Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions is a collection of games from the Galaga

Galaga

is a fixed shooter arcade game developed and published by Namco in Japan and published by Midway in North America in 1981. It is the sequel to Galaxian, released in 1979. The gameplay of Galaga puts the player in control of a space ship which is situated on the bottom of the screen...

 and Pac-Man

Pac-Man

is an arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution in the United States by Midway, first released in Japan on May 22, 1980. Immensely popular from its original release to the present day, Pac-Man is considered one of the classics of the medium, virtually synonymous with video games,...

 franchises for the Nintendo 3DS

Nintendo 3DS

The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo. The autostereoscopic device is able to project stereoscopic 3D effects without the use of 3D glasses or any additional accessories. The Nintendo 3DS features backward compatibility with Nintendo DS series software, including Nintendo DSi software...

, by Namco Bandai Games

Namco Bandai Games

is an arcade, mobile and home video game developer and publisher based in Japan which is the product of a merger between the video game development divisions of Bandai and Namco. Namco Bandai Games is a wholly owned subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings and specializes in production and sales of...

. It includes six games, two of them which are developed specifically for the Nintendo 3DS for the collection (Pac-Man Tilt and Galaga 3D Impact). The collection also includes a trailer for the upcoming 3D Pac is Back television show by Avi Arad

Avi Arad

Avi Arad is an Israeli-American businessman. He became the CEO of the company Toy Biz in the 1990s, and soon afterward became the chief creative officer of Marvel Entertainment, a Marvel director, chairman, CEO and the founder of Marvel Studios....

.

Games

• Pac-Man Tilt
• Galaga 3D Impact
• Pac-Man Championship Edition
  Pac-Man Championship Edition
  is a 2007 video game in the Pac-Man series, developed by Namco Bandai Games. The game was designed by Tōru Iwatani, the creator of the classic original 1980 arcade game Pac-Man, and it was Iwatani's final game before his retirement...
  
  
• Galaga Legions
  Galaga Legions
  Galaga Legions is an Xbox Live Arcade exclusive video game created by Namco Bandai. The title was developed by the same team who created Pac-Man Championship Edition. This game is also included in the Namco Museum Virtual Arcade collection, and in Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions for Nintendo 3DS...
  
  
• Pac-Man
  Pac-Man
  is an arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution in the United States by Midway, first released in Japan on May 22, 1980. Immensely popular from its original release to the present day, Pac-Man is considered one of the classics of the medium, virtually synonymous with video games,...
  
  (original arcade game)
• Galaga
  Galaga
  is a fixed shooter arcade game developed and published by Namco in Japan and published by Midway in North America in 1981. It is the sequel to Galaxian, released in 1979. The gameplay of Galaga puts the player in control of a space ship which is situated on the bottom of the screen...
  
  (original arcade game)

Pac-Man Tilt is the only included game which does not take advantage of the system's Stereoscopic 3D display, as its heavy use of the accelerometer and gyroscope made it incompatible with the limited 3D viewing angle of the 3DS. The original arcade games (Pac-Man and Galaga) uses the 3D to create the effect of looking into a physical arcade cabinet. Pac-Man appears with hands and feet, a departure from many earlier Pac-Man games.

Pac-Man Tilt

Pac-Man Tilt is side scrolling action platformer. Common tools and obstacles are springs, pinball

Pinball

Pinball is a type of arcade game, usually coin-operated, where a player attempts to score points by manipulating one or more metal balls on a playfield inside a glass-covered case called a pinball machine. The primary objective of the game is to score as many points as possible...

 flippers, and ghosts.

Galaga 3D Impact

Galaga 3D Impact is a 3D on-rails shooter game

Shooter game

Shooter games are a sub-genre of action game, which often test the player's speed and reaction time. It includes many subgenres that have the commonality of focusing "on the actions of the avatar using some sort of weapon. Usually this weapon is a gun, or some other long-range weapon". A common...

 in which the player aims and steers by moving the 3DS in a fixed position relative to his or her head in a way similar to Face Raiders

Face Raiders

Face Raiders is a 3D augmented reality video game developed by HAL Laboratory, and is preloaded on all Nintendo 3DS systems.-Overview:After taking pictures of people's faces, the faces attack the player, who must shoot them. As people walk by in the background, the game takes pictures of them,...

(a game included with the 3DS hardware).

Leaderboards

All of the included games also have online leaderboards which are sorted out by "Weekly" and "Overall".

Trivia

• Although the game was released on July 26, 2011 in North America, its page on the Nintendo eShop had shown a date of July 19, 2011.
• It was originally thought that this collection did not allow game data, including scores, unlockables, or achievements to be reset, which caused controversy throughout the gaming community after occurring in other games for the 3DS. However, it was later found that you can delete save data if you hold down A, B, X, Y, L, and R at the same time as the game loads. You will also be asked to confirm the deletion beforehand.