The first thing we noticed after firing up our first game of ms. pac man was the faulty joystick. After some sighs and practicing I've somewhat figured out how to get the best out of the directional control -- but 1/2 the time it still seems to have a mind of it's own.Besides the faulty joystick, the game has some other issues. One time I actually went right through a ghost, another time I went though the tunnel and when I came out the other side I was outside of the maze -- STUCK! My game was over at that point. The programming needs some refinement.For all of my gripes about the disappointments we still play the game a lot. I just wish they would have done some research while designing this game.

Like the first in the Namco Plug 'n play series, this is a brilliant idea, and anyone into retro gaming will love these sets.But...I have a real problem with Namco taking advantage of game enthusiasts by dragging their classics out over 'volumes' of these things, instead of giving value for money and putting all the classics on one set. They did the same thing on the PLaystation software series, and I seriously thought they would have learnt how annoying it is for consumers (putting greed ahead of customer value).5 out of 5 for the concept, 1 out of five for Customer treatment (again).

I must admit first off I found myself more impressed than let down. I never tought these games would look and play so much like the arcade versions it blew me away. However, two major flaws came in arcade remaster perfections way. Sadly my atari has a better joystick than this sad to say for a product retailing at 30 dollars. The button isn't very responsive and it takes many trys to fire. Secondly it takes batteries when it really doesn't need to. Worst yet they are 6 Volt batteries where can you even buy those? If namco were going to make such a cheap joystick they should have made it a system and provided different joysticks. However what really makes this never the less a four star is these games are exactly like the arcade! However, I would reccommend getting the pocket version it got a better rating probably cause the Joystick is better via la Pac-man!

Why I rated this toy 3 stars is because of Ms PacMan. Its hard togo up and vertically. Why I didn't rate it 1 star is he likesGalga alot. Galga works alot better then that game. Mappy and Poll Position work good too.

I picked this book after reading lots of reviews. I wanted a book that covered game physics and could help me reconnect to the math I was using on the job. But this book, while covering every topic I was interested in does a very poor job of explaining what is going on. The author often throws out a complex equation with no explanation of the terms and transforms the equation into a seemingly different variation with all new terms and zero effort to tie them together. The code is too agnostic, and not useful for reading or using. I am back at amazon looking for a better book, this one is to simple for someone versed in the math and lacks the explanations needed to help someone get back up to speed on the subjects. If you had never had a college physics course or taken calculus you would not be able to get anything out of this book at all.

This was a wonderful addition to the collection and was shipped on time and in excellent condition. The price was far less for this rather rare CD than some other sources quoted and that made it even better. Thanks!