Classic Game Room - SUPER PAC-MAN arcade game review

[@pacthesir]

10 Years later and this review never gets old, this game is amazing

[@vicviper592]

What's also ironic is that melons can also be used to brew beer as well. I also like how Stage 15 on Super Pac-Man is a maze full of Galboss, aka Galaxian Flagships. It's funny how on most Namco games that everytime they make a cameo as a bonus item, it's food related. Like on most of the Dig Dug games, where they appear as "Vegetables".

[@adamd3441]

There are actually official versions on the Commodore 64 and MS-DOS.

[@TheRealDustinNunn]

I have Super Pac-Man on my Pac-Man Museum game for my PS3 and I love it. Super Pac-Man is also playable on Ms. Pac-Man: Special Color Edition for the Game Boy Color and the Namco Museum series.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

Namco regards _this_ title as the true sequel to _Pac-Man_. Midway created _Ms. Pac-Man_, _Pac-Man Plus_, _Baby Pac-Man_, _Jr. Pac-Man_ and the rather oddball _Professor Pac-Man_ all without Namco's consent (and thus ending the relationship between Namco and Midway in 1984) and, except for _Ms. Pac-Man_, have not been acknowledged as canon to the Pac-Man universe.

[@hitachicordoba]

+ClassicTVMan1981X Pac Man EU Legends lol

[@jackiexkh]

But Pac-Jr, Pac-Baby, and Professor Pac all appear in later official games. Even Chomp Chomp, Pac-Man's dog from the cartoon, appears in later official games.

[@sling-b]

They're supposed to be melons, not hops.

[@GregzVR]

"This machine claims to want 25 cents, but I'm just gonna give it the finger." LMAO.

[@scottbakanumba1heathen313]

Super Pac was played a few times on the early 80s arcade gameshow "Starcade".

[@bcsuda]

Mark, you're really good at classic arcade games. It's nice to see your skills on display here with a few narrow escapes!

[@pinballmonk115]

I have a full upright Super Pacman machine in my dining room. Such an under-rated game. I'm really excited that you did a review of this game that nobody seems to care about. I care, and I really appreciate the Vectrex reviews you do too, love my Vectrex.

[@kenwheeler3637]

A prototype for the 5200 was found and released by AtariAge several years ago. There's also a homebrew for the 7800. Bother are very good versions.

[@DTM-Books]

Ken Wheeler We had Super Pac-Man (5200 rip) on Atari 8-bit back in the 1980s. A really great version that wasn"t released due to the market crash.

[@MasterJim2020]

I remember having 1 of those plug and play systems, and I used to play Super Pac-Man on it a lot. Super Pac-Man is awesome and fun. 👏🏻

[@reztoc]

Sorry, bro. Those aren't hops. Those are Japanese melons.

[@psistis80]

I have this on my PSone in a collection called Namco Museum 2.

[@Cumbercuke]

There was a version of this on the Ms. pac man game boy color game. That's the only place I have heard of this.

[@patsfan4life]

Logan Benton c64 & MS DOS had official ports

[@ThunderFist1978]

In level 10, I believe those are Japanese musk melons. As for Super Pac-Man's not being commercially successful, that might owe in fact to the presence of Ms. Pac-Man, which was not the official sequel, and to this day Namco does not acknowledge it in most compilations. Midway took the idea for Crazy Otto and turned it into Ms. Pac-Man, then turned the rights to Ms. Pac-Man over to Namco, and it wasn't the last time they abused the Pac-Man license. Once Pac-Land was out, Midway lost the license.

[@hdofu]

It got a game boy color release as a bonus game bundled with ms Pac-Man special edition

[@TheyCallMeSledge]

My favorite Pac-Man game of all. I've never had the privilege of seeing the actual arcade cabinet of it though. I've only played it various home consoles and the Game Boy Color.

[@dawn3076]

Anyway have you heard of Pac Hero? It's like Pac Man but a fun 'superhero' version !!

[@pollyisagoodbird]

Probably the only Pac-Man game I'm actually good at. I scored over 300,000 at my local barcade once. I was about 20,000 points away from beating the current record there.

[@SonofMrPeanut]

If you like this game (or hate it but love the concept), I would highly recommend Pac & Pal.

[@tschak909]

One really great tip with Super Pac-Man is that when you are super sized, eating the power pellets resets the super timer, so you can stay big, and combined with super speed (and perfect reflexes), you can clean up the maze _VERY_ quickly.

[@TheCompletionist]

I remember playing this game at my local arcade back in the 80's, my small community did indeed have an arcade, and I think that was the only place where I ever had a chance to play it. I don't think I've ever seen the machine ever again.

[@Detroit_Dawg]

Wow, never heard of this game until just now! Thanks for bringing it to light!

[@yamigekusu]

My all-time favorite video game

[@Nic_2751]

Cool

[@xxcrysad3000xx]

Is the "cutter" in the coin mechanism (:44) there to cut quarters with strings tied to them? I remember having one as a kid.

[@garu629]

Are you thinking of Baby Pac-Man? That was the one that was half pinball. And I'd love to see Mark review that one! Pac-Man Jr. is the one where the screen is about 3X the width and across right and left as you play in the arcades.

[@Jerberjer]

5:15 just fyi, those are Yubari melons...basically very fancy cantalopes that are really popular (and expensive) in japan.

[@xXxluigimaster69xXx]

This game is actually also a part of this cool little Pac-Man arcade console thingy that I found at a store once, which came with 4 Pac-Man titles. It's the only reason I actually know about this game.

[@julianchrobak-prince1915]

5:12 Those are hami melons, Mark.

[@Optimalillusion]

Kinda like Honeydews.

[@TheGachaGourmand]

Cantaloupes :3

[@avenuePad]

The Namco Pac Man Tournament app for Android currently has a Google/Android themed tournament, where the bonus "fruit" are all the different versions of Android, i.e. cupcake, donut, eclair, froyo, gingerbread, honeycomb, ice cream sandwich, and jelly bean. This tournament has bonus rounds that remind me very much of the bonus rounds in Super Pac Man. Anyway, Super Pac Man is a favourite of mine. I have very fond memories of this one from bitd. :)

[@michaelesparza4308]

It’s awesome that arcade1up made this cabinet again.

[@brianloveless2717]

Always one of my favourites back in the day.

[@fastbreak333]

Actually, I remember this game by the Game Boy Color Port. It was on Ms. Pac Man Special Color Edition and I used to play both games all the time. I also doesn't understand why it's not as popular.

[@Darmalarm777]

This game was in a Ms Pacman Collection on Gameboy Color, I played it when I was a teen. Pretty fun game.

[@jupreindeer]

I actually once found this game in the wild. 1990-something. Between the power pellets, SUPER pellets, speed and fewer 'dots', I literally grew bored past the half hour mark on the first quarter.

[@anactualking]

L

[@RodsPinballVideos]

Yeah this is a great game. Nice strategy involved to maximise your scoring. The only problem I have is that it hurts my hand after playing a couple of games. When you become Super, the joystick really needs to be jammed around hard to go where you want.

[@jdteney]

Loved the woo's! You should include more shots of you playing the games rather then just the footage of the game.

[@talkingbmw6194]

0:20 DOUGHNUTS

[@DeViLzzz2006]

I totally agree ... totally UNDERRATED !

[@zanegandini5350]

I'm actually more familiar with the Gameboy Color version. Looking at the arcade version, it's pretty damn close to the original.

[@sdimedriver27]

Super pacman was on the atari 7800 and i think commodor, I used to own this cab and i miss it now.

[@ELGordoLoKo]

I had never heard of the or played the game up until last year when i went to a bar called Recess they have various arcade machines there but one particular arcade machine had about 20 games in it to choose from and Super Pac-Man was one of them. I thought it was weird and cool that it was different from regular pac-man

[@Dapperfex]

I never knew that Melons looked like hops until Mark told me. CGR is fun AND educational!

[@Dukefazon]

That thing looks like the savegame icon for Dead Or Alive 2 on the PS2. That round stuff with a stem on top. It must be some kind of exotic fruit. Osage Orange, maybe?

[@ViewtifulJosh388]

5:00 "It doesn't get any closer than that" Well played, well said! :D

[@alex3rd11]

I used to have this game on a plug n play when i was in the first grade and it was always my favorite Pacman game ^-^ God i miss this game

[@theluisman250]

5:15 They are supposed to be melons

[@spartonberry]

Wasn't Super Pac-Man included in the Genesis version of Pac-Man 2? (replacing Ms. Pac-Man from the SNES version, likely due to that the Tengen Ms. Pac-Man had been released prior to that on Genesis but not until later on SNES).

[@SlackerKite]

Oh my god people tell me I'm crazy because I remember this as one of the first arcade games I ever played and I could never find a pac-man where he became big and shattered walls. Thank you!

[@leecroft2011lc]

Mark should really try out Pac-Man Championship Edition DX on Xbox Live Arcade (not sure if he has already, if not he should) It's still one of my favorite Xbox Arcade games. Wish Sony would get their hands on it and put in on the PlayStation Store for the Vita. It would work so well for the PS Vita, ideal for an handheld.

[@kei_nishimaru]

Actually, there is a home console version from the 2000s, Namco Museum Virtual Arcade for Xbox 360.

[@papabare1977]

I totally agree that Super Pacman is under rated. There was an arcade machine at a pizza parlor where I grew up and I loved playing it.

[@xkupox]

There are lots of reviewers with modern games and less with classic games. People seem to forget about older games and want the newest stuff because it looks better, even though graphics don't make the game but gameplay does.

[@Bloodreign1]

Super Pac-Man did see a Gameboy Color port, came on the Ms Pac-Man Color Edition for the handheld.

[@NotWatching666999]

What a cool find. I have only seen it 1 time in person.

[@canuck21]

What's the music that comes after the red-eyed squirrel production credit?

[@garu629]

I wish it would show up again... it would work well on the new wide screen TVs too!

[@ggeorge747]

There was a homebrew made for the 7800. It's at the AtariAge .com store.

[@JasonMabone]

I have never heard of this game ever in my life!! Wow. Totally new to me!

[@excalibur2k4]

I had this game for my Atari 800XL home computer. It was to be released for the Atari 5200 & the XL/XE computers, but never happened. It got leaked into "the wild".

[@amuzulo]

I used to love this game, thanks for covering it!!

[@dementedwarlok]

If you remember the slot machine also appeared is ridge racer.

[@ramirezharrier]

Wait, how did he get that el camino into the house? Or is in the garage?

[@renefigueroa6309]

Apparently, the Midway version slowed down the super speed compared to the original Namco version

[@Gloop97]

I'm a long time fan of CGR and the squirrel means something to us. fans CGR is nothing without the squirrel.

[@POKEGAMERZ-uy5lv]

I have this game on my Pacman Plug and Play and I can make it to like level 10 or 11 before I get game over. Hey Mark. Have U tried Pacman Plus and Pac & Pal?

[@cpov1]

The GBC Ms. PacMan port has Super PacMan on it

[@Peppiinait]

Mark has clearly put some hours into this game. Enjoyed the review.

[@ThomasMetal75]

I have this game on my 276-1 multicarcade. It's extremely addictive!

[@metroidfannumber1234]

it seems like they wanted to do the key and door thing with the original pac-man because of the key and lock being in the original pac-man bonus items, and that this game is the realization of that concept.

[@briand624]

Namco Museum Megamix for the Wii includes Super PacMan as well as PacMan Plus and Pac and Pal

[@steviepat01]

I got one and absolutely love it!! I also have a DK, Centupede and street fighter 2 champ edition.

[@jerbojones]

Love your reviews man.

[@LeoMidori]

FunFact: this game was featured in the tournament finale at the end of the 1983 movie Joysticks, a titty comedy that heavily leeched off the arcade craze at the time, but also unfortunately came when the 1983 console market was crashed. It's a terrible movie, but if you happen to like terrible movies and want some T&A with your Super Pac Man then give it a looksee. :D

[@Njenkin]

Never seen this one before. Currently playing Pac-Mania on my phone. Pac Man eats Shoes? Who knew? Even now I'm discovering new things about the man.

[@RamieTV]

Those are melons with the stem still attached, you can buy em like that in japan.

[@stevethefishdotnet]

Super Pac Man was ahead of its time. We were expecting simple games with Pac Man, and Super Pac Man was a complex game. It's a great game, but it just mixed it up too much. Also, those are melons, the kind that Hokkaido are famous for. The top part are the vines in which they are cut from. Japanese often depict melons in this way.

[@FastTquick]

I think a game like this deserves another chance. I think when Namco makes another remake of Pac-Man, they should include a remake of Super Pac-Man included as an extra game mode.

[@computerkid1416]

Funny enough, I've been playing Super Pac Man for 8 years now on my 60 in 1 cab, and just now found out you could use the button to gain super speed. I always assumed it was joystick only like the original.

[@PEULLEOSEU]

"Donuts." best way to start off a review

[@jodyjohnson265]

Don't forget about the plug-in play version from jacks pacific.

[@OdaSwifteye]

I've, never heard of this one. I think I've seen the cabinet somewhere but it was normal pacman game. This is kind of a strange one. I was never any good at normal pacman I wonder if this is easier or harder?

[@ChadwellJ]

They're melons, the t-shaped stem is an art icon of making elaborate and good-looking fruit as a tradition for gifts in Japan.

[@ELGordoLoKo]

Mark you should do a review on this 4 player battle Pac-Man im not sure what its called but its 4 players its almost exactly like the recent pac-man championship dx

[@JetFire0422]

Super Pacman did show up on the Ms. Pac Man Gameboy/Color edition

[@nobullet]

Made by Namco. Midway was the distributer

[@leternity2003]

Super PAC man was included in the gameboy release of ms PAC man.

[@Bonniebroski]

Kevin Welles Gameboy Color to be exact.

[@pinballmonk115]

Jr. Pac is my all time favorite in the series

[@Robizoid]

I think there was a home version of Super Pac-Man, but only on the 5200, & it's rather pricey on ebay. But yeah, this game kicks ass.

[@christopherarcher5271]

Probably one of the most difficult pac-man game it would been cool if super pac had a cape in the actual gameplay the music and sounds got better

[@tomapple64]

Jr PacMan actually was successful commercially somewhat it was successful enough to actually get a console port on the atari 2600 back around when the game came out, Super Pacman didn't which it was going to have a port on the atari 5200 but it was cancelled

[@pinballmonk115]

just wanted to add that i grew up with Super Pacman on commodore64. If i didn't I'm not sure if i would have the machine now. :)

[@videogameobsession]

I like to call him "Evil Otto" the Squirrel. Though I'm not sure if Mark has a name for him.

[@matthewlane518]

Baby Pac-Man is my favorite version of the game! Pinball and video game👍it was hard I use to play it at showbiz pizza

[@ChrisCa1601]

This game is now part of HAMSTER Corp's Arcade Archives series.

[@paulmodjeski8958]

There Atari 5200 prototypes of Super Pac Man. Super Pac-Man is extremely well made. I consider one of the best arcade ports for the system too bad it was never released.

[@cadenhancock5]

i have a home console version of this game,but it came with three other pacman games

[@NightSprinter]

Technically, it WAS going to be on the 5200 (or at least on Atari's 8-bit computers), but never happened. It got released on the C64, and it came out on the PS2 in the poorly-sold Namco Museum Vol 2.

[@capam15]

no but i have and love that one it was on the original gameboy