@@jadstudiosofficial I think most people do, it's just what we've got to work with for now. Ms. Pac will likely be back if/when the rights issues get resolved
I'm fascinated with the 80's and 2010's Pac-Man cartoons because any attempt to craft a coherent narrative out of source material which resembles viewing amebas through an 8-bit microscope deserves attention for the sheer ambition alone.
I feel like the reason Pac Land is in Smash is because it was the direct influence for Super Mario Bros. Miyamoto has said that it’s one of the most influential games for him as a designer, and he wanted to create his own take on it for the NES with Mario. Pretty cool honestly.
That's cool, but what i don't understand why it was included over Pac-Maze, which has more significance to it's series, or at the very least got a graphics make over like Wrecking Crew or Summit...
@@Josuh Uh, yes, i know, i meant why was Pac-Land chosen OVER Pac-Maze in Ultimate, i know it exists in the 3DS version, but why isn't it on the "ultimate" version of smash i'll never know
@@Duskool Can't recreate the functionality of the Power Pellet properly. The ghosts are only supposed to appear blue to the player who eats the Power Pellet, so the Pac-Maze stage doesn't work if multiple players can play on the same screen. I suppose they could just not make the ghosts turn blue, or just not feature that mechanic in the first place, but you know Sakurai. He doesn't like making compromises, for better or worse.
Everyone always forgets Pac-Man Adventures In Time for the Windows 2000 man :( It even uses the World artstyle and characters. It takes what Maze Madness does and expands upon the idea of one grand adventure using solely mazes. Incredibly underrated game and definitely worth checking out. No, seriously, this is like the third series retrospective of Pac-Man I’ve seen on YT that forgot this game.
OMG my dude, I actually had that game as a kid! I remember that one being a good time, and it helped make me a fan of the series instead of just "that one old game". Still dunno what was up with that...thing...in the cave from the intro cutscene that was supposed to be the game's villain, though. Pac-Man's got a surprising amount of villains. I played Adventures in Time before I even knew about the World games, so it was cool to see that, "Oh you actually can make a full-length adventure from just mazes". I'd kinda like the series to give that format a shot again if we're not gonna get a new platformer (though I didn't expect Re-Pac, so we might get that too lol). Arrangement even proved that you can do boss fights in mazes, so why not? Though if we're talking obscure Pac-Man games, I'll call your "Adventures in Time" and raise you a Pac-Man All-Stars. It was a multiplayer-centric game, though there was a single-player story mode and the villain was a white-colored magician ghost named Wandy (why the heck do I remember that). Adventures in Time was the better game without question, but It seems like I'm the only one who remembers this one lol.
Jr and Baby were also left behind. Those games are why the characters were in Land, 2, and World. There's also Ms. Pac-Man: Quest for the Golden Maze. But it kinda sucks, so it makes sense that it's forgotten.
Adventures in Time is a certified jam. Still the most one of these games has ever innovated on the maze chase formula-- feels like _every_ stage introduces a new idea.
The Ghostly Adventures series has a few hints that Pac is a descendant of the Pac-Man we're familiar with. Also, yellow Pac-People are virtually extinct, or something? Definitely weird. Also, you completely skipped the Pac-Man Jr. and Baby Pac-Man arcade machines.
I'm glad you made this video, being a real Pac-Fan is a lot more complex than you'd think. You've got maze games, platformers (both 2D and 3D), point & click adventure games, and the list goes on. Anyways I'm so happy the Pac is back.
@@MystPlaysGamesMPG Yup, that is a bit of a shame, that game does a lot with the maze formula. I like Adventures in time a lot, despite the maze layouts being a little too similar looking to each other
Pac Man, to me, is one of the few characters that still carries that 1980's style and charm. And it's for good reason too, because he's just as fun now as he's ever been.
I love how, no matter how much "nostalgia" was in or not, they always gave Pac-Man an arcade aesthetic. Like, being intentionally behind-the-times, no matter what decade, made the series ahead of its time in the process? That's ridiculously ironic. But still, I love how Pac-Man's whole old-fashioned gimmick has been a thing since even the 90's(when the series was only ~10-20 years old at that point). I'm a 2010's kid, and even I appreciate how they preserved the style no matter what(outside, you know, legal bs). Plus, simply acknowledging Pac-Man being a full-on adult that accepts his age is weirdly wholesome in a way. Well, outside Ghostly Adventures to an extent.
Or how about that episode with Tip of the Apex where the characters are taken far in space as racers? Or the episode where Count Pacula… *sigh* turned out to be a good guy in the latest Halloween episode when in the first Halloween episode he was evil? Or the episodes where… *sigh again* Pinky treats Pac-Man standing her up on dates like it’s worse than when the world is in danger like in Pac-Man World 2?
17:55 I think the reason that not all the music is remixed is because a lot of the music uses the themes from Ms. Pac-Man. So I think they can use the already made music, but they can’t arrange anything that uses Ms. Pac-Man music
I played the version that was in the PS2 namco museum as a kid (which was a port of the arcade one), alongside the galaga and dig dug arrangements. God, I loved them to death. The music was the best part. Something about those games was just dripping with atmosphere and vibes.
For me it was Pac-Man 2 The New Adventures and Pac-Man World 2. The New Adventures for the Sega Genesis had the original Pac-Man games, including Ms.Pac-Man, which was frickin awesome. I love Namco's tendency to put arcade games into their new games. Tekken 5 with Star Blade at the intro. You gotta love it!
Agreed. The PSP version of Arrangement is okay, but the Arcade/GBA version is so much more charming. The music, the sprite work, the music, the level aesthetics, THE MUSIC!
25:09, to quote Scott the Woz: “Pac-Man World 3 creeps me the hell out okay Pac-Man talks, which implies he has organs, which implies, *he can bleed.”*
@@jameslawrenson1208 Fun Fact: Pac man World 3 was originally going to be Pac-man Adventures, which had Dark concept art done by Don Bluth himself🤩🤩🤩. For some reason Namco rejected Bluth's version??????
The one issue I've heard about this remake is Pac-Man's shadow being inconsistent. The remake has the shadow based on the level's actual lighting, which is more realistic than always below him like the original, but makes platforming more difficult without that visual cue of where you will land. 20:36 shows an example, where the shadow would suggest he will land near the top of the objects, but he lands on the bottom-half.
Ghostly Adventures ain't even that bad, it's just painfully mid. Frogger has had much worse reboots than Ghostly Adventures over the years, especially in the PS2/GBA era.
I can't comment for the games, but I have a bit of a soft spot for the Ghostly Adventures show because my older daughter was obsessed with it on Netflix when she was younger and would have me watch it with her all the time. And it got her interested in the original games as well. The show is weird, but does have some genuinely funny moments and jokes. It's also completely insane a lot of the time, but that's part of it's charm.
After nearly being sidelined for his reboot, he's back with a remake and a movie. However, looking at it again, not only did he open up the history of side-scrolling action before Mario, and he was respected by its creator, Mr. Miyamoto, but also based on his work, Mario, to compete with him. The reason for the birth of various game characters is undoubtedly Pac-Man, a legend that will never be forgotten.
I said it before, I'll say it again: Ghostly Adventures basically killed the franchise for the rest of the 2010's, and it was so bad to the point Klonoa (a dead IP at the time) was starting to overshadow him in the online gaming community. It's bad when a series known for big console releases gets regulated to mobile shovelware.
A Pac-Man movie *I* would want to make in the future would be Pac-Man and the University of Pac-Land with the animation style of Pac-Man World 2 starring Jay Sean (or Jerry Trainor), Michael J. Fox (if he’s still around), Jason Sudeikis (most likely as Inky because he played a red (that’s his name, don’t wear it out) video game character in the Angry Birds Movie duology of the late 2010s) and Mario Cantone as Pac-Man, Blinky, Inky and Clyde, Angie Harmon (or Mindy Lee Raskin) as Pinky, Craig T. Nelson (aka Mr. Incredible) and Allison Janney as Blinky’s parents, Sam Elliot as Pac-Bear, Patrick Warburton as Hunter (the grey ghost in Canyon Chaos, one of the world 1 levels in Pac-Man World 2), Debby Ryan as Miru, David DeLuise (aka Jerry Russo, in honour of his father Don DeLuise who would play Don Bluth characters in the 1980s (1978 with The Small One - 1989 with All Dogs Go to Heaven) aka his golden age of animation) as the snowball-throwing blue ghost in world 3 (Ice River Run and Avalanche Alley) of Pac-Man World 2, etc.
@@KeybladeMasterAndy Nah, they used Crash Bandicoot for more of their inspiration. And Namco themselves simply wanted to make their character jump to the next dimension after a bunch of other franchises were doing so, Sadly, the initial project: Ghost Zone had a notorious development hell.
I knew about the early "mod" that became Ms. Pac-man and it lead to Midway losing the license but never knew about the At@Games stuff. Always cool to learn something new. Also, I agree she should've been a Alt Skin in Smash!
There is also a Kamen Rider Ex-Aid movie that had Pac-Man as a giant corrupted monster, and the main villain of that movie was wearing a Pac-Man mask and called himself "Doctor Pac-Man". And the movie is called "Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Riders"
Thank you, someone agrees Pac-Man Party isn't the worst thing ever. I actually occasionally play it with the bois, its led to a lot of hilarious moments together
Pac-man party is just straight up good imo. Idk how anyone could see it as anything really too disappointing. It’s a creative-ish take on monopoly, has a surprisingly really good soundtrack, succeeds as a party game. I just don’t see what there is to not like about it. Love it
That game is underrated asf. It was better than mario party 8 and 9. It was only overhated since any party game within the party genre is going to be called a mario party clone. Same thing with any kart racer being called a mario kart clone. Nintendo fans hate when other companies decide to do their own party or kart racing games for their ips.
I don’t know why but I have been going on a Pac Man craze recently so this is perfect timing for this video. Glad that the wocka wocka man is getting more attention recently
there is a character in the movie called Eddie plant, he is modeled after billy mitchel and his whole deal in the movie is acting like a god for winning a pacman competition, near the end of the movie it is revealed that he cheated all along and never deserved his status just like the irl billy@@acedelta12
Man. I was super nostalgic for Pac-Man World 2. Never got to play the first game, but thanks to the remake, I can get to experience that adventure, which is really cool. I hope they do something similar with the second game.
Yeah and I hope they make it good and also remove the token system in it this is Nitro rad’s idea not mine I just like using it and also make the arcade games unlockable from the start too
Something what i love about the World trilogy it's the progression and it's slowy building. World 1: A wacky and fun quest to save your family in Ghost Island. World 2: A long, dangerous, but fun journey in Pac Land to save your town. World 3: What lies beyond Pac Land and Ghost Island? Where ghosts really come from? What happened to Orson? Man, really hope World 2 and 3 get a remake, they deserve it.
AntDude videos are always so fun to watch. You provide an excellent balance of humor and information at the same time, keeping me engaged in hour long videos. Keep going Dude.
Pac-Man 2 is one of my nostalgia guilty pleasures. I had a lot of laughs tormenting poor Pac-Man as a kid. The game is impressively expressive for one of that era.
@@codywilliamson567 Fun Fact: Pac man World 3 was originally going to be Pac-man Adventures, which had Dark concept art done by Don Bluth himself🤩🤩🤩. For some reason Namco rejected Bluth's version??????
the fact that the 4 main ghosts were on pac's side was honestly a unique twist on their characters then being the generic bad guys. ghostly adventures had alot of great ideas, it was just executed poorly.
The real weird part is how Ms. Pac-Man started as an unlicensed hack of Pac-Man, then became an official part of canon, and then in a dust up over intellectual property licensing she became UN-official and erased from Namco history.
Man, you're on a roll Ant! I've been absolutely loving every video you've put out recently, and this Pac attack was no exception, so please keep up the amazing, high quality work =D
I remember playing Pac-Man 256 on my TV a lot, along with the dev’s other game Crossy Road I also watched Ghostly Adventures as a kid, but I also felt aware of its weirdness even back then
Ghostly Adventures is a show I grew up with and I will say…it was interesting. It was kinda a fun brain turnoff show to watch for simplistic fun, but not much more than that. I’d give it a 6/10
@KolahMoss Oh I definitely get that. The show is easily one of the best things you could watch when younger, I certainly thought so. My 6/10 was looking in hindsight after rewatching some of it but when I was younger watching it as it released I easily thought it was a 9/10 or better.
The afro character from Pac-Man Fever's actually Tiger Jackson which was a secret costume in Tekken three for Eddie Gordo. It's still a pretty cool pull. Great video though, I'm not trying to bag on you just trying to help.
My Favorite Pac Man arcade game is actually Baby Pac Man, a cabinet I actually played in real life. Its a combination of Pac Man and Pinball. You play Pac Man on the top screen but theres these 2 entrances on the bottom, and if you enter them, you get to switch the game to a round of pinball. If the ball falls out, the game switches back to pac man except one of the entrances is closed. Yes this was an actual arcade Cabinet and it was awesome! Except for the fact that Clyde was Green for some reason. It didn't feel right for him to go from Orange to Green
Great video. I especially love all of his Battle Royale games. Pac-Man Battle Royale, Pac-Man Party Royale, Pac-Man Battle Royale Chompionship Edition, Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle.... all great games
I've recently started and finished watching Pac-Man and the ghostly adventures and I enjoyed it. I sort of had a kind of nostalgia to it because I had watched a few episodes here and there before rewatching it
Great video! Really fun and entertaining. also yeah, I could go on for ages about all the obscure oddities involving Ghostly Adventures specifically and some of the more under-the-surface reasons it failed. Interesting stuff, though also sad, since I feel that with a little tweaking it could have hit that nice balance of compelling story without falling into the same edgy trap that world 3 did. Unfortunately, GA just... stagnated, was too scared to really play with anything outside the show's status quo, and ultimately the last few episodes petered out with a few gimmicks before being unceremoniously cancelled. Was thinking of doing a video on it myself, actually.
AntDude in 2022: Pac-Man has teeth. Not my Pac-Man… Amazon Prime Video in 2024 with Secret Level: Makes Pac-Man a hunter with a robot face that fights mammoths, worms and spiders with a sword.
45:57 Ironically, this game collection is the sole reason I clicked on this video, mainly because I played it when I was young and forgot almost everything about it.
Surprised you didn't mention the other Midway pac-man games. Like Baby Pac-Man, where you can leave the maze through the bottom to drop into an attached pinball machine and collect powerups.
@@connorburton1009 The one I went to didn't even survive to see the start of the pandemic :( anyway, from my hands-on impressions I can safely say that the game was amazingly bizarre
I wouldn't mind Pac-Mom being in Pac-Man World Re-Pac so much... if it weren't for Namco *not giving her a nose.* Like, seriously, she looks so wrong without one. She seems to have one in the edited Museum games, but not in Re-Pac.
The only nostalgia I have for Pac Man and the Ghostly Adventures was watching it with friends just to riff on it. I have far too much knowledge of the show.
I'm glad you acknowledge Pac-man World Rally. And I agree with the assessment "It's alright". But really no mention of all the times he's cropped up in Ridge Racer?
38:43 Fun little tidbit about Cosmo Gang slightly unrelated to the video itself. A lot of stuff from Cosmo Gang was actually referenced/reused in Dig Dug Arrangement, which released in the same collection Pac Man arrangement originated from. The most notable examples are the rolling crystal balls (complete with the same scream sound if enemies are hit with them) and the Cosmo Gang enemies and blocks appearing in the Moon level of the game.
25:28 Martin Sherman voiced Pac-Man in this game, he also voiced Thomas from season 13-18 in the Thomas TV show. I was also surprised to figure this out
4:02 I can explain what is going on there. Pac-Man isn't big. He's flying like Super Man. The ghosts stretching was done as a perspective thing to show that they're far below.
I've been a huge Pac-Man fan my whole life so this was a fun watch. I think Pac-Man Championship Edition DX is the best one, just pure satisfying fast paced arcade fun
Toc-man haunted you as a kid too? SAAAAAAAME! The game-over screen was the main reason why I wouldn't touch PAC man world with a 5 foot pole. You could imagine the level of PTSD that flared up when I saw the remake was announced XD
You just brought up one of my favorite games, annalynn. I love it so much, I want them to port it too switch as well, I will buy it again and play it in bed.
Does anyone else remember in the early 2000s there was a Web Browser based game that was like 1000 pac man maps all connected that anyone online could help complete? It was for a contest/anniversary I think and once all the maps completed they announced a new game or something.
27:42 On the topic of Pac-Man having a voice and personality, I've never played _Pac-Man World 3_ myself, but I remember one of the sequels being advertised in a gaming magazine (I _think_ it was a Nintendo Power, but I'm not sure...) with a sort of mock interview with Pac-Man, and one of the questions was "What do the Dots taste like?" and Pac-Man's official answer is: _"I don't know, but they sure don't taste like chicken!"_ ...Just in case anyone needed that critical Pac-Lore™ at all. 49:07 I wouldn't really say that they're _direct_ competitors: _Sonic Boom_ is very much an episodic sitcom in the vein of other Cartoon Network shows like _Chowder_ and _The Amazing World of Gumball,_ whereas _Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures_ seems much more plot-driven (though still episodic, to be fair). ...but yeah, I do agree that _Ghostly Adventures_ coming out around the same time as _Boom_ does seem rather suspicious in hindsight.
I know that this is kinda off topic, but I went to a local arcade dedicated to keeping older/arcade games from becoming lost media, started playing the OG pac-man and just got addicted for like an hour and a half straight. There really is something so beautiful about the simplistic design of old arcade games. There’s only a single joystick in the original pac-man but it still feels like a kind game of outsmarting the ghosts and managing to juke them to keep munching on those precious dots. Get rewarded for risky plays by an increase and score, and while it may sound stupid to some people, there’s a kind of magical feeling to reaching the top of the scoreboard and claiming your throne as the best PAC-man. I dunno man, OG PM is fun.
Amazing and thorough analysis of all things Pac-Man. Keep on making this videos. I love them. Pac-Man is such a weird series, I honestly don't know what to say. I think the real Pac experience shines when it replicates in some manner the original arcade experience. Championship Edition nailed it. That's the formula. I have never been a fan of Pac-Man with personality or legs and arms, it just doesn't sit well with me for some reason or another.
If Pac-Mom was just called Pac-M’am I’d be fully on board
Pac-M'am rolls off the tongue much better than Pac-Mom
I prefer Ms. Pac-Man over Pac-Mom, honestly
@@jadstudiosofficial I think most people do, it's just what we've got to work with for now. Ms. Pac will likely be back if/when the rights issues get resolved
@@jasminefrazier8624 you mean r34
@@Jorgen.mp4 me and Alison velvets : yes
I'm fascinated with the 80's and 2010's Pac-Man cartoons because any attempt to craft a coherent narrative out of source material which resembles viewing amebas through an 8-bit microscope deserves attention for the sheer ambition alone.
I feel like the reason Pac Land is in Smash is because it was the direct influence for Super Mario Bros. Miyamoto has said that it’s one of the most influential games for him as a designer, and he wanted to create his own take on it for the NES with Mario.
Pretty cool honestly.
That's cool, but what i don't understand why it was included over Pac-Maze, which has more significance to it's series, or at the very least got a graphics make over like Wrecking Crew or Summit...
Eh the stage is bad
@@Duskool Someone hasn't played Smash 3DS
@@Josuh Uh, yes, i know, i meant why was Pac-Land chosen OVER Pac-Maze in Ultimate, i know it exists in the 3DS version, but why isn't it on the "ultimate" version of smash i'll never know
@@Duskool Can't recreate the functionality of the Power Pellet properly. The ghosts are only supposed to appear blue to the player who eats the Power Pellet, so the Pac-Maze stage doesn't work if multiple players can play on the same screen.
I suppose they could just not make the ghosts turn blue, or just not feature that mechanic in the first place, but you know Sakurai. He doesn't like making compromises, for better or worse.
Everyone always forgets Pac-Man Adventures In Time for the Windows 2000 man :( It even uses the World artstyle and characters. It takes what Maze Madness does and expands upon the idea of one grand adventure using solely mazes. Incredibly underrated game and definitely worth checking out.
No, seriously, this is like the third series retrospective of Pac-Man I’ve seen on YT that forgot this game.
Nitro Rad didn't.
OMG my dude, I actually had that game as a kid! I remember that one being a good time, and it helped make me a fan of the series instead of just "that one old game". Still dunno what was up with that...thing...in the cave from the intro cutscene that was supposed to be the game's villain, though. Pac-Man's got a surprising amount of villains.
I played Adventures in Time before I even knew about the World games, so it was cool to see that, "Oh you actually can make a full-length adventure from just mazes". I'd kinda like the series to give that format a shot again if we're not gonna get a new platformer (though I didn't expect Re-Pac, so we might get that too lol). Arrangement even proved that you can do boss fights in mazes, so why not?
Though if we're talking obscure Pac-Man games, I'll call your "Adventures in Time" and raise you a Pac-Man All-Stars. It was a multiplayer-centric game, though there was a single-player story mode and the villain was a white-colored magician ghost named Wandy (why the heck do I remember that). Adventures in Time was the better game without question, but It seems like I'm the only one who remembers this one lol.
Jr and Baby were also left behind. Those games are why the characters were in Land, 2, and World. There's also Ms. Pac-Man: Quest for the Golden Maze. But it kinda sucks, so it makes sense that it's forgotten.
Adventures in Time is a certified jam. Still the most one of these games has ever innovated on the maze chase formula-- feels like _every_ stage introduces a new idea.
Respect from me and my bro, that game was part of our childhood.
“The Pac is back
Ghosts chomping at his feet
Pac's our hero
Pac just can't be beat, yeah!”
-2Pac
the person above me gets no bitches
2Pac was giving some bars on the yellow dot for inspiring his name
Long live 2Pac. Rest in peace.
I love Ghostly Adventures.
WHEN DID HE LEAVE
The Ghostly Adventures series has a few hints that Pac is a descendant of the Pac-Man we're familiar with. Also, yellow Pac-People are virtually extinct, or something? Definitely weird.
Also, you completely skipped the Pac-Man Jr. and Baby Pac-Man arcade machines.
I'm glad you made this video, being a real Pac-Fan is a lot more complex than you'd think. You've got maze games, platformers (both 2D and 3D), point & click adventure games, and the list goes on.
Anyways I'm so happy the Pac is back.
When did he leave?
He didn't talk about Pac-Man Adventures in Time tho. I am angry at that.
@@MystPlaysGamesMPG Yup, that is a bit of a shame, that game does a lot with the maze formula. I like Adventures in time a lot, despite the maze layouts being a little too similar looking to each other
I think it is click not clck
@@ethanpoole9429 are ya happy now?
Pac Man, to me, is one of the few characters that still carries that 1980's style and charm. And it's for good reason too, because he's just as fun now as he's ever been.
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I love how, no matter how much "nostalgia" was in or not, they always gave Pac-Man an arcade aesthetic. Like, being intentionally behind-the-times, no matter what decade, made the series ahead of its time in the process? That's ridiculously ironic.
But still, I love how Pac-Man's whole old-fashioned gimmick has been a thing since even the 90's(when the series was only ~10-20 years old at that point). I'm a 2010's kid, and even I appreciate how they preserved the style no matter what(outside, you know, legal bs). Plus, simply acknowledging Pac-Man being a full-on adult that accepts his age is weirdly wholesome in a way.
Well, outside Ghostly Adventures to an extent.
I can't wait for Ant to take a deeper look at The Ghostly Adventures cartoon purely for that one time Pac got fet and became a meme
It would’ve been funny if it wasn’t so horrible
Or how about that episode with Tip of the Apex where the characters are taken far in space as racers?
Or the episode where Count Pacula… *sigh* turned out to be a good guy in the latest Halloween episode when in the first Halloween episode he was evil?
Or the episodes where… *sigh again* Pinky treats Pac-Man standing her up on dates like it’s worse than when the world is in danger like in Pac-Man World 2?
I can’t be the only one thinking that Ghostly Adventures is an underrated and under-appreciated gem.
Yes, mainly the games.
Best thing to come out of Ghostly Adventures is the amazing Pac-Man’s Park remix.
17:55 I think the reason that not all the music is remixed is because a lot of the music uses the themes from Ms. Pac-Man. So I think they can use the already made music, but they can’t arrange anything that uses Ms. Pac-Man music
Was obsessed with Pac-Man thanks to the Namco Museum and Pac-Man World 2. Arrangement is definitely one of the most underrated remakes of all time.
which arrangement?
@@solong.everyone The original sprite version.
I played the version that was in the PS2 namco museum as a kid (which was a port of the arcade one), alongside the galaga and dig dug arrangements.
God, I loved them to death. The music was the best part. Something about those games was just dripping with atmosphere and vibes.
For me it was Pac-Man 2 The New Adventures and Pac-Man World 2.
The New Adventures for the Sega Genesis had the original Pac-Man games, including Ms.Pac-Man, which was frickin awesome.
I love Namco's tendency to put arcade games into their new games. Tekken 5 with Star Blade at the intro. You gotta love it!
Agreed. The PSP version of Arrangement is okay, but the Arcade/GBA version is so much more charming. The music, the sprite work, the music, the level aesthetics, THE MUSIC!
25:09, to quote Scott the Woz:
“Pac-Man World 3 creeps me the hell out okay Pac-Man talks, which implies he has organs, which implies, *he can bleed.”*
Pac Man has definitely had a wild career out of all the other classic game mascots.
Yup
Oh yeah!
Probably just as much as sonic
@@jameslawrenson1208 Fun Fact: Pac man World 3 was originally going to be Pac-man Adventures, which had Dark concept art done by Don Bluth himself🤩🤩🤩. For some reason Namco rejected Bluth's version??????
Dude has his own song, I'd say he made it. 🤣
The one issue I've heard about this remake is Pac-Man's shadow being inconsistent. The remake has the shadow based on the level's actual lighting, which is more realistic than always below him like the original, but makes platforming more difficult without that visual cue of where you will land. 20:36 shows an example, where the shadow would suggest he will land near the top of the objects, but he lands on the bottom-half.
I'm kind a glad Mappy, Frogger, Q-Bert, Kao, or even Klonoa didn't get "The Ghostly Adventures" treatment!
What about “Frogger: The Great Quest?”
@@JudgeTyBurns "I wish I may I wish I must, give me a princess before I bust!"
Ghostly Adventures ain't even that bad, it's just painfully mid. Frogger has had much worse reboots than Ghostly Adventures over the years, especially in the PS2/GBA era.
The bot above me hates AntDude.
@@Froge0 i personally loved ghostly adventures
I can't comment for the games, but I have a bit of a soft spot for the Ghostly Adventures show because my older daughter was obsessed with it on Netflix when she was younger and would have me watch it with her all the time. And it got her interested in the original games as well.
The show is weird, but does have some genuinely funny moments and jokes. It's also completely insane a lot of the time, but that's part of it's charm.
Sadly... It's not on Netflix anymore... 😔
Did anyone else watch it on Disney XD?
@@highlander8402yeah I did
I grew up with it too. I was a weird kid
@@The_ace-1233 your not weird don’t say that🥺
After nearly being sidelined for his reboot, he's back with a remake and a movie.
However, looking at it again, not only did he open up the history of side-scrolling action before Mario, and he was respected by its creator, Mr. Miyamoto, but also based on his work, Mario, to compete with him. The reason for the birth of various game characters is undoubtedly Pac-Man, a legend that will never be forgotten.
I said it before, I'll say it again: Ghostly Adventures basically killed the franchise for the rest of the 2010's, and it was so bad to the point Klonoa (a dead IP at the time) was starting to overshadow him in the online gaming community. It's bad when a series known for big console releases gets regulated to mobile shovelware.
A Pac-Man movie *I* would want to make in the future would be Pac-Man and the University of Pac-Land with the animation style of Pac-Man World 2 starring Jay Sean (or Jerry Trainor), Michael J. Fox (if he’s still around), Jason Sudeikis (most likely as Inky because he played a red (that’s his name, don’t wear it out) video game character in the Angry Birds Movie duology of the late 2010s) and Mario Cantone as Pac-Man, Blinky, Inky and Clyde, Angie Harmon (or Mindy Lee Raskin) as Pinky, Craig T. Nelson (aka Mr. Incredible) and Allison Janney as Blinky’s parents, Sam Elliot as Pac-Bear, Patrick Warburton as Hunter (the grey ghost in Canyon Chaos, one of the world 1 levels in Pac-Man World 2), Debby Ryan as Miru, David DeLuise (aka Jerry Russo, in honour of his father Don DeLuise who would play Don Bluth characters in the 1980s (1978 with The Small One - 1989 with All Dogs Go to Heaven) aka his golden age of animation) as the snowball-throwing blue ghost in world 3 (Ice River Run and Avalanche Alley) of Pac-Man World 2, etc.
@@SuperMarioFan123311 relegated* sorry
Woah theres a movie
Many of gaming’s biggest icons owe their existence to Mario, but Mario himself owes his existence to Pac-Man.
So glad he brought up Annalynn, that game's dope as hell with a really cute player character design.
I wonder who saw pac man in the arcade and thought, there needs to be a 3d adaptation
Everyone that looked at the arcade cabinet artwork
No one, since there were barely any games with 3D graphics.
me, i wasnt the first one but i still did
The origins of World os probably closer to somebody saying "What if Mario 64.....but Pac-Man?"
@@KeybladeMasterAndy Nah, they used Crash Bandicoot for more of their inspiration. And Namco themselves simply wanted to make their character jump to the next dimension after a bunch of other franchises were doing so, Sadly, the initial project: Ghost Zone had a notorious development hell.
One thing you missed is I think Pinky first started expressing love for Pac in world 2. Tho it was shown more in the show.
Yeah cuz a vore ghost called "kinky" was definitely the first thing I felt was missing from Pac-Man
Zoinks
Jinkies!
Ruh-roh
F--K
Jeepers!
As soon as I reached 22:42 and heard the World 2 Theme, god I couldn't stop tearing up a little. Love that game so much
I knew about the early "mod" that became Ms. Pac-man and it lead to Midway losing the license but never knew about the At@Games stuff. Always cool to learn something new.
Also, I agree she should've been a Alt Skin in Smash!
Shame on at@games
There is also a Kamen Rider Ex-Aid movie that had Pac-Man as a giant corrupted monster, and the main villain of that movie was wearing a Pac-Man mask and called himself "Doctor Pac-Man".
And the movie is called "Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Riders"
Man of culture spotted!
I don’t think anyone knows about the now delisted mobile game, pac man dash, which was based around the tv show
When you don't watch the whole video before commenting:
Boring
I PLAYED THAT
I remember that game! I miss it so much.
Thank you, someone agrees Pac-Man Party isn't the worst thing ever. I actually occasionally play it with the bois, its led to a lot of hilarious moments together
Pac-man party is just straight up good imo. Idk how anyone could see it as anything really too disappointing. It’s a creative-ish take on monopoly, has a surprisingly really good soundtrack, succeeds as a party game.
I just don’t see what there is to not like about it. Love it
That game is underrated asf. It was better than mario party 8 and 9. It was only overhated since any party game within the party genre is going to be called a mario party clone. Same thing with any kart racer being called a mario kart clone. Nintendo fans hate when other companies decide to do their own party or kart racing games for their ips.
Recently been playing it and yea it’s a really fun party game
@@kyubeyz_7062 yeah fr, plus the minigames are pretty good too, I can't think of any of the mini games where I groan when they're picked
@@tvgamerstan6180 can't speak for Mario Party 8, but it's 100% for sure better than 9
I don’t know why but I have been going on a Pac Man craze recently so this is perfect timing for this video. Glad that the wocka wocka man is getting more attention recently
me too I even made a fan game
I have to give props to pixels because it predicted the whole Billy Mitchell fiasco
I think Regular Show deserves more credit for predicting Billy Mitchell's cheating controversy.
Garrett Bobby Ferguson being a parody of Billy Mitchell makes so much sense, and I’m angry it’s taken me years to realize.
What?
there is a character in the movie called Eddie plant, he is modeled after billy mitchel and his whole deal in the movie is acting like a god for winning a pacman competition, near the end of the movie it is revealed that he cheated all along and never deserved his status just like the irl billy@@acedelta12
@@poweroffriendship2.0
It didn't "predict" anything it was blatantly calling the man out to the point he tried and failed to sue.
Man. I was super nostalgic for Pac-Man World 2. Never got to play the first game, but thanks to the remake, I can get to experience that adventure, which is really cool. I hope they do something similar with the second game.
Yeah and I hope they make it good and also remove the token system in it this is Nitro rad’s idea not mine I just like using it and also make the arcade games unlockable from the start too
Something what i love about the World trilogy it's the progression and it's slowy building.
World 1: A wacky and fun quest to save your family in Ghost Island.
World 2: A long, dangerous, but fun journey in Pac Land to save your town.
World 3: What lies beyond Pac Land and Ghost Island? Where ghosts really come from? What happened to Orson?
Man, really hope World 2 and 3 get a remake, they deserve it.
Me and Alison velvets; good idea blue sherer
AntDude videos are always so fun to watch. You provide an excellent balance of humor and information at the same time, keeping me engaged in hour long videos. Keep going Dude.
"The Pac is baaaaack!"
*"When did he **_leave?_** "*
That just about sums up my confusion with Ghostly Adventures.
Pac-Man 2 is one of my nostalgia guilty pleasures. I had a lot of laughs tormenting poor Pac-Man as a kid. The game is impressively expressive for one of that era.
Pac-Man 2 was a beautiful classic, anyone who says otherwise is wrong lol
@@codywilliamson567 Fun Fact: Pac man World 3 was originally going to be Pac-man Adventures, which had Dark concept art done by Don Bluth himself🤩🤩🤩. For some reason Namco rejected Bluth's version??????
@@orangeslash1667Wait. Your saying Don Bluth...then man...the myth and legend....were apart of tjis
@@BoomyShakes indeed
The Pac-Man 2 Box Art examples are basically a "before" and "after set. Calm while on the cliff, panicking the moment he's in the air...
That Gum Monster bit killed me. Great delivery.
47:30 I love this one. One of my fav. Dont miss judge it guy.
I read a comment under Nitro-Rad’s Re-PAC video about how they missed the opportunity to call the new PAC-Mom “PAC-Ma’am”
I watched ghostly adventures as a kid and will defend it till the day I die
Neat, back to back Pac man reviews by Antdude & Nitro Rad 👍
I smell another collab video between them
@@Pwilliams4000 I hope not
@@MrHomelessHobos what’s wrong with a collab video between them it worked out well last time they even learned how to respect each other
you mean... Pac to Pac reviews?!
... i'll see myself out
47:34 That's me. I'm that weird kid who grew up watching this instead of normal kid cartoons
If you ever feel bad about yourself, just remember that Pac-Man has been friends with Ghosts.
Why is that even a bad thing? Pac-Man and the Ghost Gang being friends was honestly a great subversion on the trope. I loved their chemistry.
the fact that the 4 main ghosts were on pac's side was honestly a unique twist on their characters then being the generic bad guys. ghostly adventures had alot of great ideas, it was just executed poorly.
So, he acted like Pinky the Ghost having a thing for Pac-Man was weird but… I thought that’s been implication for… almost the entire time
Pinky having a crush on Pac-Man has been a thing since 2002 on Pac-Man World 2
The real weird part is how Ms. Pac-Man started as an unlicensed hack of Pac-Man, then became an official part of canon, and then in a dust up over intellectual property licensing she became UN-official and erased from Namco history.
Man, you're on a roll Ant! I've been absolutely loving every video you've put out recently, and this Pac attack was no exception, so please keep up the amazing, high quality work =D
I love the effort behind this video. You really killed it Nitro Rad
I remember playing Pac-Man 256 on my TV a lot, along with the dev’s other game Crossy Road
I also watched Ghostly Adventures as a kid, but I also felt aware of its weirdness even back then
Ghostly Adventures is a show I grew up with and I will say…it was interesting. It was kinda a fun brain turnoff show to watch for simplistic fun, but not much more than that. I’d give it a 6/10
It was still a pretty story driven show but I was 11 when it came out and understood the premise
@KolahMoss Oh I definitely get that. The show is easily one of the best things you could watch when younger, I certainly thought so. My 6/10 was looking in hindsight after rewatching some of it but when I was younger watching it as it released I easily thought it was a 9/10 or better.
I loved the ghostly adventures show so much I wished it got 3rd season so that pac can meet his parents. I give the show 10/10
Glad to see Pac-Man 2 The New Adventures covered, have so many fond memories from when I played it when I was a kid.
Pac-Man abuse simulator
I genuinely had a fun time with both the remake of Pac Man World 1 and the first Ghostly Adventures game.
wait there's a SECOND ONE?
@@Ale_G420 Yes.
@@Ale_G420 yeah there was
I remember getting stuck on the third boss and just stopped playing the game
Both GA games are great, especially GA 2.
@@kevinkong64 Awesome.
The afro character from Pac-Man Fever's actually Tiger Jackson which was a secret costume in Tekken three for Eddie Gordo. It's still a pretty cool pull. Great video though, I'm not trying to bag on you just trying to help.
The PAC-MAN ghostly adventures T.V show is one of the most underrated animated works of art, trust 😂😂😂 ……I’m not kidding
My Favorite Pac Man arcade game is actually Baby Pac Man, a cabinet I actually played in real life. Its a combination of Pac Man and Pinball. You play Pac Man on the top screen but theres these 2 entrances on the bottom, and if you enter them, you get to switch the game to a round of pinball. If the ball falls out, the game switches back to pac man except one of the entrances is closed.
Yes this was an actual arcade Cabinet and it was awesome! Except for the fact that Clyde was Green for some reason. It didn't feel right for him to go from Orange to Green
10:07 CAN WE JUST TALK ABOUT THE FACT SHE WENT THROUGH CLYDE WITHOUT DEATH?!?!
Yeah that just happens sometimes in the arcade games
I think that was just a glitch...
Great video. I especially love all of his Battle Royale games. Pac-Man Battle Royale, Pac-Man Party Royale, Pac-Man Battle Royale Chompionship Edition, Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle.... all great games
I have been waiting for this moment for YEARS. ITS FINALLY HERE!
I've recently started and finished watching Pac-Man and the ghostly adventures and I enjoyed it. I sort of had a kind of nostalgia to it because I had watched a few episodes here and there before rewatching it
Crazy how old the pac man is now 💛❤️🖤
Great video! Really fun and entertaining.
also yeah, I could go on for ages about all the obscure oddities involving Ghostly Adventures specifically and some of the more under-the-surface reasons it failed. Interesting stuff, though also sad, since I feel that with a little tweaking it could have hit that nice balance of compelling story without falling into the same edgy trap that world 3 did. Unfortunately, GA just... stagnated, was too scared to really play with anything outside the show's status quo, and ultimately the last few episodes petered out with a few gimmicks before being unceremoniously cancelled. Was thinking of doing a video on it myself, actually.
I loved Pac-Man Arrangement as a kid.
Kinky is still a stupidly glorious name for a Ghost that can Fuse.
"Dock" I prefer to think he is "docking" with the other ghosts. Look up docking.
We play Pac-Man world 2 on a, play 3
I really like all the collectibles you have in your room/backround. They're colorful and very cute.
I actually liked the ghostly adventures cartoon, it gave Pacman some deep lore
AntDude in 2022: Pac-Man has teeth. Not my Pac-Man…
Amazon Prime Video in 2024 with Secret Level: Makes Pac-Man a hunter with a robot face that fights mammoths, worms and spiders with a sword.
Honestly? I didnt grow up with Ghostly Adventures, but I had a good time watching it. Not an amazing time, but it was enjoyable enough.
45:57 Ironically, this game collection is the sole reason I clicked on this video, mainly because I played it when I was young and forgot almost everything about it.
“Aw man, I’m a meme”
- Pac-Man
it would be funny, if it wasn't so sad
26:02 Wow! ORSON'S in the game?!
Surprised you didn't mention the other Midway pac-man games. Like Baby Pac-Man, where you can leave the maze through the bottom to drop into an attached pinball machine and collect powerups.
There was an arcade near me that had that.
They're closed now :(
@@DeskoDev I went to a pinball arcade once in Florida that had it, but it was out of order. I'm not sure if they made it through the pandemic.
@@connorburton1009 The one I went to didn't even survive to see the start of the pandemic :( anyway, from my hands-on impressions I can safely say that the game was amazingly bizarre
Love your work dude ^^
What I really want to know is why isn't Pac-Mom called Pac-Ma'am?
It's so obvious why didn't they do it???
I wouldn't mind Pac-Mom being in Pac-Man World Re-Pac so much...
if it weren't for Namco *not giving her a nose.* Like, seriously, she looks so wrong without one. She seems to have one in the edited Museum games, but not in Re-Pac.
The only nostalgia I have for Pac Man and the Ghostly Adventures was watching it with friends just to riff on it. I have far too much knowledge of the show.
Did you know that the PacZilla berry was based on the Super Power Pellet from Super Pac-Man?
The fact that you drew comparisons to the Yoshi games not once but twice makes me a very happy lad.
I honestly really like “the ghostly adventures” it made up a lot of what I watched!😊
I'm glad you acknowledge Pac-man World Rally. And I agree with the assessment "It's alright". But really no mention of all the times he's cropped up in Ridge Racer?
Im loving the longer videos from the UA-camrs i watch. Both Caddi and and Antdude
38:43
Fun little tidbit about Cosmo Gang slightly unrelated to the video itself.
A lot of stuff from Cosmo Gang was actually referenced/reused in Dig Dug Arrangement, which released in the same collection Pac Man arrangement originated from. The most notable examples are the rolling crystal balls (complete with the same scream sound if enemies are hit with them) and the Cosmo Gang enemies and blocks appearing in the Moon level of the game.
Begone spambot.
I don't even know what's deeper between the Pac-Man and the Bomberman franchise, gonna wait until the bomber is truly back tho.
Plot twist: they've crossed over at some point
Thank you for talking about Ty, my childhood love!
25:28
Martin Sherman voiced Pac-Man in this game, he also voiced Thomas from season 13-18 in the Thomas TV show.
I was also surprised to figure this out
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You've been selected among the shortlisted winner's for the giveaway message right away to redeem your gift....🎁🥇🏆🏆
4:02 I can explain what is going on there. Pac-Man isn't big. He's flying like Super Man. The ghosts stretching was done as a perspective thing to show that they're far below.
Howdy Deev
I've been a huge Pac-Man fan my whole life so this was a fun watch. I think Pac-Man Championship Edition DX is the best one, just pure satisfying fast paced arcade fun
Toc-man haunted you as a kid too?
SAAAAAAAME!
The game-over screen was the main reason why I wouldn't touch PAC man world with a 5 foot pole.
You could imagine the level of PTSD that flared up when I saw the remake was announced XD
I bet you didn’t heard but
THE PAC IS BACK
WHEN DID HE LEAVE
3:19 antdude really freaked out lol
Seeing as you don’t save the cat in Pac-man World, I choose to believe it was so terrifying even the ghosts are too scared to kidnap it.
9:05 This dig dug II slander will not stand
EVER!
You just brought up one of my favorite games, annalynn. I love it so much, I want them to port it too switch as well, I will buy it again and play it in bed.
47:28 Lemme answer that question with another question; When was the last time Pac-Man was on TV?
Obligatory mention of my idea that Pac-Mom is Ms. Pac-Man in disguise
I'm disappointed you didn't talk about Adventures in Time. Loved playing that with my family on the PC.
Does anyone else remember in the early 2000s there was a Web Browser based game that was like 1000 pac man maps all connected that anyone online could help complete? It was for a contest/anniversary I think and once all the maps completed they announced a new game or something.
Pacman forever...and it was bigger than 1000, all of them were user made. some of them ended up in pacman mobile port as unlockables
@@BlueFur21 That's right! You don't ever see anyone talk about that one lol.
27:42 On the topic of Pac-Man having a voice and personality, I've never played _Pac-Man World 3_ myself, but I remember one of the sequels being advertised in a gaming magazine (I _think_ it was a Nintendo Power, but I'm not sure...) with a sort of mock interview with Pac-Man, and one of the questions was "What do the Dots taste like?" and Pac-Man's official answer is:
_"I don't know, but they sure don't taste like chicken!"_
...Just in case anyone needed that critical Pac-Lore™ at all.
49:07 I wouldn't really say that they're _direct_ competitors: _Sonic Boom_ is very much an episodic sitcom in the vein of other Cartoon Network shows like _Chowder_ and _The Amazing World of Gumball,_ whereas _Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures_ seems much more plot-driven (though still episodic, to be fair).
...but yeah, I do agree that _Ghostly Adventures_ coming out around the same time as _Boom_ does seem rather suspicious in hindsight.
I like the part where Pac-Man eats a power pellet and exclaims "It's Pac-in Time!"
I miss the days when video games came with Pac-ins
I know that this is kinda off topic, but I went to a local arcade dedicated to keeping older/arcade games from becoming lost media, started playing the OG pac-man and just got addicted for like an hour and a half straight. There really is something so beautiful about the simplistic design of old arcade games. There’s only a single joystick in the original pac-man but it still feels like a kind game of outsmarting the ghosts and managing to juke them to keep munching on those precious dots. Get rewarded for risky plays by an increase and score, and while it may sound stupid to some people, there’s a kind of magical feeling to reaching the top of the scoreboard and claiming your throne as the best PAC-man.
I dunno man, OG PM is fun.
Amazing and thorough analysis of all things Pac-Man. Keep on making this videos. I love them.
Pac-Man is such a weird series, I honestly don't know what to say. I think the real Pac experience shines when it replicates in some manner the original arcade experience. Championship Edition nailed it. That's the formula.
I have never been a fan of Pac-Man with personality or legs and arms, it just doesn't sit well with me for some reason or another.
47:26
*Theme:* the pac is back!
*Ant dude:* when did he leave?
*I haven’t seen him since the championships and ghostly adventures*
Great video! We need a remaster of Pac-Man World 2
I remember the Ghostly Adventures show. My favorite characters in the show are the main ones like Cylindria.
My favs were Pac-Man and Pinky…yes I do ship them, don’t judge me.
@@kevinkong64 I ship Cyli and Pac
@@kevinkong64 we re a better ship than pac and pinky
@@jasminefrazier8624 …wut?
@@kevinkong64 get serious
19:25 That new design looks like a villain from Rolie Polie Olie and I love it. X3
If ghostly adventures writing is half as clever and comedic as Sonic Boom it's worth it
it doesn't.