Baby Pac-Man Arcade Gameplay Video - In Depth - Pinball and Video!

[@danbee998]

A quartet of guys in their 30s would come to my local Chuck E. Cheese's in the 80s and play this game and Jr. Pac-Man. They would tilt the machine backward and get a free power pellet. One of them commented the machine was much heavier than other arcade cabinets of the era. I was young. Some of the guys tilted the machine for me once or twice. I recall not enjoying the video version of Pac-Man compared to other Pac-Man games in the arcade. However, what a great innovation in arcade games!

[@pgj1997]

This just sprung into my mind. I think it would make more sense if the ball was yellow, to give the illusion that Pac-man is in the pinball table (you do play the pinball part by going down in that direction, so why not?).

[@randallross420]

gold?

[@pgj1997]

@@randallross420 I was just thinking a regular ball bearing spray painted yellow.

[@randallross420]

@@pgj1997 Nice

[@aperfectcreation]

baby pacman for 3DS! i imagine this game in the handled, using both screens

[@Chronon88]

"I would never get rid of it" then he did it anyway...

[@Johnsarcade]

Yeah, I miss it.

[@ChescoYT]

+John's Arcade Game Reviews & Tech How much did it sell for, im curious to maybe get one in the future when I get established.

[@evrcbell]

Usually this game retails for around $3,000.

[@Johnsarcade]

Rickey Bell uh, no.

[@xxoxia]

Why did you get rid of it??

[@StarworldsarcadePat]

Great video! We took our Baby Pac-man to Big Bang this year in Ottumwa IA for our Pac-man Birthday room and so many people loved. Some said they never played it when it was out back in the 80's. Pac-man-Pat

[@OurFunHouse]

Wow! Took me waaay back watching this 👍🏼 Our JCPenneys store had a small arcade beside the catalog ordering area. My mom would sit and look through the catalog for what seemed like hours while I played this game. Thanks for the video! Lots of fun 😀

[@123allrock]

To say we used to anoy the arcade owner when we found that if hold player 1 and player 2 while powering on the game puts it in free play mode was an understatement not sure if all the baby pac software has this feature :) so might not work on all games might be worth trying on Granny And The Gators as well

[@xxoxia]

My muscles were tensing up during the pinball game, haha. I used to love playing this when I was a kid. I miss 80s arcades.

[@evrcbell]

I remember playing this game at Giovanni;s Pizza in Granite Falls NC as a kid. This was such a classic cool arcade game. Kids these days often ask, "What's an arcade?" The sparkle in their eyes gives me the idea to open a retro/nostalgic arcade room.

[@wendyokoopa7048]

Rickey Bell my dream but we need qbert and after burner delxue

[@wendyokoopa7048]

Please add qbert. I don't know how long blissey can hold off sweetie snout

[@SuperNintendoGameboy]

The Punch-Out Arcade music really added to explaining the game

[@detonator2112]

Baby Pac-Man and Gravitar side-by-side. That's just amazing. Two of my favorite machines ever. Both seriously underrated games.

[@MrMegaManFan]

Played this a few times in the arcade when I was 8 or 9 years old, then never saw it again until a classic video game convention a few years ago. Still as fun (and as HARD) as I remember it. I wish someone would find a way to emulate the back and forth between the Pac field and pinball field!

[@CaptAwesumNo1Zone]

Wish Pinball FX on the Switch put out this table, the last one they did was Indiana Jones and that was a few years ago I think they stopped

[@BenJabituya]

Takes me back to Show Biz Pizza and Challenge Arcade in Reading, PA. A game way ahead of its time,

[@brandohim]

My favorite game of all time!!

[@lordbemylight]

If you listened closely, the sound effects in the pinball portion are similar to the sounds in Bubbles.

[@catissogoodbutmestup]

man, keep up the great work, love every video you made and looking forward to your next project

[@fernandosalas8589]

Never heard of baby pacman pinball where have I been 😔 i lived in NYC all my life and played arcade games and now I see baby pacman pinball.

[@williamwalkup988]

I see this game one time as a teenager. Never saw one again. Thanks for the showing.

[@nyastclair8174]

If you still miss this machine and want to be able to play it. Look into Visual Pinball X, it is indeed on there. It's behaves and looks just like the real machine. It's amazing.

[@SuperJustinChannel]

I remember watching this all the time back in the day.

[@benthesane]

They have this at an arcade close to me. I love binge playing this game. It’s super addictive

[@christopherzdebski5259]

This is crazy but fun the mazes are tough without the pellets and the ghosts are smarter the pinball’s the key it all just played this last night at Barcade in NYC great game!

[@Underappreciatedclassics]

We got one of these machines at a retrocade. It’s currently down for maintenance but I wanted to see how it works

[@jamesb8305]

My favorite game at Showbiz back in the day.

[@Fooblestheclown1]

Baby pac is the ultamate game to have for your rec room. It's small and doesn't take up much room. It's both a video game and a pinball machine, it looks nice! And it's probably worth a lot of money. Damn you have some fun toys. I have a pinball machine in my rec room, but I would gladly trade it in for a baby pac!

[@willierants5880]

It is a cool game. Thanks for this break down of its game play. It's not a super obvious game to just walk up to an play so this video really helped.

[@Johnsarcade]

The site is back up! Had some issues with my host. Thanks!

[@charlesajones77]

While it's true you can't play this in MAME, you CAN play it in Visual Pinball. I have no idea how they managed to pull that off, but I've played it, so I know it does work.

[@billytherobot]

wonderful video john. nice arcade too. i used to love to play baby pac man at the drive in. i was never any good...i just loved to see both formats of play in 1 game. you did an amazing job investing time to make yours look great. nice work fellow enthusiast!!..billy

[@wendyokoopa7048]

billytherobot I first played this game at the same type of venue

[@oopopp]

I remember playing this in my local bowling alley as a kid... the pinball was REALLY hard to play as the board had almost a 90 degree tilt... lol...

[@1027328]

Awesome video! Thanks so much - just the right level of play for us to follow - and as you noted, really kicked butt on the table there.... Thanks again!

[@chrisTorts]

Sick punch out theme going on In the background

[@tnpshow]

Nice vid Blkdog! Is the right green 'when lit' lamp stuck on? Shorted transistor maybe?

[@logan-el6hl]

0:14 bro there's literally a midways bubbles arcade machine but it is robotron 2084

[@NycetaScan]

Thank you so much for showing this video!! You have a very nice arcade set up!! :)

[@HelloKittyFanMan.]

Well, it's Pac-Man down in the pinball area too; just a different version than _regular_ Pac-Man. Well, even the video part isn't exactly _regular_ Pac-Man, but it comes close. Right?

[@yourbretherend]

I have one too, I got it in almost perfect condition

[@jwaughtal]

7:16 i would rage if i had a couple pellets left and got a game over

[@SuperTrainStationH]

This would be an excellent choice for Nintendo's Dual Screen system, but of course there's nothing like the real thing. Great vid. Thanks for using a tripod. :P

[@MrBwallach]

Wow that baby pac is in good condition. do you have any pictures of when you first got it? . I haven't seen or herd of to many baby pacs being in good condition. You did say you had put a lot of work into . How long and what condition was it in when you got it?

[@525Lines]

Takes me back to the Campus Casino Pizza place in Bloomington.

[@Johnsarcade]

525Lines Good ole U of I! :)

[@wendyokoopa7048]

525Lines mustang drive in

[@Christoph777]

That garage of yours looks so 80s with all the arcade game machines. It reminds me of the scene in the new 3D Tron movie, you should put in Journey music.

[@dcompose]

I've always wanted this game.

[@NekoValtz]

I have a few questions. What do the holes next to the tunnel and fruits ramps do? Also what happens if you light tunnel more than once in one go?

[@CaptAwesumNo1Zone]

It gives you power ups for the video game portions

[@TheCRTman]

Ah, man. This game looks so awesome! I subbed to you. I've actually been watching your videos before I had this account. Awesome review!

[@jslime]

Awesome video man, l've never seen one of these in person but would sure like to one day. Great video and l loved seeing it in action - l've only ever seen pictures. Thanks man!

[@wendyokoopa7048]

jslime this and after burner delxue are on my cabinet bucket list

[@aceofspades3026]

The gameplay is actually satisfying not gonna lie

[@1Soniccool]

Baby Pacman can be layed on PinMAME if you have the rom and Pinball

[@tony714keene]

hey john arcade what happen to your arcade website what happen to the Japanese arcade that you had two parts of the computer boards and hard ware stuff about the arcade machine

[@nrdesign1991]

I usually hate that baby/cutification stuff, but that machine just kicks ass!

[@Juliusabcd]

that looks awesome!

[@MissAshley42]

I never knew this existed until a few years ago. It's pretty rad!

[@solonsaturngaming3727]

How much is a cab? Inalways wanted to try it out, love pinball and pacman

[@StevenShields29]

Great review. Haha, 6:05 "Oh, shit, oh SHIT! Ahhh, fuck.

[@hoobsarenoobs]

4:12 to add to that, the ghost ai could’ve been better too.

[@wilholloway7876]

Actually, you can play it in Visual Pinball via VPinMAME.

[@pythonfan1]

I used to laugh at the flatulent noise each time a blue monster was gobbled up the first time I played this game when I was kid. I did get my quarter's worth, however.

[@jamierose9095]

How much can you nudge that table? I'd imagine it'd be a lot heavier than a standard sized table what with the cabinet attached. Also judging by the angle of the flippers, catch and hold looks impossible.

[@ChescoYT]

TYSM for this vid! Ive never seen the game before, never knew it existed. You did an AMAZING job on explaining how it works!

[@DTailorUK]

That's an amazing arcade machine!

[@mrgutchman]

hey john, which of your videos has you saying that some arcade game of yours was down for the count?

[@Johnsarcade]

I sold it! :) I do miss it, though. If I so another cheap I'd probably jump on it.

[@GUCFan]

Is there other games like that? That were special like this one with its pinball part and Journey with the cassette player? Any other games like that?

[@Johnsarcade]

+emmanu888 There were a few video game/pinball games. Granny and the Gators and also Caveman. There were other games with cassette players too. Thief is one and Two Tigers had an 8-track player.

[@vaderbase]

I am reading the birth of an icon and there is no pic of this machine. I could not imagine what it looks like. Thx for this vid.

[@MisterE80]

I've actually played this on Visual Pinball on my computer!

[@ArcadeSilva]

Do you still have this arcade machine/pinball?

[@Itsaslotmachine]

Such a cool game and it’s my first time seeing it 🎰

[@bigbusa1]

What do you think a decent example is worth now?

[@ItalicAlec]

Oddly I’d actually like to see more gameplay on this one! Cool game!

[@tigerrocks503chase8]

He sadly sold it.

[@BenjaminHeels]

I know you get this question a lot, but where do you get your games? Do you own them or are they rented? Thanks

[@Casper1563]

@TheCaptiannaitpac yes, it's the sound

[@eins2001]

I actually got this working in Future Pinball!

[@KanedaJones]

what is the game interrupting you around 2:10?????????? I spent the day both wracking my brain about it and playing youtube vids of old arcade games to find the answer myself but I cant.

[@bartholomew9999]

Can you actually earn extra men (baby pac-men) by hitting that middle blue target six times? Is this confirmed? I played a machine that never gave extra men even when I hit the blue target several times, lighting all the arrows and the extra pac-man light was flashing and I hit it again. Does the software allow for a “no extra men” playing mode? Thanks.

[@allrock1238]

Used play this and granny and the gators quite a lot think they are both the same system ,, hold down the 1 and 2 player start buttons when the game powers up for an interesting surprise that was not very popular feature for arcade operators (so long as the game is not on free play as you won't notice)

[@SummerFunMan]

...But then ya got rid of it anyway! :-< Wow, interesting that more of your arcade was in the garage than in the basement back in those days. I really like the vid./pin. combo! Oh, but so actually the video part *isn't* just Pac Man in the truest sense.

[@adrianshapiro5273]

I thought I ha imagined this game cause I hadn't seen it since I was like 4 or 5 I'm glad to know I'm not crazy

[@wendyokoopa7048]

Adrian Shapiro same here for years I considered this and after burner delxue figments of my imagination

[@larrynguyen5397]

John how did you saw the bad word when you lose don't saw that?

[@TechBoyzYT]

Why are the games in the garage? Did you move them? I could look at older videos but that takes time.

[@pinballdan]

+Tech Boyz Team Really old video I think before he had made his basement arcade!!!

[@trollsome]

I saw this in can can wonderland but it was out of order.

[@lysergickfuneralproc]

Thanks so much for the video. Okay 40 I try to tell younger people about things & this machine is a hard one to believe! But so is self addressed envelopes & how we used to get shit just from sending in a few UPC codes. Anyway,it's a shame this never caught on but I also value Ray it didn't and makes this machine that much more unique. Between this machine,Dragon's Lair & Joust, I could wash a family's clothes in the laundry mat I played those titles at for over 2 years. \m/

[@GameBot2000]

This is actually really cool!

[@Wargoat6]

Those pellets last like what, 2 seconds? Still loved this game when I was a kid!

[@snowyicicle1335]

He advanced the fruits/stages too

[@allrock1238]

Something to try ,, that made the arcade owner I discovered it on quite angry ,, game set on normal coin play ,, turn the game off ,, hold down 1 and 2 player start and while still holding down both power up the game ,, and it will be in free play mode ,, was told this does not work with all rom versions give it a try... may also work on granny and the gators.

[@Chronon88]

+Allrock123 not that cool to touch the power button of someone else's cabinet like that in an arcade... (but nice to know, heh)

[@Protopat_Prints]

How big video screen it looks like a smaller screen then most arcades.

[@Paulywint]

I played this game back in the day

[@zacparsons790]

Do. You have one still or. Are getting another one

[@rimple1158]

It can be played in mame and visual pinball now in 2019 everyone should try

[@mariobermudez1228]

Wow, this looks pretty damn fun, actually... I would love to play this! Are there other arcade game/pinball game hybrids like this? I've personally never seen anything like it before, it's a cool combo!

[@Johnsarcade]

Mario Bermudez Check out Granny and the Gators. Very similar to Baby Pac. Man, I miss this game. :(

[@pinballdan]

+John's Arcade Game Reviews & Tech I like when you said you would not SELL IT haha Get another one John! I want another one as well! Frustrating hard game!! BTW you can play it in Visual Pinball !! :-)

[@pinballdan]

OK..I got another one now :-)

[@NadrianATRS]

Do you know how many times you say ok?

[@gameingretro881]

abot how much efot did they put in that?

[@muddyduck64]

OMG.. What was that theme song playing at the first of the vid? It sounded soooo familiar..... Popeye?

[@benjaminvlz]

Punch-Out!! from Nintendo.

[@QuackAttackPodcasts]

Great Video! Thank you.

[@SuperJustinChannel]

You got a great arcade room. :D

[@steviepat01]

I might get one. I have allready the pacman ms pac and super pac cabs

[@burrri]

how much do these cost anw? arent each cabin like 300 pounds? wt r u rich?

[@D4ftChunk]

id love one of these whats the chances picking one up in the uk?

[@matthewrivera5923]

This game CAN be played via emulation if you use Visual Pinball/Visual PinMAME.

[@willow6969696969]

thanks for the video I agree that it is a tough game didn't realize that as a kid just liked that it combined the two elements I think they should of had tunnels at the top and the ghosts should stay dead a lot longer . anywho thanks

[@toddbiesel4288]

The first hybrid game?

[@VilaToro64]

Aww man when i get older i wanna have an arcade room