Others say...

"awesome"
for the price this game is amazing. it is alot of fun. brings back memories of old games. i got it for my little cousins who loved it. an it is very durable so they wont break it. an if they do break it, not that big of a deal because it is so cheap you can buy another one. lots of fun, for a great price an is very easy to use.

"Ms PacMan Plug and Play"
I got this for a few friends for Christmas. I also have 2 of these for myself. This is the second version of the plug and play MS. PacMan. The second version has upgraded graphics and is more visually pleasing (not that there was anything wrong with the first version). I have noticed that the joystick is glitch-y. It seems to be fickle and difficult to direct at times. Sometimes it seems to have a mind of it's own and refuses to respond to the player. I love Ms. PacMan. I think the first version was a little more reliable in terms of joystick responsiveness. After I bought the second version, I reverted back to the use of the first version just because the joystick has greater sensitivity and responsivity in the first model! In any event, it is still a great game! I bought the A/C adaptor to decrease battery use, however I have yet to figure out exactly how to install the A/C adaptor, even after trying multiple times to install it.

"Ms. Pac Man and company"
There were only two things that stopped me from rating it a five: I'm somewhat not partial to Mappy, and if you got small women's hands, it doesn't take too long to get sore. The Pac Man plug in allows you more plays before your hands get sore.
Aside from those two things, I enjoy it. What prompt me to purchase it over the weekend at a local Walmart was I knew someone who had Ms. Pac Man on Playstation, and I wanted to own it myself. But it is more challenging in a sense that the fruit is not stationary, like Pac Man, nor is the maze as easy. I had long forgotten, until I bought this, that "Clyde" was named "Sue" instead in this game. I was not aware of the other games. It took me a few moments to realized I remember Pole Position, which I played years ago somewhere where there were arcade games (in my earlier adult life). You twist the yellow ball during Pole Position in place of a steering wheel. As for Xevious and Galaga, it took some time for me to warm up to those games, but I enjoy them now. On Galago, I enjoy that outer space background. It took me to those Star Wars movies, as corny as it sounds! lol! I give Galaga a PERFECT 10 for that outer space background! I highly recommend this! My child is addicted to the Pole Position, pretending to be a race car driver! lol!

"There are different versions of this game"
OK, you need to be aware that there are 3 different versions of this game.

The first version was packaged in a plastic shell, and says 2004 on it. It does not support Jakks GameKeys.

The second version was packaged in a cardboard box, and says 2005 on it. It does support Jakks GameKeys and says so on the box.

The third version (and current version) is packaged in a plastic shell, and says 2006 on it. It does not support Jakks GameKeys.

I only care about Ms.Pac-Man, and had read some reviews that said the controls weren't very good in Ms.Pac-Man in the first version of the game. Since it uses an 8-directional controller (since one of the other games supports diagonal directions), and Ms.Pac-Man supports only 4 directions, there can be problems if you move the stick diagonally.

I've also read that the later versions made the controls better in Ms.Pac-Man. I've only played the second and third versions of the game, and indeed I did not have any problems controlling Ms.Pac-Man.

But I did notice a problem with the third version. Sometimes the image on the screen would move to the right and then snap back to the center, or the image would just be totally screwed up (like a really old TV whose antenna wasn't adjusted correctly). I did not have this problem with the second version. Maybe it was just a defective unit; I do not know if the problem occurs for all third versions.

The GameKey feature on the second version might seem cool (it is a cartridge slot that lets you play additional games). But I'm pretty sure that Jakks does not sell the cartridges separately (they are packaged with certain games, although none is included with the Ms.Pac-Man game, unless you were lucky enough to find the WalMart exclusive version of the second version of the game a couple years ago). And the GameKey cartridges are locked to a specific game. So if a GameKey cartridge came with the SpongeBob TV game, then you cannot put it into the second version of the Ms.Pac-Man game. Additionally, Jakks appears to have abandoned the GameKey feature, as their latest games do not have a GameKey slot.

The first and second versions of this game have been phased out, but there are still some stores around me that carry them.

Last thing: I don't like how the Jakks games require you to use a screwdriver to open up the battery compartment.

"Blast from the past!"
This joystick is a wonderful blast from the past. It plugs in easily to any tv and was a great attraction at our last party. I got it for my husband for his birthday and it was definitely the gift of the year! Everyone wants one...