Johnny vs. Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures

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In tonight's episode, I just had to see what else this game had in store after getting a taste of it last week during the charity event. We don't need a Pac-Man Marathon to justify looking at this game, so let's talk Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures.
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[@legendarycryptid2629]

"Also wanna give Pac-Man bonus points for being a father who goes out to get milk and actually comes back." Why does that crack me up?

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

Midnight Towboy flash backs... MIDNIGHT TOWBOY FLASHBACKS!!!

[@idontknowwhattoputhere7017]

That’s better than what my dad did

[@vanadium8865]

@@idontknowwhattoputhere7017 Same :(

[@AnAnimatedGamer]

@@vanadium8865 I wish Pac Man was my dad ;-;

[@EpicFurbynerd76YO]

Damn my dad died

[@Sonicdude6453]

This game must’ve raged John SO HARD during the charity, that he had to review it.

[@EnvyMizuhashi]

YOU HAVE NO IDEA

[@braintwo3398]

Ikr!!

[@SomecallmeJohnny]

Yeah, that's...exactly it.

[@lazykyuubi4300]

Is that Sonic the fucking tank engine!?

[@Mister_Oddity]

DON'T YOU LOVE YOUR WIFE @@SomecallmeJohnny - 2020

[@filletofish2200]

Kirby in america:pissed off Sonic in America:hip and cool with a mohawk Pacman in America:scared shitless

[@expecos1346]

*The Triality Of Man*

[@lordkaijux5262]

Mega Man in America: Why am I a grown man wearing spandex?

[@randytyson]

Bombermqn: obese astronaut

[@esmooth919]

Um... that's not a mohawk... Unless you're referencing early Archie art

[@expecos1346]

@@esmooth919 Nah, it was always a mohawk for almost all of the promotional material in America

[@FletcherReedsRandomness]

Pac-Man’s facial expression on the American cover is him reacting to the Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures games.

[@staticshock4239]

I heard of the games but know nothing about them.

[@ccateni28]

Wait they made games of that show? I know the dash mobile game, but not games released on consoles.

[@pippo17173]

@@ccateni28 there actually somewhat decent but far from what you can get with the pac man world games.

[@doraeguyakaneddie6586]

the cartoon was my childhood and im not sure if thats a good or bad thing

[@BitMan775]

The 3DS one sucked.

[@joelikespotatoes8321]

“Pacman was too depressed to jump”

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

He figured it'd be less painful to die in his sleep.

[@joelikespotatoes8321]

Omg man wtf

[@greenknight9000]

​@@CarbonRollerCaco ...you alright, dude? lmao

[@toonzach2870]

I literally said "The hell?" upon getting this notification. But I guess Johnny is... WAY overdue for covering something from Pac-Man.

[@alysssabear]

I'm still grateful for it regardless

[@eviloverlordgamingminion8793]

I feel like they changed the cover as a warning

[@KingOmega123]

That would explain everything

[@EricGamer87365]

“I’m going to paint his town red” is the best line in this vid.

[@IamaPERSON]

@Carter nice

[@lordkaijux5262]

To me it's: "You're not in control fucker! I am!"

[@zetagundam20x]

Ahh, you know it’s a good day when both Johnny and AVGN both post an episode on the same day!

[@mercenarygundam1487]

@FourSoldiers yup.

[@hozanto7521]

I see you are a man of culture as well :)

[@mr.whimsic6902]

Imagine if it were a crossover episode!

[@Zawulfy395]

This deserves more likes cuz it’s facts :D

[@Absi5the]

Your subbed to stratefox i love his channel

[@air-head3961]

7:38 Johnny's rant mixed with Pac-Man's expressions is fucking killing me

[@lirfrank]

9:12 Can't deny, that's smooth af

[@greninjazac4577]

14:05 best visual gag I’ve seen in awhile

[@anttails]

“I like videogames.” Also that callback to the trailer’s end. I was expecting a SUS.

[@BugsyFoga]

“DONT YOU LOVE YOUR WIFE” - Johnny

[@icedcapplord710]

I miss my wife tails

[@braintwo3398]

1:59

[@expecos1346]

Bruh I just saw you under that justin y comment in that bronycon pan pizza saberspark vid smh

[@zachatck6567]

Another original comment, well done

[@mailman019]

@@icedcapplord710 _Uncontrollable laughter_

[@yourlocalbanktoad]

Funnily enough even playing the games in the arcade can effect Pac-Man's mood in this game. If you lose really quickly after initially starting a game up Pac-Man gets extremely pissed off. It shows that even Pac-Man is unable to escape the effects of being angry at his own lack of skill at video games.

[@lordkaijux5262]

So he just rage quits?

[@JJ_R]

Now this takes me back. Throughout my entire time playing this, I asked a very simple question. “What am I supposed to be doing?!”

[@tailsprower8118]

The answer: everything

[@viruschris3160]

Same... I rented this game and was confused what I had to do. But, it was an interesting game.

[@lordkaijux5262]

Better question: What the hell were the developers doing while making this game?

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

@@tailsprower8118 But not all at once.

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

@@lordkaijux5262 Pet training, I'm guessing.

[@TheZeroNeonix]

"Okay, there's a lot to unpack there." Don't you mean...unPac?

[@zenzenulous2243]

If I could play the Seinfeld theme, I would.

[@radiantfalcongamevision1113]

PUN FOUL

[@pancakesonrage902]

“Even when you try to befriend the enemy at a young age, you’ll later learn that some people don’t want to be your friend, they just want to be assholes” Damn, Johnny. You’re really coming at us with the life lessons

[@MasterZebulin]

And that's when you should end them so they don't do it to anyone else.

[@cyclops8238]

2:53 Thinking that hang gliding is going to be fun 3:05 Realizing you’re afraid of heights

[@Bluedino152]

I swear after you hinted about this on twitch I was so hyped for this

[@lordkaijux5262]

It makes me wonder who had that amount of patience to actually sit through this game and not get infuriated with Pac-Man's ignorance?

[@xscythe67]

Fun Fact about that Looney Tunes episode: Years later, they made a roll reversal episode, but with Bugs Bunny.

[@the24thcolossusjustchillin39]

What is it called?

[@xscythe67]

@@the24thcolossusjustchillin39 One Carroter in Search of an Artist.

[@the24thcolossusjustchillin39]

@@xscythe67 thanks

[@Hyper_Drud]

@@xscythe67 I thought it was called Rabbit Rampage?

[@xscythe67]

@@Hyper_Drud there's a whole thing on Duck Amuck on Wikipedia, just Google it

[@victikirby15]

Man, these Crash Bandicoot games keep getting weirder

[@jakegarman4526]

Haha. No

[@mr.incognitoyt2235]

Yep, that's what broken vending machines do...

[@NukeOTron]

Actually, last I remember, Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures had one of those holographic image-changing covers. One image is the happy image, and the other is the screaming one. Don't know which system version, though.

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

That actually makes sense! It'd be pretty shitty if it wasn't for every version, though.

[@jeremyabbott4537]

I had the genesis version and it had the normal hard cover with pac man screaming his head off.

[@mrtaurus3338]

14:04 i appreciate that reference!! WhatDidIJustRead

[@emcmend9960]

4:48 I curse you Johnny for raising my curiosity to see how NSFW artists would interpret that

[@Mekboy_ComputerMonster]

You did this only to yourself, my friend

[@lordkaijux5262]

Thanks internet and your sick fantasies.

[@psychie8625]

To quote the Little Girl... "You little @#$%- No, keep calm, keep calm.

[@kevinkong64]

@@psychie8625 Bad Fur Day reference! Marvelous! 😁👍

[@MatthewKingpin]

Ah yes, an old farmer with a banjo - a level of edge only achieved by the most cutthroat of edgelords.

[@TheSherriea1]

8:32 Hah! UnPACk There.

[@SomecallmeJohnny]

Fuck, I didn't notice that! Good catch.

[@TheSherriea1]

@@SomecallmeJohnny Thank You. :)

[@austinstewart7601]

14:16 That's something I never thought I'd hear John (or anybody) say!

[@SomecallmeJohnny]

It's so fun, it's like a grotesque tongue twister.

[@esmooth919]

Say that five times fast

[@Top_Nepper]

And I thought Princess Peach was over emotional in Super Princess Peach.

[@Trimint123]

Well, at least you purposely control your emotion in that game. This game however expecting you to help his bad behavior.

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

@@Trimint123 All the same, he needs to be pissed for certain puzzles.

[@supermariof0521]

Now we just wait for Johnny to cover the "Pac Man World" trilogy, as well as "Pac-Man World Rally".

[@AntiR2525]

World 2 is my fave

[@supermariof0521]

@@AntiR2525 Same here. World 1 was also pretty decent, and World 3 was.......a thing.

[@Freshy10]

@@supermariof0521 at least this birthday's still better than my 20th

[@supermariof0521]

@@Freshy10 And also better then his 40th cause so far this year, Namco hasn't done shit for Pac-Man's 40th anniversary.

[@Bo-Bomb]

World 3 was how I was introduced to the trilogy, and it's my personal favorite of the three.

[@1111-e4p]

"Normally American covers have this thing of making the character seem edgier or tougher". Shows the cover to Phalanx XD

[@whatshappeninganymore2473]

Inb4 the old guy is playing a gun-banjo that can also turn into a ginormous mecha

[@julianx2rl]

3:29 - Details of my sector's energy should only be between me and Ms. Pac-Man, thank yoy very much.

[@psychie8625]

5:04 "What's Father gonna say when he comes back?" "Father?" "Yeah! You said he left to buy milk 42 years ago! He could be back any minute!" You got me good, Johnny.

[@Saxdude26]

As soon as I heard "The game is DE-pressing" I knew we were in for a good time. Fun fact, the cover of the box is actually lenticular and SWITCHES between calm and screaming.

[@symphomaniac]

That's actually really cool

[@Saxdude26]

I did a bit of research on it back when Antdude reviewed the game, then was lucky enough to find it at GameTraders in box a few years back. Really cool stuff.

[@jasonwitchfan]

16:29 I need a 10 hours version of that

[@TheTrueKnight01]

No context pac-man fever stream: That's C A P

[@sahaprocks7751]

Every time I hear about this game, I get reminded of that smug Pac-Man face..

[@SuperAlex641]

God, the "AAAAAAA" at 3:04 killed me~

[@anemoi6803]

Holy shit, Johnny went all in on the dark comedy in this one, like, instant demonetisation hard. I respect it, both because its hilarious, and because it never feels like he's punching down.

[@JD260A9]

4:48 Dear lord, I can only imagine the fan art of that...shudder.

[@TTTTTsd]

The sound effects Pac Man makes in this game live on in my heart. My friends and I always joke about how we wish he'd have those sounds in Smash when he dies. This game is such a strange piece of Pac-Man history, I think it's up there with Pac In Time (which might be one of the longest platformers ever)

[@JJGoldFalconTHELEGENDOFGOLD]

Imagine trying to play this version of Pac-Man in Smash Bros. That would be a trip XD

[@Einsiety]

God I love this game. I'm surprised you had trouble with the Gum Monster, I never even knew you COULD lose to it. I personally think the game's worth experiencing at least once, since a walkthrough will only show the things that player experienced, and you could just as easily have a different playthrough as a result.

[@phoenixwright784]

I feel like most people that don't like this game are playing it wrong. There's a reason why the game feels like a classic cartoon, why there's so much detail put into Pac-man's over the top emotional reactions, and why your main form of controlling the character is by using a slingshot to pelt him and the things around him with rocks. If you go into the game not with the goal of trying to beat it but with the goal of finding as many ways as possible to make Pac-man's life Hell, I think you'll have a more entertaining time with the game.

[@jarg_64]

i remember playing this game as a child and i love just messing with pac-man, honestly child me could just have him die over and over and over again from just 1 death and not get bored. is it a good game? no meh at best and worst but just messing with pacman and making him go insane is a good memory of my childhood

[@AtomicCody]

Ooo, Johnny reviewing a Pac-Man game for the first-time...

[@2CPhoenix]

“Would you mind a patreon for the channel?” 83% of people “YES”

[@lamiamekni2802]

While I say "NO"

[@roiitzkovich4545]

16:29 And here I thought D-pressed Pac-Man looked odd. That is a very "Odd-ish" dance Johnny.

[@TheCartoonGamer8000]

10:26 PFFFFT I DIDN'T SEE THAT COMIN'

[@DanTheMan33088]

John: "I didn't press anything!" Greg "The game is De-pressing" Goddammit Greg! LMAO 😆🤣

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

In that sense, he's actually right. The game makes you wait a lot to get stuff done because it's about nudging Pac-Man along, not forcing him. Not a bad thing, just unexpected.

[@DirectorOfChaos9292]

@@CarbonRollerCaco but that's really really stupid! It's just a waste of time waiting for pac man to DO something. And most of the time he will outright IGNORE the things you point out

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

@@DirectorOfChaos9292 Depends on his mood and how you do it. You may have to have him look down to get him to notice a hazard, or you may have to piss him off to make him take out his anger on something. Yeah, that playstyle isn't for everybody, especially for someone like Johnny who seems to play games mainly to unwind and thus doesn't want to futz with weird systems, but there's room for all sorts of games. This one's clearly supposed to be more passive. If you understand that and go more slowly and methodically, you'll eventually get it.

[@SegaNintendoGuy64]

Anyone else think of Taco-man when he reviewed this game years ago? And I never thought I bring up Taco-man in a SomecallmeJohnny review.

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

I remember the Taco-man review! It sure was funny!

[@nitrosherbert888]

Who is Taco man?

[@TheAwesomeHyperon]

I remembered playing this at my cousins house as a kid.

[@SmashSSL]

9:13 I love this sprite so much

[@Synthia_47]

Pac-Man at 7:13 looks like he just took a bottle of pills and is breathing his last wisps of air

[@PixityPixel]

I have a weird story about how I was introduced to this game. I was in middle school and was in LD/BB (learning disabilities/bad behavior classes because I’m autistic) for the first time and one teacher had a SNES for the class to calm down with. He had Mario Allstars, Star Fox, and this game.. I didn’t know about this game until then but I remember just hating it but enjoying the animations. It was honestly one good thing to come from middle school! 😹

[@jlev1028]

Pac-Man: Alright, enough is enough. This is the final, the very, very last straw! Who is responsible for this?! I demand that you show yourself! Who are you, huh?! SomeCallMeJohnny: Hehehe, ain't I a stinker?

[@chaosflare8128]

Honestly, I loved this game as a kid, it fills me up with such nostalgia that I had to watch the video just to remember the game. I still love it. I find Pacman's expressions funny, although... I remember I went under a lot of rage at times where he did not want to listen and was knocked out because of it. Or other times where he did listen to me, and was knocked out because of it. I think I only could get to mission 3 ant that's it. The game was really hard. And I won't be touching it again.

[@ShinoSarna]

4:55 People drank cow milk unpasteurized for milennia. Pasteurization only extends the shelf life, it doesn't inherently make the milk better or safer. Hell, a lot of people used to drink SPOILED milk specifically, because it changes the taste in a positive way.

[@albertoandroidain]

1:56 Local man questions yellow dot's affection for his spouse after he failed to give flowers their due attention one too many times (2020).

[@Nieveria]

this isn't really related to the video but you've been doing good with that diet, you're looking fantastic!

[@SomecallmeJohnny]

Thank you, I'm trying. I really am.

[@tracyndiyob162]

@@SomecallmeJohnny merry christmas johnny!!! :3(the visual gag of the 1700's theologist looking with a "wait...what" expression was my favorite part,probably would be the reaction they'd have to today.) your doing good with the diet(compared it with the 19 years and counting sonic interview for fun,which brought memories of finding about your channel watching it and the 3d lookback during a 19th anniversary contest.)and fully support your efforts.(especially since around the time you were starting me and my stepdad chris were starting do training.:3)

[@tracyndiyob162]

@@SomecallmeJohnny happy birthday johnny!!! :3

[@Comkill117]

That face he has when he’s super happy looks like he’s about to call Squidward out for liking Krabby Patties.

[@Mister_Oddity]

1:57 Why i keep watching it

[@jordy_de-zee]

wanna watch it again? kzbin.infoUgw1GQcKARtUB5FD5HV4AaABCQ

[@Silent_Mochi]

3:05 how it feels to chew five gum

[@smashblaster1-up190]

08:32 "There's a lot to unPACk there." I'm not the only one who heard that right?

[@NanaKyoto]

I missed this during the charity stream, but this gives me all the context I need on what happened.

[@m.3.3.w]

11:03 well when you give her a bath she's like "Nooooo!"

[@KingExalted]

Pac-Man losing lives over stupid things such as getting ketchup sprayed on him reminds me of some Mario games like Galaxy where you'd lose a life just from getting 2nd place in a race.

[@wootmasterzorsx]

6:14 Hi, I'm Pac-Man, and welcome to Jackass!

[@DannyJennyArtz]

So what did you do today? Johnny: I helped stopped a yellow sentient ball man from commiting suicide by hitting him with a slingshot

[@davidmorin2818]

“With PacMan, It’s AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!”

[@montecristosmith2343]

Never seen a normal episode of the Pac-Man cartoon but I've seen the Christmas Comes to Pac-Land holiday special many times over the years.

[@Outta-hz1ej]

Fun fact: someone just got banned on /v/ (4chan video game board) for creating a thread talking shit about Pac-Man 2, because the mods like Pac-Man 2

[@MoonlightReaper14]

I actually played this on computer when I was a kid, and HOLY shit was I one confused kid. I understood I needed guide pacman around via the slingshot but I remember getting so lost looking for milk, I somehow guided Pacman into the mountains before dying and then finding the way to the farm. It was... one very strange experience to say the least and the mood of Pacman got on my nerves really quick, to the point I started hitting him with the slingshot out of spite because of how angry I was at him just not paying attention. I am so sorry you had to suffer through this game Johnny

[@BlueBlur86CP]

I loved this game back in the day on the SEGA Genesis. I wouldn't go back to it nowadays unless it's for nostalgic reasons to be honest.

[@SDK2K9]

This has to be one of my favourite Johnny vs videos. Just seeing Pac-Man acting all smug and Johnny just shouting at him is very entertaining.

[@elecspark]

"God gave me an answer: Take better care of your fans."~Johnny/ Frasier Crane

[@ElizabethMorbiddoll86]

15:28 hokey smoke, pacman!

[@BluelightingZekromZD]

Never thought i’d see John tackle this But i’m TOTALLY here for it

[@soulslvr9562]

"Im going to paint his town RED" gods... imagine Pacman having that voice....

[@legendarycryptid2629]

5:45 So you know Johnny, there's a Duck Amuck video game for the DS. I own it, and it's pretty decent.

[@mikethecurious2489]

My brother has that

[@misterzygarde6431]

If you’re going to do more Pac Man games, I recommend you do the Pac Man World series. I think if this game wasn’t called Pac-Man 2. I think Pac-Man’s Pac-venture would’ve made sense considering it’s an adventure game. Anyways, I think there was a missed opportunity for Namco to remake it on DS. Maybe use the touchscreen as an equivalent to the sling slot. Hell they should’ve remake Pac-Man World for the DS instead of the GBA considering the DS could handle a remake of Super Mario 64 that added more content. Sure they’ll have to sequence the music to have it fit but I’m sure that the DS could handle the game.

[@alexsartandgameschannel3883]

If they do remake it, they better fix Blinky and Clyde. It always irked me when They called the Red ghost Clyde and the Orange Ghost Blinky.

[@DarkLink1996.]

Pac-N-Roll is a pesudo World Game. Similar soul

[@misterzygarde6431]

@@DarkLink1996. I mean I was saying that Namco should’ve just waited for the DS to bring Pac-Man World to handheld instead of the botched GBA port. I don’t get why you had to tell me that.

[@DarkLink1996.]

@@misterzygarde6431 I thought you were talking about the series i general. I also forgot about World 3 DS

[@misterzygarde6431]

@@DarkLink1996. I was saying there was a missed opportunity for a remake of Pac Man 2 for DS.

[@kevengillermozepeda9356]

3:29 Caught me offguard

[@AxleYukio]

"Your not in control here f*cker! I am and stop with the g*d d*amn vending machine!!" That made me laugh hard even I got mad at PAC-man doing this to me when I played this before

[@WedgeStratos]

Never could beat this game myself. Just because it's short doesn't make it easy. I gotta say, this may be one of the only examples of a second-person game, since while Pac-man is the star, the onus is on YOU to get him to move forward. The most bizarre adventure game in existence, but certainly a charming game.

[@retrogamelover2012]

"LOOK AT THE FLOWERS!!!" I'll admit, that was probably the highlight of this video.

[@RezeedTheDataspirit]

Sounds about right. From what I've gathered and my own past experience, the most reason anyone even bother looking at the game nowadays, it's purely just to see Pacman get his ass beat in different ways. Edit: I know it's strange, but usually when I hear people casually talk about the game, it's purely with pure delight in seeing the various ways pacman can get hurt.

[@Castlevaniadragon]

When You've Really Seen Some Shit... 3:05

[@invisiblecarrot2400]

5:44 do you have any idea how little that narrows it down

[@jonieljoestarzawarudo8172]

I Love Pacman's smug walking animation.

[@Superkidra]

14:27 wtf that's literally just Big Arms' attack from Sonic 3

[@Adrian.R850]

The similarity is huge indeed.

[@WindsSymphony]

I think this game introduced me to Pac-man as a kid. I remember watching one of my older brothers play this game all the time and then I would always mimic the sounds Pac-man would make. I don't think anyone in my family has beaten this game, since none of us really knew what to do.

[@memphist1482]

To quote popular youtuber MykonosFan: "I like video games."

[@juiceala]

Funny you should mention that particular episode of Looney Tunes as there was actually a video game made out of it for the Nintendo DS.

[@hf.1906]

I loved this game as a child. Though I also never could get past the first level so...

[@Edsh4rd]

14:06 Killed me. I am deceased.

[@TheXtremeBoltGuy]

Huh, I never expected THIS to be your first Pac-Man review. I recommend checking out the Pac-Man world series for a much better experience. They're solid 3D platformers, the second one especially is an incredible game, easily the best of the trio

[@crazyshark1016]

That shimmy at the end was unanticipated but appreciated.

[@Juurrgg]

this was one of the first games i actually beat all the way through as a kid, i've got some fond memories of it lol

[@markmorales7958]

3:29 Thank you Johnny for this simple message… 🙂

[@SegaNintendoGuy64]

Well... This is very unexpected in my book, Johnny reviewing a Pac Man sequel game that has 100% zero connection with the original game. OK I was only kidding on the rest, But I mean what I said that this was unexpected in my book.

[@tripodranger7873]

This was actually my first exposure to Pac-man. I had the game on the Genesis and just loved messing with the poor dude. My brother and I would even come up with combos to try to get him to suffer the most shit we could in quick succession. Like, you see that ketchup "death"? If you piss off the cat with the right timing, you can get it to attack Pac-man just after he gets squirted with ketchup and ruin his day further. I won't deny the game can be super frustrating, though.