Pac-Mania | Versions Comparison | Arcade, ZX Spectrum, C64, CPC, MSX, Amiga, X68000, NES and more
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- ✅ Decide which is the DEFINITIVE VERSION of Pac-Mania / パックマニア (Namco, 1987).
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This video features gameplay of the first level of the following versions:
0:00 Arcade (1987)
1:26 ZX Spectrum (1988)
3:13 Commodore 64 / C64 (1988)
4:25 Amstrad CPC (1988)
7:13 MSX (1988)
9:39 Amiga (1988)
11:47 Atari ST (1988)
13:40 MSX2 (1989)
15:36 Sharp X68000 (1989)
17:18 NES / FAMICOM (1990)
18:57 Acorn Archimedes (1991)
20:57 Sega Master System / SMS / Sega Mark III (1991)
22:36 Sega Genesis / Mega Drive (1991)
24:17 PlayStation / PS (1997)
25:56 Game Boy Advance / GBA (2001)
27:21 PlayStation 2 / PS2, GameCube / GCN, Xbox, Windows (2005)
28:43 J2ME /Java Mobile (2005)
29:53 PlayStation 3 / PS3, Xbox 360 / X360, Windows (2014)
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There is a Zeebo port released in 2009 of this game, but unfortunately it has been impossible to record footage of it.
The same goes for the iOS version, removed from Apple Store a while ago.
In some systems Pac-Mania has not been released as a standalone game, instead of that has been part of a bundle pack. It's in the following cases:
- PlayStation: Namco Museum Vol. 5
- Game Boy Advance: Pac-Man Collection
- PlayStation 2 / GameCube / Xbox / Windows: Namco Museum 50th Anniversary
- PlayStation 3 / Xbox 360 / Windows: Pac-Man Museum
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I wrote the GBA port. It had a lot of challenges, but I was able to do it justice.
Woah! If you really did make the GBA port then nice job on it then. Glad to see one of the makers of something comment on their own game. (Or in this case, own port.)
@@newrallyxeviousgamer If you have a copy, you can look me up in the credits. I also worked on Namco Museum around the same time. (We did Museum first, then Pac-Man Collection after)
@Wubbzy, Driver of The Fire Scorpion - Yes, but to be fair, the source media I was working from already had the cut down music. If I'd been able to legally get the full tune without upsetting Namco Japan, I would have tried to squeeze it in. We had to work with what Namco USA had approved though.
Wow! That’s cool!
привет всем 🙂
The Amiga version was one of those rare games that used overscan like the first Speedball game.
That massive dip in quality between the first two versions is hilarious.
To be fair he was playing the 48k version. The 128k version has music too
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COOL VIDEO
Thats what u think, the spectrum version is very good
ZX 48k sounds like an AK47 when you eat a power pellet
That Sharp X68000 dude is just not funny. Like yeah we know you can do arcade perfect, it's not a reason to throw it in our face EVERYTIME.
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@@hathead7385 Sharp X68000 keeps doing arcade perfect ports, probably for clout or something
Yeah i agree. It always annoys me when people go on about how much better it is compared to an Amiga when it was like 5 times as expensive and newer. But it is still a version of the game that exists and therefore should always be in the comparison. It makes more sense than including emulated versions of games.
The X68000 was pretty much the heart of every arcade game of that era, so 90% of the time it could churn out pretty much exact arcade ports, save for Chase HQ, which was botched as a port for that. The X68K was 2 years newer than the Amiga, and ate it for lunch, but that was because the Japanese were just better at building PC's, and the fact that they based one off the guts of arcade machines gave it a massive advantage over any PC at that time.
@@Bloodreign1 seriously it’s really impressive but it’s just funny because in each video it’s like « who’s going to win ? Oh it’s bloody Sharp X68000 again ! ». On the new Space Harrier video it’s even more blatant, you get all these computer ports trying their best not to be terrible, and often failing, and then the X68000 version that was almost arcade perfect.
The X68000 Version is incredibly impressive for the time, at a glance it'd be easy to mistake it for the arcade version.
@@Random_Person. bro what did the hell did it do?
Es igual a la version japonesa del paC○ mania en los arcades
@@Random_Person. I see nothing wrong dammit.
@@Random_Person. mk
Pac-Mania was way ahead of its time back then.
Especially in ‘87
wAS tHAt tHE BIte Of 87'?1!?
@@pain-ot5st 😆
Yyyyup!!😊
it is or seems dumb to say Pac-Mania
was ahead of its time without a reason
1:38 oh god that’s laggy as all hell
4:42 OH GOD IT’S WORSE
4:49 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
1:38 doesn't look slow.
CPC always seemed to get the shit end of the stick.. bad Spectrum port in this case. The Spectrum versions should have had the same music though on the 128K versions (same AY sound chip)
14:00 oh my god
@@jaycee1980 as always. Again a shite port emulating the Speccy !
Suprising that this game was released on so many platforms despite being fairly complex in arcades.
🎉😊😮 Strange!
Sweet! This is actually my favorite Pac-Man game!
This is my second favorite pacman game. The first one is simple but super fun
@@mickycohen9152 person of taste 😤
Now you’re speaking my language!
And this is coming from a Pac-Man fan!
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crappygames.miraheze.org/wiki/Pac-Man_World_(Game_Boy_Advance)
crappygames.miraheze.org/wiki/Ms._Pac-Man:_Quest_for_the_Golden_Maze
Well, mostly.
@@theballisticbalmy4940 hey I wasn't offending u 👌👌
@@mickycohen9152 Oh, no! I wasn't offended! I was saying you have good taste.
Me: Mom can we have Pac-Mania
Mom: No we already have Pac-Mania at home
Pac-Mania at home: 4:49
More like 9:40
6:35 DID YOU JUST SEE
WHAT HE JUST DID
He jumped?
No "he", but "the"!
I see!
PAC-MAN somehow didn't eat that PAC-DOT, 🤔
Orrrrrrrrr...
It just was a close call
The Spectrum 128K version would have been a better representation, is essentially a faster version of the Amstrad version in terms of sound as well as gfx.
Sure thing, we'll be more careful with ZX Spectrum versions in the future. Hope you enjoyed the video anyway!
There;s something about Block Town's theme in Mania that I instantly fell in love with. I never owned the Acorn Archimedes version, but playing through Mania in the GBA Collection and then the two more recent Museums was an absolute treat. Something about the slightly isometric play style just grabbed me. Heck, whenever I play Pacman 256, I always use the Pac Mania aesthetic, because I just can't get enough of it.
Being born 79 this was my Pac jam! I think I played nearly all versions in its day:) I remember the first time I played it on the Amiga.. Blew my mind;p
I hallucinated with your channel, I found out, I already signed up. The quality of the videos, the care with the titles and the comparisons ... how creative. Keep it up. I’m from Brazil and I’ll go to your Like channel. I will try to see everyone, kkkk marathon
The instruments used in the genesis version are quite a interesting choice.
interesting because it was a cost cutting, lazy, rushed, port (version)?
@@jasonlee7816 Still better than more than half of the other versions
Could be way better...
I believe you mistook the genesis for the master system
@@axinhedgelion8417 I didn't. Because the Master System is pure PSG so I wouldn't say instruments in that case, and that version's music is quite good on a side note.
The fact that I grew up playing the GBA version is just sad.
Sad? The GBA port was really well done except for maybe the music being cut short.
Dang, I forgot I wrote this comment.
At least you didn't grew up playing the zx version
Oh yeah Arcade original straight to the ZX Spectrum just the way I like it
Y'know, the NES and the Sega 16-bit should've been developed by Namco in-house...
😠Yyyyyup.😆
I thought the NES was 8-bit.
@@bennel3588 You were speedreading. I said "NES and Sega 16-bit".
@@RedRanger2001 You meant the 16-bit Sega machine. I thought you were posting that the NES and Sega were 16-bit machines. The NES is 8-bit. The only 16-bit Sega machine I know of is called Sega Genesis, but there might be another one that I do not know of.
Whenever someone gets something wrong on CZcams, I usually pretend to agree with them, because I remember when I posted something that meant that I disagree with them, it usually puts us in an argument, and I also get criticized.
If I remember correctly, there are layout differences between the US and JP arcade versions. of course, the x6800 version uses tthe ladder.
unlike most post crash ports of pac-man games to consoles, the nes and genesis ports were ported by external western developers, at a time when namco usually ported their games in house. they were both pubblished by tengen (which is to be expected given parent company Atari games was a sister company to namco), who outsourced the nes port to westwood (soon to become king of the RTS genre, or at least the one to beat blizard within an inch of their lives) and the genesis port to Utah based Sculptured software, who had previously did contract work for Atari corp, including an atari800 port of mario bros, which was commissioned after atari lost the source code to their own unreleased version.
I find rather strange how in the Genesis version pacman seems to be biting his tongue all the time
I've played this one on GameCube and GBA. It's one of my favourite Pac-Man games, and it blew my mind as a kid to think arcade games looked so good in the 1980s.
The arcade version really blows my mind with the animation crazy to think it came out in 87
4:48 How feels to be drunk
-Rankings- (My opinion)
1st - Sega Genisis (Mega drive) - A nice game. Ghosts are high in frames. Easy for new players. More options
2nd - Sega Master System - I love the coin world secret. Good music and Pac-Man is smooth
3rd - NES - Due to this being most replayed I gave higher ranking. Good music and more family friendly.
1987 was when this came out?! I thought it came out in the 90s!
I knowww! It was so ahead of it's time I didn't even know it was made in the 80s until a few years ago!
Same
pretty close
Literally the most underrated Pac-Man game of all time!
15:37 Literally nobody should hear this song.
Yep, it's cursed. 😒
But yeah , its still good and its still more better than kpop
@@giddygoon73 "yum yum ill eat you up"
@@-Poka- Pretty Korean boys are living rent free in your head.
@@bombytetoo crazyman!
15:37 is it just me or is that the most cursed thing I’ve seen yet? Just the MSpaint like drawings and the horrible carnival like music. It just doesn’t feel like something Namco would make...
could you do (sometime) a versions comparison for:
New zealand story
Dig-Dug
Q-bert
Tetris
The New Zealand Story:
czcams.com/video/qjr54JSjWjY/video.html
Yikes a tetris video would take a year to showcase lmao
Dig-Dug
czcams.com/video/yK48czSNEgs/video.html
yes to Q*bert and tetris
12/7/2020: 2 down, 2 to go.
17:18 and 17:28 are my favourite parts :)
First played this on the Atari STe, then Amiga. its an ok Pacman game,my fave level is "The Park" it has a great chip tune for it. Another spectacular comparison. Thanks.
8-)8-)😙😙😙
Man the SHARP X68000 port is arcade perfect
The Namco System 1 board and the X68000 actually have a sound chip in common with each other, the Yamaha YM2151.
@@IAmA7 thanks for the info
They usually are.
The 48K version is not the full game. The Spectrum version is better than the Amstrad, C64 and the MSX versions. Faster, smoother, better colors and music.
The Amiga and Sharp 68000 were the best conversions back in the day.
The fiesta time that a port for stras has less colores than Spectrum!
What I hate on Amstrad ports is that they are mostly ZX Spectrum direct ports. For crist sake, you can even see spectrum attributes on title screen, was it so hard to paint few pixels? And why is PacMan not yello? its just the color does not affect anything else...
YAY i was waiting for this one!
the sharp x86 version is hands down, the absolute best native port ever.
Given how poor the Amstrad CPC version is compared to what was (and is) possible with its hardware, it makes me wonder how many other versions failed to make best use of the resources available, and how wise it was to have one team programming so many versions. Maybe they would have done better to have platform-specific experts?
It was most likely made by the same studio that did the ZX Spectrum version so they just ported it over quickly and added the music
@@williamdrum9899they probably didn’t even “add” music, as there is a version of the ZX port that uses the AY chip for soundtrack
Why does the PS1 version use different colors for block town?
Edit: I found my answer. It uses the JP rom which has the said stage. The US rom doesn’t.
🤨Yeah, I wonder why the US one is shorter but harder.
Description: Pac-Man hasn't been released as a standalone title on modern consoles.
Me: ...until 2022, when it saw a release as part of the Arcade Archives series.
Nice music on MSX and they even tinted Pacman, way better than the usual direct Spectrum port conversion
15:42 That title screen looks pretty good for a home computer console.
There is a hack that improves the Genesis version, it's really great. Search for "Pac-Mania arcade style tiles/sprites/colors"
AWESOME!!😊
Thanks for upload. FYI the Archimedes version was released in1988 grandslam. I had the game before I had an Archimedes and took it to school which did have Archimedes to play. I left school by 1989. It got re-released possibly in 1991.
Best version (aside from Arcade): Sharp
Worst version: SEGA Master System
I liked the Amiga version the best due to increased field of view and the graphics. But, the slow speed of pac man is a deal breaker for me.
The second best version that I like is the x68000. But it's too buggy.
The last version that i found to be the best compromise is a hack of genesis pac MANIA that changes the colours to look like the arcade version. While having a good field of view and nice balanced speed of pac man.
I surely wished that a SNES version would have existed. It would have been the best.
But sadly, it was never ported.
snes will look like genesis. because
snes most games looked like the genesis ver of them
@@soniccourtney2171 Even if SNES version looked like the genesis version. Even then it would have been great because colours is the one thing that's missing from genesis version. That would have been rectified in SNES due to much bigger color pallette compatibility.
@@soniccourtney2171 hello me from 1 year ago.
@@namangupta86 The snes has 255 colors and genesis it is limited but a genesis game running on the snes will have it's genesis general palette, without the "power of blast processing" it can run well.
The maze reminds me of lego
The times where they avoid a scared ghost infuriates me for some reason
I never realised back in the day how un-naturally fast the C64 version was! It was the only version of the game I'd played back then. And once again I see Amstrad CPC and MSX owners get stuck with a piss-poor Spectrum port!
The spectrum port of this isn't as bad as a lot of games.
It is fast because there is a large zoom of the board and of course the awful, low resolution graphics - as always on the C64
@@Artur-vh3nk Are you talking about the C64 or spectrum versions? There isn't any zoom in the C64 version is there? I imagine it is running in tilemap mode where it wouldn't really be necessary.
@@bangerbangerbro No:) isn't any zoom. Best wishes Stevie Wonder...
@@Artur-vh3nk You are making jokes about yourself?
Wow i never noticed of all this version i only play the Sega Genesis version
О, я тоже проходил Пакмана, но только на Денди. И еще у меня есть гейм плей игры Pacman Doodle от гугла)
Other versions: normal pac man sounds
Zx spectrum: *knock* *knock*
No offence but I dun lik ur profile picture
Nobody:
Cars when they turn on: 2:06
Edit:How they do with the radio on: 8:02
I had the Master System version and I remember it as one of the most entertaining games I had. Good video!
To me, the GBA version is best for being on the go and (bias included) I owned it and discovered it on my hand me down GBA SP from my cousin Josh. He just so happened to own the Pac Man Collection and handed it down to me, and I took a severe liking to Pac Mania, which in my opinion, works with a screen crunch, not to mention how close it emulates the arcade version, which also allows for me to replay it on websites like arcadespot for all of time since THEY don't use Flash.
Same, I had that pac man collection on my GBA too. I really loved that one pac-man game where at the end you have to defeat the giant mech ghost by shooting all the pellets in the maze at it
@@RandomUser8P That sounds like Pac-Arrangement. Why don't you give it a try on Arcadespot? It's a real treat and potentially a massive throwback to BOTH our childhoods. I'll even give you the link! arcadespot.com/game/pac-man-collection/
@@jakeinator2005 Yep! That’s the one! I loved this game collection, sadly I don’t have it anymore despite still having my SP and most of the other games I grew up with
@@RandomUser8P I dont have it either however like I said: browser emulation. I'm reliving my childhood with it.
The pac-mania arcade has outstanding graphics for 1987
I used to play the hell out of the J2ME version back in 2007. Same for that port of Popeye.
Awesome!!😊
@@setsers1 oh yeah, and the mobile phone port of Popeye was amazing. Not only was it extremely faithful to the original Nintendo arcade game, but the "Special" mode was where it was at.
This mode had updated graphics, a new stage or two, and even bonus levels. Plus, play sessions earned you tokens which could be used to actually get comic strips to enjoy (though you'd still get charged for the downloads). A truly comprehensive port.
I just think it’s so charming (and funny) that some ports opted to give Pac-Man a tongue even though he didn’t have one in the original arcade version
I don’t see how anyone could like the Amiga version; you can barely even see the pellets.
That's just the way it appears on the capture. Not a problem on the real Amiga. Weird tho...
I can see them just fine both on a real Amiga and in this video. The Amiga version is the only one I have actually played.
@@bangerbangerbro for real?
PS1 definitely looks the best but from its contemporaries X68000 and Amiga are great
The Sharp X68000 version seemed like it copied the arcade version of PAC-MANIA. It’s really odd to me. And the ZX Spectrum, it didn’t have any music, it just had a click-like chomp sound. It might have seen to be a weird version. Amstrad CPC, that one was honestly pretty bad, because the display was only turquoise and black. But anyway, this is an interesting video. Thanks!
Actually, I never knew that Pac-Mania was an arcade game, I always thought it was an original game for the NES. The only reason I ever bought it was because it is about PAC-MAN.
The Arcade, Sharp X68,000, PlayStation 1-3, Xbox and Xbox 360 are all my favorite.
Original arcade
First played on the Master System and next on Mega Drive, this game gives me nostalgia each time i play it :)
By the way nice video, keep it up!
Mega Drive was Japan only wasn't it? Actually forget that because it says genesis doesn't it.
@@bangerbangerbro no, it is also in Europe regions
@@Toymaric Yes I must have been thinking of the New Zealand story and maybe 1 other game. I edited my comment after realising it says genesis on the title screen and so must have had an American release and probably a full western release also.
Boy cigar really just to go
Arcade, PlayStation, Genesis/MegaDrive, PS2, X360, Windows, PS3, GCN:Yeah! Flight versions is cool!
Hey what upload of Block Town did you use for the beginning?
0:20
Was there attribute clashing on Amstrad CPC and MSX?
The best versions were of course the Amiga and Arcade versions (both begin with "A" as well, for Awesome, Asthetically Pleasing to Play, and Always Great Graphically)
Archimedes version is the better one
@@igordantasneres6103 The Archie version graphically and sonically is great. The only thing that lets it down is that the volume of the music doesn;t go down when you eat a power pill. This is an essential part of the game as it means you can tell when the power pill runs out even if you can't see the ghosts as the volume comes back up. Not having that hurts the game a little but if they fixed that I would agree it would be pretty damn perfect. As it is its a fantastic version.
4:49 pac-turtle be like (because pac-man is moving slowly)
Me: Can I play Pac-Mania? 0:20
Mom: No, we have Pac-Mania at home.
Pac-Mania At Home: 1:37
Ghost: ⭐@#O!!W*🔺
Q*Bert: Hey! That's my line!
Ah yes, so im south amerincan (bolivia, cochabamba) and we have a movie theater called cine center (which is really big and the best one in cochabamba), so they had an arcade zone, they had pac-mania, man, meanwhile my cousins, my sisters (which all have higher age than me) so the 3 were playing teken (which its machine is near the pac-mania one) so i played pac-mania, man i couldnt, literally level 2 and 6 ghosts, level 3 and 8 ghosts, there was a point where jumping did not help
It didnt have map select, so i played from start always
i like the arcade, genesis, nes, playstation, game boy advance, playstatiuon 2/xbox/gamecube (2001/2002/2005) & playstation 3/xbox 360/windows (2014) versions the best.
GBA port’s music loop is shorter than my sanity
PAC MANIA in 1987 Arcade, 1998 PS1, and NES are some of the bests.
Amiga and new AmigaOS4, the best! 💪 😎👍
Nothing to say... Sharp x68000 had the best coin-op conversions
I need more details on how to find the PS1 version or is it PS2?
It was part of Namco Museum Vol. 5. It also appears in the Namco Museum on PS2 as an unlockable.
@@RetroGamerFG thank you
WOW THIS IS THE FIRST POWERFUL NES GAME!!!
COOL VIDEO
My Favorite Version NES
Faz um tempo que eu não jogo esse jogo.
You should have played the 128k version of the ZX Spectrum port as it has music.
Favorite Pac-Man game
7:33 why does this sound like if PAC-MANIA got on Neo Geo Pocket Color?
If you want to hear the music of this on the ZX Spectrum then I suggest that you all change the machine type from ZX Spectrum 48K all the way to ZX Spectrum 128K for music because the MSX Version together sounds just the same and it’s two of the best versions along with the Arcade, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64
Everyone forgets about the version on Namco Museum Remix/Megamix
30:00 this is the version I got but on a real arcade
Because of its style, it’s the best. 🤙🏽
Im still wondering why they chose lego type things as the map
J2ME was a powerful platform, but why was the sound so poor, even on the most advanced phones? No game was able to play more than 1 souns simultaneously, even the advanced 3D games
It uses midi,thats why
@@gunmatheretrogamer747j so what? Isn't it possible to leave one midi channel for the game sounds to be played?
@@InsidiousOne probably can't,most J2ME games didn't features simultaneously bgm&sfx playback or just lacks sfx
15:38
"Yum yum ill eat you up."
My reaction: bro, WUT.
Also i play this one 17:18
That guy is hungry even if his tummy rumbles very loud.
¿Donde quedo la versión para la consola virtual de Wii?
18:15 Ow, my poor ears...
I really love the Tengen port of the nes 💖
DAMN! the acorn archimedes version has god-tier bass!
Me gustó mucho :D
The Atari STe and Falcon versions weren't included. They were modern, hobbyist ports, but they are quite good. The Falcon port is sadly unfinished, though.