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"PacMan Vs confirmed free with RRE for Europe"

taken from gamespot.com -

Pac-Man vs. giveaway for Europe

Electronic Arts and Namco announce that the European version of R: Racing for the GameCube will ship with a free copy of Pac-Man vs. next month.

Electronic Arts and Namco have today announced that the European version of R: Racing for the GameCube will ship with a free copy of Shigeru Miyamoto's Pac-Man vs. The multiplayer version of Pac-Man, which is exclusive to the GameCube, was also given away with other games in North America when it was released in December last year.

I hear it's a poor mans Racer... but I don't have a serious racer bar burnout 2 and NGC gave it like 70 odd percent... so can't be too awful.

March will be one hell of a gaming month... thank god for my Bonus.

AfroJoe wrote:
> Valentino Rossi wrote:
> AJ it's nothing like Ridge Racer,
>
> No, but it's from the same developers, and with practically the same
> name. Oh, and it's a racing game. Which always helps.
>
> :-)

Well the PS" import reviews say the same thing - might look like Ridge Racer, might sound like Ridge Racer, but it is not. Supposdely the handling is more realistic (no more sliding around corners etc) and the game is story driven.

Personally I'll still get it anyway, never been disappointed by a Namco game yet.

Turns out it is in the full game, but unlockable, whereas the bonus disc lets you play it straight away.

Valentino Rossi wrote:
> AJ it's nothing like Ridge Racer,

No, but it's from the same developers, and with practically the same name. Oh, and it's a racing game. Which always helps.

:-)

Belldandy wrote:
> I thought it had the original star wars arcade game on it? That's not
> in the full game is it?

It is indeed, it's an unlockable.

Nintendo/Namco have just convinced me to buy R:Racing.. :D

that's what I thought, but I'm always wrong :(

Auf deutsch wrote:
> The Rogue Squadron bonus disk is pointless
>
> Everything on it is in the actual game, so what the hell is the point
> of giving it away...

I thought it had the original star wars arcade game on it? That's not in the full game is it?

Valentino Rossi wrote:
> I think the idea was to release the bonus disc a few weeks before
> release of the full game, but this didn't happen.

Yes it did...

I got it 2 weeks before release and played the original Star Wars game and a demo of Rogue Squadron 3.

AJ it's nothing like Ridge Racer,

I'll be getting Ridge Racer then.

Just for Pac Man. Yup.