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==[[Pac-Man (Atari 2600)|Pac Man for the Atari 2600]]== Despite selling well (7 million copies) <ref name=NGMI40P41> ''What the hell happened?'' – [[Next Generation Magazine]] issue 40 page 41 </ref>, this port of Pac-Man was scaled down to a ridiculous extent to comply with the 2600's limitations. The code only rendered 1 ghost per frame, which resulted in the [[ghost]]s constantly flickering. [[Ed Logg]] said the game was a "lousy" effort. <ref name=NGMI40P41> </ref> The developers blamed the lack of memory available on the [[Read-only memory|ROM]]. IGN described it as a "disastrous port", with Craig Harris saying it was one of the worst arcade ports of all time. <ref> [http://uk.ign.com/articles/2006/06/28/top-10-tuesday-worst-coin-op-conversions Top 10 Tuesday: Worst Coin-op Conversions] </ref> <ref> [http://uk.ign.com/articles/2008/08/26/top-10-best-selling-atari-2600-games Top 10 Best-Selling Atari 2600 Games] on [[IGN]] </ref>
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