

    Install DX8 or 9 or you are going to miss out on a lot of entertainment (or probably already are) not just this game.

  • BastetFurry

    @Roger:
    What are you using?
    Even an old TNT2 can be used under DX8, and thats realy old.
    Do you still have a 486 with VesaLocalBus?

  • Adder

    In fact, we are all envy. Roger have machine that doesn’t need any remakes. He can run every old game as it is :-)