Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs

Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs is the second Pac-Man battle royale, after Pac-Man 99. It was developed by Amber Studio and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment.

Mechanics

Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs makes use of the top-down camera perspective. We play as Pac-Man, traversing mazes, eating dots and fruit, avoiding deadly ghosts. Occasionally we'll also found Power Palettes, which let us turn the tables on the ghosts and eat them as well.

Unlike in the original game, however, once we clear our maze of all dots, fruit and pellets, we can move on to another player's maze. We compete against 63 other players, only one of whom can win. Power Pellets let us eat not only ghosts, but even other Pac-Men, so we must stay vigilant around our opponents. As befitting a battle royale, the last player standing wins.

Ghosts and other Pac-Men aren't the only threats awaiting within the mazes. There are fake power-ups scattered around, which make us vulnerable to the ghosts, and the mazes themselves disappear overtime; when we see the stage flicker, we must escape ASAP lest it takes us with it.

As we progress further, we unlock cosmetics that let us customize our PAc-Man.

Game modes

Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs is an exclusively multiplayer game; the only piece of singleplayer content is the tutorial. Elimination mode features free matchmaking, while ranked mode pits us against players of similar skill. We can also spectate; not only watching other players, but also vote on which power-ups to spawn.

Technical aspects

Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs features colorful, simple visuals reminiscent of the original game. The dynamic chiptune soundtrack is also heavily inspired by the original Pac-Man.