I Ranked Pac-Man Arcade Ports
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- Pac-Man is one of the most popular video games of all time. When it hit the arcades, everyone wanted to cash in on its success. Here's a look at many of the arcade ports of the classic Pac-Man.
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Riggs, I can't wait until you rank the Street Fighter II ports. :)
Is it true that pacman was born during lunchtime
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@@lldjslim Yep Toru Iwatani was eating pizza and he saw the shape when he removed a slice of pizza.
Game Boy Pac-Man absolutely gives you the option to see the whole maze. You can do it on the main menu. I think you press left or right
Thank you!
The Gbc version and I think the original have a way to play while seeing the whole field. I think you press select (might be left or right) on the play select screen. Look it up. The GBC pacman is great when you can see the whole field. Mrs Pacman has the same feature.
The original does too. I believe you press select before starting. Would have to check
Pac-Man wasn't just a thing! Pac-Man fever was rampant and very infectious(in a good way). Those infected it could lead to Pac-Mania!
Fun fact: Atari 2600 arrived in Brazil only in 1982 (clones) and 1983/84 (official release) because our electronics market was closed until then.
And when Pac Man started to be sold, nobody complained it was not equal to arcade, as videogames were all new and amazing. I actually played a lot of that ported and loved; But of course, later I got Ms Pac-Man, and it was SO MUCH better.
Ha! I justed posted a comment very similar to yours. It's funny to see all that people bashing the game all over the internet, while it's actually beloved by brazilians from our generation.
Most iconic game character ever! I want that book! Cool video, Riggs!
I love the Arcade Archives because they port over the arcade versions like they were when I was a kid. I have WAY too many of those.... at 7.99 a hit, they add up!
I played the arcade version all the time as a kid. I still love the sounds from it.
Loved the game. Never learned the patterns but always enjoyed playing it. Great video.
That book is awesome, I love how the sleeve is just a rectangle Pac-Man lol! I could never convince my parents to get me a 2600 growing up, but thankfully we got an Atari 800XL, & that was the first version of Pac-Man I ever played. It was awesome & is still my favorite to this day. People really don't understand what an unbelievable phenomenon Pac-Man was back then...he was like Kermit the Frog level of famous; great video John!
We had an early great port which I'm surprised wasn't covered here. The Atari 400/800 version was so advanced for its time.
C-64,Atari, 5200, and others. But I agree the little brown cart Atari 400 one was awesome.
Definitely! The Atari 8 bit computers had a lot of good arcade ports!
Atari 400/800 version is thankfully identical to the 5200 version 😁. Not all 800 ports match up to the 5200's. Qix is a great example. Centipede is another. Shame the 5200 died, there were a plethora of unreleased 5200 games and a proper Millipede port would have been as smooth as Centipede on the 5200...
@@ShamrockParticle funny you mention centipede because pacman and centipede were the games my dad bundled with our atari 400 for Xmas 🎄 in 1982. Donkey Kong was great on the 400 as well as it actually included the pie factory level!
@@ShamrockParticle makes me wish I still had my 5200 and 400 and those carts to check out QIX again. Emulators are nice but not the same. Always found the Mexico made 5200 sticks to be the best.
I just picked up Pac Man on the Xbox One a couple weeks ago. It's actually really fun. I don't get to play nearly as often as a want and Pac Man is easy to just pick up and play. It's definitely worth the price.
3:02 wow it looks like pac-man just died randomly, lol (I'm sure it was a flashing ghost that just happened to be invisible in that particular frame) never knew there was a fan port to X68000?! might have to look that up.
I had a metal pac-man lunchbox as a kid. It truly was everywhere in 1982. Surprised you didnt talk about Ms. Pacman, which as far as I knew , was inside every pizza hut of the 80's at the time. Good video John.
I'm just happy the Arcade Archives finally came around to the OG.
It really does look action Pac'd
Would have liked to heard your opinion on the Atarisoft port for the TI-99, but I guess it's relatively obscure.
TI version has good graphics but it plays a bit slow.
Colecovision Pac-Man ruled the roost...Atarisoft FTW!
A testament to what an epic narrator you are , Mr. Riggs: there are only you and a few others I would bother watching this topic with ! I have not watched yet. But gonna dive in now.!
2600 Pac Man was my first exposure to it, and honestly my favorite haha.
Pac man fever driving me crazy. I still have that whole album on vinyl.
Pretty sure there is an option to get the full screen on GameBoy. Just push left or right on the d pad for player one or two. Viola! Full screen maze.
i also enjoyed the port for the neo geo pocket color not as good as playing it on an arcade but still good
Just found a boxed copy of mac arcade pak at good will the other day, Excited to play the "mac man" game it has on it.
I read somewhere that the 2600 Pac-Man was rushed ( like E.T.) and the programmer didn't get to finish the game.
I heard that the reason the background was green was because Atari wanted to reserve black backgrounds for space shooters.
The 5800 version was the one I played at home with my mom when I was little. I really miss her ❤️
Neo Geo pocket color had a great port.
The Neo-Geo Pocket color version is pretty good too
I love obscure content like this. Thanks for keeping it relevant 👍 👌
Good video! I have always enjoyed playing Pac-man! That's a great looking book on Pac-man too!
I got to meet you today at Retropolooza! Such a nice and genuine dude! Thanks for taking the time to talk and hang.
Oh man this was a game I grew up with in the arcade and lost my young ass mind when we were able to play it at home on a 2600. Then said mind was blown again with the 5200 version. The cut sense gave me this tiny bit of story/character to a game I had spent so much time with. Following those times I got an NES and out of the myriad games I played on that system Pac-Man was still a staple. Played by myself. With friends. Family when they were over and us kids would tuck away to my room and get the NES a goin'. It is a series that too this day stays somewhere in my rotation of games played at least once a year. When you dive deep into the variant games make sure to check out Baby Pacman/Jr Pacman Pinball. It's amazing. Pinball at the bottom and Pac-Man at the top. Spent hours on that game at a local putt putt place in Ohio in my youth.
Nice video Riggs, you rule! You are my fav youtuber! All the best/ Arvid from Sweden
"the hospital scene from Exorcist 3" ..... dude ..... u hav no idea how happy u made me by saying that lol
10:08 “I’m old enough to be Santa Claus’ father.” I laughed out loud at that.
the 2600 version sounds a lot better for my ears. LOL . awesome review. thanks for sharing.
I had the OG Game Boy version. Yes, the cut scenes are included.
YAY another ranking video 😁😁😁😁
The original Game Boy version did have a way to play full screen, you press left or right at the title screen and a "half sign" appears, then you start the game and it plays it full screen. It is tiny on the original Game Boy screen but I remember preferring to play it this way.
Namcot was a division of Namco that did home console releases, active from 1984-1995. Not sure if that Russian version is actually legit though.
Nice Exorcist 3 reference, John Riggs. You do that rather well.
When I got the Atari 2600 version of Pac-Man as a kid in 81 I was so, so bummed that it didn’t include the intermission scenes. For years I would always look for a version that included it. We had a Mac computer so there was no version that I was aware of on that too. It took until the nes to finally get Pac-Man with the cut scene. It felt like I searched forever. Lol
I'm with Riggs on this one when I play Pac-Man I just kind of go with it wing it
believe the psp has arcade perfect one on namco collection if it counts
Of my few Arcade1up cabinets I own, Pacman is the only one I stop and play real quick every time I walk by it. 40 years later, and I still suck at it.
Theirs a great arcade port for the Xbox one you never mentioned, arcade game series pacman
the nurse scene from exorcist 3 is the a top 5 jump scare.
The "drift around corners" you're talking about, is it that you can queue up the next move? Like if moving up, you press right, and even if you let go, Pac-Man will go right at the next intersection. I've noticed this too on good Pac-Man clones.
Hey John I'm a big fan of your videos I love your nes ranking game series 😁😁😁😁
Namcot was the actual name of Namco's home division in Japan. It eventually all became just plain Namco in the late 80's.
I'm a big Classic Pac-Man fan myself and agree with all of your analysis. Have you played Ms Pac-Man Twin? Its an arcade prototype that features two player co-op. Should definitely check that out
Pac Man was the BOMB when it dropped.. My first Pac Man was Entex Pac Man 2 handheld.. Bought one odd eBay a few years ago
there is a way to see the whole screen on the game boy version of pac-man. To do that, At the title screen press right or left to make a ''half'' sign appear to the right of player one, now press start to see the entire length of the level.
also kinda disappointed you didn't show a chart of the pac-man games ranked here like you usually do with your ranking videos
🤣The hospital scene from Exorcist III🤣
Here in Brazil, that 2600 port of Pac-Man is actually cherished sad a classic by people who were kids at that era. To many of us, it was our first contact with the game and its concept, since arcades weren't as widely spread and popular as in the US. I had a lot of fun playing that game when I was a kid (although I admit I was amazed when I got Ms. Pac-Man for my 2600 and saw how much better the game was).
Nice little restrospective. I wished we had more arcades in my country, I've only played ports.
it wasn't a SPACEgame & you didn't SHOOT anything.
People would wear down the left side of the cabinet
because they would grab onto the panel ,
with the joystick firmly in the other hand.
it was really a "How-long-can-you-last-on-a-single-quarter" game.
My parents bought an Atari 2600 with Combat and Pac-Man back on Christmas Eve 1982. They were still playing it when I woke up the next morning. Not a lot of entertainment options back in the day...
Was just talking on pac man 2600, and how I wish I still had my 19 inch black and white tv. It had the board burnt in the screen lol. That would be cool to just have lit up like a night light lol
I LOVE 2600 Pac Man 😂 Great video!
I have the original PAC Man Fever album. There are some wacky songs on there.
I had no idea there were so many ports of this game. This was Street Fighter level of milking before there was a Street Fighter.
Have this on my PS4!
I don't care what anyone else says, I really enjoyed the Atari VCS/2600 version of Pac-Man back in the day. The sound effects will forever be etched in my mind.
Random thought was Pit Fall the OG version of side scrolling action games?
Thanks for giving my favorite port, the GBA, the highest ranking!
Good video! The Time Man of the Year thing was just a Mad Magazine parody. 🤓
No mention of the Commodore 64 version? I played that version so much with my dad and brother. I remember once getting this ridiculous high score and taking a picture of the screen. Somewhere I still have that picture in a box. "A tier" for me.
I would have liked to have heard the sound from all the system. I was upset with my 2600 cart when i was a kid cause it was not the same. lol I may have even cried.
Pacman Collection for the GBA is an amazing collection with also a good port of Pac Maina and also the only Port of Pac-Man Arangement (people mistakenly think Pac-Man Arangement on the PSP in those musem collections is a port, but no its a completely different game)
I wish Pac-man cereal would make a comeback. Last year would've been cool for the 40th anniversary but we know why it didn't happen maybe for the 50th anniversary in 2030.
Surprised there was no mention of Neo Geo Pocket and Game Gear games
At 4:30 you mention that the stuttering throws you off and thus you "shouldn't eat the dots" - this is true, but it's also true in the original arcade version. In the original, you will stop for exactly 1 frame each time you eat a dot. Your effective speed lowers from 80% (fluctuates between levels) to 78.666%. It seems to be more pronounced in that version though.
I LOVE PAC MAN AND IT IS A GREAT PAC-MAN VIDEO GAME TOO AND I USED TO PLAY PAC-MAN AND PACMANIA AND MISS PAC-MAN TOO
Listen you whipper snapper, I'm older than your are! It might only be 2 months but a lot happened in those 2 months!
I think one of my biggest childhood videog game disappointments was when we get our 2600 and plugged in pac man for the first time. It was not what I was expecting and definitely a letdown, but I still played the hell out of it.
There was also a pac man soup
I actually liked Pacman on the 2600 because I didn't know any better!
Wish you had ranked the NeoGeo Pocket Color port! Features scroll and no-scroll, and a 4-way restrictor ring for the joystick to play like the arcade
Pac-Man is my all time game nice video
You forgot the Colecovision Pac-Man prototype by Atarisoft and also the Commodore 64 Pac-Man and Sega Game Gear Pac-Man. Namco Museum Vol. 1 for the PlayStation. Pac-Man on the Namco Museum Vol. it was not an emulation but programed for the PlayStation.
I also ranked Pacman on the Stranger Things Palace Arcade Mini Arcade Machine from HASBRO and that was good, just like the Gameboy Advance.
I played the original Pacman arcade in Pacman World 3 and Pacman Party. They both look kinda original.
Pacman cereal! Chomp! Chomp! Delicious!
a peice of me died every time the cherry went away
I do admire the GBA version... but playing the full screen vetsuu on the game boy micro was a challenge.
S:
the port in Pac-Man Collection for the Atari 7800.
A:
The port in the GBA Pac-Man Collection
B:
NES no-scroll version
You forgot to mention the neo geo pocket color version :-). Also, what was your ranking of the 5200 Pacman?
Todd Frye’s 2600 Pac-Man is not that bad. I give it a C+. It’s easy to allow history and how games have since progressed to overshadow how adequately playable this was when it came out, all things relative for 1981
Game Boy Pac-Man actually does give you the option to see the whole screen, and honestly the zoomed-in scrolling maze isn't even a big deal.
The REAL problem with GB Pac-Man is the lack of color. Being unable to distinguish the ghosts from each other takes away the strategy.
Hey John, you should have shown some of the homebrew versions, as the 2600 4k & 8k games are mind blowing, when you see what was possible. The Colecovision got an amazing version as well, which was a collection that included Pac-Man & Ms. Pac-Man in one set on one cartridge.
I'm still trying to figure out how all us with the Atari 2600's always had like at least 3 copies of pacman in our game stacks lol. I sure don't recall where all mine came from. We didn't care that pacman wasn't exactly like the arcade version. That was WAY too early to expect things to be that good. Playing at home, the basic games, they were more than close enough, since we didn't need quarters. Ms pac man was the superior pac man games. Better in every way, right from the 2600 days and onward. Once you got Ms pac man, you didn't bother with your multiple copies of pac man anymore lol.
I played the crap out of Pac-Man 2600. Was too young to know the difference, so it always seemed fine to me. :D
Riggs, big fan buddy. Love your stuff. I gotta ask what's your opinion of the arcade1up/ iarcade arcade cabinets? Do you have any? Played any? What do you think? I'm a fan. I have quite a few of them (including pac man) and I think they are great if you're into the arcade style gaming. Although seeing as you're a big guy I could see the heights of them possibly being an issue for you. Just curious what you thought of them.
It's odd that there are 3 ports of Pac Man on the NES. The Namco version, the Tengen licensed version, and the Tengen unlicensed black cart version. There are actually 4 if you count the Famicom release.
Cyrillic text says "Version for Vektor 06Ts (Vector-06C), by "Invoice" Kishinev (Chisenau) 1989"
Hold up...you DIDN'T include the Colecovision version? Bit you included some obscure computer versions? C'mon, Son!
I thought it was never officially released?
@@JohnRiggs Yessir! Atarisoft made a ton of Colecovision games...
You can't go wrong with MAME for Pacman... I'm sure of that!!! hehe John. lol
Pac Man and Donkey Kong are the two more than any other game that are just SO unsatisfying on any console. It's GOT to be the arcade ROM. No port does it for me.
The original Pac-Man is the only one for me.
I used to make a quarter go a *looong* way.
And that was Back *before* I knew about patterns and ghost movement.
I played the 2600 version much more than the arcade as a kid, and honestly I had a lot of fun with it. It is funny though that because of the tricks they used to even have 4 ghosts, it is super hard to get video capture of it, so only 2 ghosts show up.
Nintendo should do an Epic Mickey kind of game where Pac Man tries to get revenge on Mario for stealing his video game mascot reputation.