Comparison of 2019 vs. 2024 Pac-Man | Basic Fun Arcade Classics AGAIN in 2024!

[@SoulforSale]

Brings back the nostalgia for 2019

[@CP200S]

😂

[@philipdefibaugh5683]

My Walmart still does NOT have this re-release. 😢

[@b.o.4492]

Looking forward to this. Thank you for doing the video!

[@shadchandler3503]

New wave just came out with golden tee, it looks 👀killer.😍

[@edwardmclaughlin719]

True. But also, a wallet killer. GOLDEN TEE X REPLICADE + REAL ARCADE TRAK-BALL STICK™ BUNDLE $399.99 $249 by itself.

[@KristianWontroba]

Definitely the colors with the side cabinet art on the 2024 model looks less saturated/more muted than the older release. Great comparison review!

[@Bears9McMahon]

2019 screen looks better

[@bland9876]

At first I thought it was just The camera angle but when he was playing each game individually It still seems worse.

[@CyberKnight1]

On camera, the screen looks a little different; the older one looked like the maze was a deeper blue than the newer one, which looked a little more washed out. But you said they looked the same to you, so I have to wonder if that's a function of how the camera picks up the different screen technologies. (My 20-second googling says the TFT screen tends to be brighter, more vibrant, higher refresh rate, and higher power consumption -- could be interesting to test battery life between the two.)

[@operationshutdown155]

Thank you for investigating this!

[@tomevil6]

Twins born in different years........

[@Broooo136]

Do you see something with the old arcade in the new arcade how the screens are different? It’s harder to see in 2024 arcade. 6:19

[@TheKurtsPlaceChannel]

Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.

[@jayme69]

To my eyes the 2024 screen looks more washed out but that may just have been the angle? Great video as always Jon and a word to Basic Fun ... "Friends Don't Ghost Friends" :-) Keep up the awesome work!

[@GenXGrownUp]

It does seem to have a bit more light bleed around the edge. But being so far apart, even if the screens are unchanged, they're very likely a different run and possibly even a different supplier.

[@WhatsOnMyShelf]

@@GenXGrownUp I wonder if this could be alleviated with some electrical tape around the edges.

[@ZMAN_420]

They are extremely close looking. Great Video Jon!

[@bw3230]

I'll be honest as cool as this looks I wish we would get some of the other Pacman games like Pac-Mania which I have fond memories of. I remember going to Pizza Hut with my grandparents and they had a Pac-Mania arcade machine. Pac & Pal, Jr. Pac-Man and Super Pac-man would be awesome too. What would really be cool is if they made a replica of the Baby Pac-man game which was a pinball/arcade game hybrid.

[@tedadamgreen]

Thanks for another great review and comparison!

[@f05xd.36]

We are so back baby! :D

[@Jagm177-f9o]

These small systems are becoming more like the real thing.

[@LittleJoeTheMoonlightCat]

Inky is smaller on the new model, Same face just smaller. Yeah The 🟨 is different, The new one is Mustard 🟨.My dad was a PAC-MAN Wizard, MS. PAC-MAN too.

[@LoganKnowsItAll]

Hopefully they can do more arcades

[@GCJACK83]

I don't know if it's the recording angle, but the 2024 unit's screen looked brighter than the 2019 one.

[@GenXGrownUp]

It also has some more light bleed around the edges. Even if it's the same type of screen, coming five years later it's almost certainly from a different run and maybe even a different supplier.

[@dustheg]

I always had high hopes for this line. Again target has these and have head them nonstop since they stopped selling them. I wished it was going to be one more when they did mortal Kombat with different decades of games like maybe one of the gun games like Terminator or or something maybe a racing wheel game like pole position possibly other food old school arcade games including a couple vector based ones like major havoc. They should really have just kept this going cause for me it was the last real enjoyable hunt I had looking in Walmart toy aisle for new games to add to my small arcade collection. Oh well

[@clumaster]

screens look a bit different between the two, the older version screen looks a bit darker.

[@retrovoid75]

Do a Comparison Between My Arcade and Tiny Arcade Galaxian plz ;)

[@Johnenoch226]

Basic Fun should connect with you Jon. My Arcade has prospered because of your support. I’m heading to Vero in early June any suggestions for fishing and dining? Thanks!

[@GenXGrownUp]

It could be they're not doing anything more with the line and so don't have anything to talk to me about, but even THAT would be information! 😁 Vero's several hours south of me, so afraid I don't have any regional knowledge of that chunk of Florida to make recommendations. Have a fun trip!

[@Josh-so1ld]

Hey Jon i know this is off topic but could you review the Oregon trail handheld? I got recommended your micro video and was wondering if you could do the other

[@GenXGrownUp]

That's the Basic Fun one, right?

[@Josh-so1ld]

@@GenXGrownUpYeah

[@christopherpennington106]

Last time I was in the Walmart toy section was with a screaming kid not mine in 2002

[@OldManTheseDays]

Could you imagine being handed one of these in say, 1982? I would’ve lost my mind.

[@jimpacersfan]

So have you heard the rumor that Basic Fun might be producing a 3/4 to full size arcade cabinet and it is rumored it might be Centipede.

[@GenXGrownUp]

I have not. Do you have a source? You can DM me on Twitter or Discord with any links to news outlets with info I can research.

[@mattmason4510]

I have that one. and yes I love it.

[@BrookeandCorey]

Hey Jon it’s Jayden I really like this that basic pun is back at it

[@markebrowne]

The screens are different by a lot. I like to 2019 screen so much better. The other little differences don't bother me.

[@michaeljordan6008]

The screen on the 2019 is much better, no backlight leakage as compared to the 2024.

[@JumboJosh-lv3mo]

I got this one because of the original review you made, so keep that in mind. I love how the fact you play 2 stages and stopped playing after it int the original review. You’d be better off playing the 2600 version, you’d be better off playing the gameboy version, you’d be better off playing the Coleco tabletop. After level 4 the ghost don’t flicker white. The game has random ghost AI, the 2609 version doesn’t have random ghost AI! Playing the #1 is better!

[@GenXGrownUp]

👌

[@TheBertLocker]

“Don’t ghost me.”

[@stewbacca2119]

Great video, as usual, even if a tad anticlimactic. :)

[@GenXGrownUp]

I know it. Not all news is great news. 😝

[@mikesilva3868]

​@@GenXGrownUpagreed ❤

[@jessragan6714]

2024 seems to have a brighter screen. You said it was TFT, right? What I'd like to see is a re-release of the MyArcade Namco Museum, with a controller that doesn't stink. That's its main issue... the controls are kind of naff.

[@GenXGrownUp]

It also has a bit more light bleed around the edges. They're so close - and even if they're the same, being five years apart they are at the very least from a different batch or maybe even supplier.

[@WhatsOnMyShelf]

The new screen has a poor backlight situation going on. Maybe they are making these with cheaper parts to squeeze a few dollars more out of the license/

[@GenXGrownUp]

Perhaps. Certainly more light bleed around the edges.

[@hardkoregamer1981]

Good stuff Jon 👍

[@TylerPowers-x3z]

The arcade classics Pac-Man game is the Coleco version and the Qbert arcade classics is the nes version of the game but centipede is its own version of the game

[@GenXGrownUp]

Coleco version?

[@ctbinary42]

Hope this vid gets Basic Fun to realize the interest in these. You might get a call from them in a few days 🤞

[@GenXGrownUp]

Fingers crossed!

[@katmacoconnor]

Waka-waka-waka!

[@chrissczuroski66]

You think any new titles are going to be released? Considering they did this. Maybe something new coming?

[@GenXGrownUp]

At the moment it's a toss-up.

[@prefeitobear9209]

Is it a 8 direction stick or 4?

[@GenXGrownUp]

It may be an 8, but has a four-directional restrictor pattern molded into the control panel's case.

[@71spazz]

The tops look different by the marquee.

[@GamerAlexYT]

Basic fun basically used the same ROM

[@BorisSelene-jc6tr]

do the rg353 m? please i am a big fan of

[@wasakawakawaka2028]

I love your videos!

[@GenXGrownUp]

Thank you! I love you for watching! 😁

[@xxx-xf7ks]

basic same fun 😂

[@fco64]

A bit disappointed despite the fact this version himself is solid but the fact the ghosts don't behave correctly is a turn down for me, but if I bought this to have some downscaled fun well I think it's worth it

[@mikesilva3868]

😊cool

[@cryptocoffee13]

Womp womp womp

[@Albendova666]

Basic No Fun

[@bland9876]

TFT panels are worse than IPS so that's the one major difference here.

[@WhatsOnMyShelf]

8:28 Why would a company owe you a reply? I've come to expect all companies to be a faceless non-human entity that only interacts with other faceless non-human entities.

[@GenXGrownUp]

Not my experience. A few companies I've been working with are very personable and open to input, so I afford BF the same assumption.

[@JustinEmlay]

The screen on the new one is horrible!

[@neugey]

Basic Fun is ghosting you about the Pac-Man game. It's like you ate a power pellet!

[@GenXGrownUp]

Haha!

[@ChampippleD]

Not the arcade rom = zero interest. There are already too many ways to play “almost” Pac-Man arcade.

[@GenXGrownUp]

Fair.

[@alkohallick2901]

Another cash grab..

[@GenXGrownUp]

What does "cash grab" even mean? I see that thrown around a lot, but if a company creates something we want, they deserve to be compensated for it and earn revenue. If I've earned cash, I grab it, too - and nothing wrong with that.

[@GenXGrownUp]

@@daleb4148 You put more effort into mean-spirited snark than most commenters I've seen.

[@mikemonk4375]

Meh. Overstock clearance.

[@GenXGrownUp]

It's decidedly not that - brand new this year with a new model number and all, and it's at full price. If you're suggesting it WILL be overstocked and on clearance, I doubt that, too. In all the reports I've gotten, never more than two on the shelf in any given store.

[@GenXGrownUp]

@@daleb4148 You may be missing the point. The findings that the new release is virtually unchanged is the result of the video - not the premise of it.

[@mikemonk4375]

Yeah, but it’s probably the same pcb inside. Just reorder the case with a different date, and rerun the packaging with new slightly modified, screen print.

[@mikemonk4375]

The shot where you had them both together top to top, the highlight reflection kind of made it look like one had a thicker screen bezel than the other, but for all intents and purposes it’s the same product. How are you supposed to play these things anyway? Do you hold them like a handheld, or are you supposed to put them on a surface, and pretend it’s an actual arcade machine?

[@GenXGrownUp]

@@mikemonk4375 They are kind of hybrid - you can hold them in your hand or set on the table as I did in the video. I believe more than anything they're just fun collectibles and display items that also work. 😁