head to head
vs
AladdinvsPac-Man 256
Aladdin leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Pac-Man 256 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
AladdinPac-Man 256
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Pac-Man 256 leans harder on variance: power-up and maze-hazard randomness
Optimization4 vs 3
Aladdin leans harder on optimization: Level routes are learnable but execution dominates.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.