The Original Survival Horror Game

With the recent release of Dead Space 2, there's been a bit of talk wondering if it can or can not be classified as "survival horror".  The net effect is that since it presents the player with many options and encourages them to engage and defeat the enemy that it can not be.  


True survival horror must constrain the player in a seemingly inescapable environment, isolate them, and give them no or only very limited tools to which they may engage their undead pursuers (or other such enemies).  


After thinking about the above, I realized that I've just described Pacman.


Trapped in a maze, pursued by ghosts and only given very limited opportunities to engage his enemies (with the help of cherries).  Pacman must be considered one of the original survival horror protagonists.  

Pacman and Leon: the teacher and the student?


The real question now is, when can we get an unlockable Pacman character for mercenaries mode?


J