Gamefinds: The Pac-Man Brothers

We love it when we find weird and unique indie games to tell you all about! Our alien friends to the left herald these occasions. Three finds on consecutive days. This is another in a particularly beloved genre for me, the elaboration upon Pac-Man, which I like so much I wrote one myself back in 2013. This one’s interesting in that it takes the most after Jr. Pac-Man, the last of the Pac-Man versions in the old style in arcades. Like Ms. Pac-Man, Jr. Pac-Man was made by GCC and released by Bally-Midway, and like his mother isn’t recognized by Bandai-Namco, though his circumstance is different because Namco never really supported him, while Ms. Pac-Man sold so well that Namco themselves sold Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga arcade units for a long time. Jr. Pac-Man differs from prior Pac-games by having large scrolling mazes. Most Jr. Pac-Man mazes have six energizers instead of the usual four, but if their wandering fruit reach an energizer it could potentially destroy it. Jr. Pac-Man is also much…