Let's Compare ( Pac Mania )

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1. Arcade 0:35
2. ZX Spectrum 2:15
3. Amstrad 5:14
4. Commodore 64 8:42
5. MSX 11:12
6. Nintendo Entertainment System 13:34
7. Sega Master System 16:27
8. Atari ST 18:56
9. Acorn Archimedes 21:22
10. Genesis / Megadrive 24:26
11. Gameboy Advance 26:56
12. Amiga 28:31
13. Sharp X68000 32:01
14. Playstation 2 / Windows / Gamecube 34:23
Namco 50th Anniversary
Description Source:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Mania
Pac-Mania (パックマニア Pakku Mania?) is an arcade video game in the Pac-Man series, released by Namco in 1987 and distributed by Atari Games in the United States and Europe. It runs on Namco System 1 hardware and was the last Pac-Man game to run on an arcade cabinet until 1996. It is a pseudo-3D interpretation of the classic maze game genre using an isometric view and features most elements of the original Pac-Man, as well as several new features.
Gameplay
As in Pac-Man, the objective of Pac-Mania is to score as many points as possible. The player controls Pac-Man and attempts to eat all the dots in a maze, while avoiding being caught by ghosts that roam the maze. The player can eat power pellets that cause the ghosts to turn dark blue and become vulnerable; the player can then eat these ghosts for extra points, sending them back to their pen to return to their original colour and behavior.

[@TheRealDustinNunn]

I love Pac-Mania! In Pac-Mania, you can jump over Blinky, Pinky, Inky, Clyde, Sue and Funky (Depending on your timing), but you cannot jump over Spunky.

[@GulfSucks]

I also love Pac-Mania™! I have it on my Nintendo Switch!

[@blazecrespo1]

The GBA port in a nutshell: Lets give a game with screen crunch MORE screen crunch!

[@williamdrum9899]

Also let's cut out half the music

[@fco64]

But graphics and sound is perfect

[@wfr2615]

@@fco64 good graphics and sound ≠ good game

[@J-Ren.Ninobla]

Damn, X68k had a LOT of great ports.

[@sonicmario64]

This is probably my most favorite Pac-Man game in the series, mostly thanks to Pac-Man's ability to jump over the ghosts, and the 3D-style graphics of the arcade game still look quite nice to this day. :D

[@AshuraH]

So, this is where one of the Smash Bros. Wii U Pac Man songs came from!

[@TheWASHINGMACHINEBOY]

AshuraH the song is also in the 3DS game

[@deadchannel4792]

Sometimes I wonder why a SNES version was never made.

[@christopherarcher5271]

Retro Player instead they made a bad pac man squeal pac man 2 the new adventures

[@christopherarcher5271]

Metagalactic Llama still i would love to play pac-mania on snes

[@PuckmanBG]

There was a pacman exclusive SNES game called Pac-in-Time And the reason why a SNES version was never made 1.TENGEN DONT GIVE A SHET 2.I guess namco was angry with Nintendo just look all the namco games released for SNES

[@PuckmanBG]

@pokémon weeb thx for the information

[@harveyruiz7332]

there was NES version only

[@dantefloressq]

One of my favorite games ever. I used to watch my father play the Genesis version, and this game will always make me think about him. Happy times. Great video!

[@PlayerWM86]

Next to _Ms. Pac-Man_, this is a personal favorite of mine. I started with the Genesis version a couple of years ago and unlocked the game in the 2001 _Namco Museum_ on the PS2 in 2004 (It's hard for me to unlock it in _50th Anniversary_, though.) -- but can't get *anywhere* past Sandbox Land. Not in the Genesis version, not in MAME, not in _Namco Museum Vol. 5_, not in the 2001 _Namco Museum_, or _Pac-Man Museum_, either. I believe that this was the first step for _Pac-Man_ in 3-D. I wish everyone could take time to play classics like this. Keep up the good work.

[@MVC2fan1]

To me, i unlocked Pac-Mania in Pac-Man World 2 on the PS2 in 2004 & in the 2001 Namco Museum also on the PS2 in 2006.

[@CadetGriffin]

Does anyone know which PS2/N64 Museum game (which showed arcade machines in a circle) had these titles?: - Pac-Man - Ms. Pac-Man - Pac-Mania (my favorite Pac-Man game) - Mappy (if that's what that was) - Rally X - Pole Position - Dig Dug? - Galaga?

@@CadetGriffin Its Is Mappy Galaga Ms.Pac-Man Pac-Man And Dig Dug. :)

[@victorzahircontreras-lizar5057]

mucho texto

[@williamcrowe2576]

The first Pac Mania machine I ever saw was in the lobby of a Hill's Department Store in Indianapolis.

[@EWoN625]

4:38 LOL! What kind of noise is that?! XD

[@IneedmoresubsOnline]

I was about to say that but it's just sounds like a Robot Malfunctioning

[@vittoman4392]

Plu plu plu plu puh puh!

[@MrVenom1974]

Great video as always. I love the Sharp version - it's fantastic. I have never seen this Acorn version. Thanks for the video.

[@PowerStreak]

Thanks for including the Acorn! I used to play that version at school, they were the machine of choice for nottingham schools

[@CountScarlioni]

Someone give those Speccy programmers a medal! Making Pacmania playable on the ZX is a real achievement. As for the Amstrad... dear oh dear. I know the machine was capable of so much more. "Could do better" seems to be the Amstrad epitaph.

[@williamdrum9899]

The Amstrad sounds better but has some annoying screen tear

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

I know what you mean, I played that "arrangement" in an arcade back in the late 90's. As i said before, if you noticed how Pac-Mania on the GBA collection plays, they only loop the first part of the music for each level rather than let it play out the same length as they were originally, they really cut down on the amount of space needed for that cart.

[@Chazfem]

Thank you thank you thank you!! I've literally been searching for years for this game! We used to play this on the computer at school and I knew it was on a PC and I knew the game was on a 3 1/2 " floppy but even though i've looked for this game many times I could never find the right version. I'd mostly looked for a dos copy of it because I assumed the PC we had at school was microsoft ( How OSist of me!). Turns out it was the Acorn Archimedes version (over 20 years later and I still knew it as soon as I saw it!). A decade of searching is over, time to grab myself an Acorn Archimedes emulator and relive my youthful lunchbreaks XD

[@statiz23]

That smoth music on the sega genesis!

[@steveluvscows2490]

But the Archimedes version sounded more oriental. Probably because of the sound driver...

[@statiz23]

@@steveluvscows2490 yep but the genesis sounded more descent...

[@AxlWolfU]

NES version was fun and more hard than othe versions, the red, purple and green ghosts always chasing you and their personality very similar to the cartoon series.

[@AceyMari]

cool you joined tgn? thats awesome dude :) your videos actually teach me that there are alot of ports for one game

[@AnimatedGalaxy]

I love this game so much.

[@HeyLaserLips]

I had the C64 version and loved it. I thought the music was great too, but have always loved the SID chip anyway. :3

[@LuigiMario79]

You know, there's a version of Pac-Mania for mobile java phones.

[@SolarFarle]

I grew up with the GBA version.

[@luisemilio1143]

Me too, and the Gamecube version but from Namco Museum, not the 50th one :D

[@sirforte1094]

poor soul

[@fran5678can]

Grew up loving up Acorn Archimedes and Jag Mania (Homebrew)

[@chrisketchum8042]

Me too. Loved it to death

[@GuitarAnthony]

The C64 really captures the arcade music feel. SID chip strikes again!

[@CatalinaMaxCisternasJofre]

The Amstrad CPC is a conversion of the ZX Spectrum version.

[@nunasdreamnz]

I played the Master System version heaps as a kid. I loved the bonus stage too! That'd be my favourite as I know how to play it the best.

[@pacmanstargamer4226]

I love pacmania of arcade, msx2, NES, Sega genesis and Game boy advance versions

[@MinaSmol]

We have… Arcade ZX Spectrum Amstrad CPC Commodore 64 MSX 2 Nintendo Entertainment System Sega Master System Atari ST Acorn Archimedes Sega Genesis Gameboy Advance Commodore Amiga Sharp X68000 Nintendo GameCube/Sony PlayStation/Microsoft Windows The only one missing is “MSX 1”.

[@Archimedes75009]

Just discovered there's not only a Spectrum 128K with ingame music version, but even better there's a hacked version with a Jean-Michel Jarre rearranged tune ! See here : Magnetic Fields 2 in Pacmania 128 (ZX Spectrum) Listen and enjoy !

[@packjack8253]

I remember watching this YEARS ago...

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

The game that restored my faith in Pac-Man!

[@patrickboots7799]

I Think the Best Ports are PS/Win/GCube,GBA & Sharp 6800..

[@TeebTimboe]

Why did you always start at pacman park? I really like the block town theme.

[@NikkiRoesslerBFDIFan64]

I like the Block Town theme too and I own the PlayStation 2 version of Namco 50th Anniversary :)

[@Scripture-Man]

Pacman's Park tune is my favorite, and he had to always use the same level so that it could be properly compared.

[@packjack8253]

Ur in luck 11:21

[@juhanipolvi4729]

Interesting that the Amstrad version has clearly more than 4 colors onscreen while also seeming to use the medium res (320x200) display mode that only allows 4 colors onscreen. Perhaps it is using interrupts to increase the number of colors on screen.

[@amish725]

I just picked up a bunch of C64 games, hopefully this is in one of the boxes. I'm digging the sound in it.

[@scatalabad]

We had the archimedes at school. Our teacher had this game and lemmings. Cool machine.

[@wingnut4427]

yeah ! :) TGN sent me an invite to join & I took it. I have gotten about 8 more from other partner programs since then but I think I'll stick with TGN since they have been true to their word. I'm glad that You are enjoying the videos & I hope that You enjoy this channel for years to come ! :)

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

That's what I loved about it!

[@Scripture-Man]

Good comparison, though once again the 48k Spectrum version is used, featuring no music. The actual game had good music, identical to the Amstrad. The music-less 48k version was only legacy support for older Spectrums.

[@tomlawrence2706]

Only Nintendo can replicate Pac-man

[@Redacted12345]

The Nes version is my personal favourite. I grew up with that one :)

[@3089280288]

always like the music from this one

[@IndigoRambleyFan]

The Sharp X 68000 Version Is Basically The Original Arcade Cabinet Version Just Ported Like The Namco Museum 50th Anniverasary Version. The Best Ports Are 1. Namco 50th Anniversary ( PS2, Xbox, & GBA ). 2. Sharp X 68000.

[@atarileaf]

I've got the Genny version, really good port.

[@Kasey1776]

Awesome

[@GamingHistorySource]

Next Friday @ 6 am EST Let's Compare ( Pac-Land ) .. Not sure if I'll have one ready for the fallowing week. Got a lot going on. But !! I'll try ! :)

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

Certainly were. Of course for some of us Americans with an NES, we had to make due with the port to that console that I use to rent a lot from the video store!

[@e.s.4958]

So this is where the glorious song in SSBWU comes from.

[@tomlawrence2706]

The best Pac-man game there is period

[@bangerbangerbro]

Much more fun than standard pac man. The spec version is actually amazing considering it's the spectrum.

[@MrVenom1974]

The 128k version had music. Some time ago I did a Pac-Mania video and there is this 128k version in it.

[@cloudyeggs284]

Master System's Music: OHHHHH THIS SH-T JUST GOT REAL!!!

[@arielfrancodelaserna3404]

Game of my childhood :3 :3 Like!

[@NightSprinter]

Hey, since I have an s-video output for my PS2, I can do a followup vid showing the features of the Namco Museum Vol. 5 port (which I loved due to the ability to rotate the TV.. which I dare not do on my NEC XM29 Plus due to weight).

[@Levelol10]

I remember trying to play the MSX2 version for my KZbin series where I play games but the video got corrupted.

[@mrpizza_5139]

The Melee of Pac-Man

[@metalcoola]

Amiga version is actually one of my favorite games of all time. yes, 128K Spectrum version had music, it sounded very similar to Amstrad/Atari ST version, and, for C64, if you pressed F3, you changed graphics to Spectrum, except ghosts/Pac Man (Colors were washed out unfortunately)

[@angelpichu1]

how come there is almost no sound except these little skitter sounding beeps and a few exceptions on the zx spectrum? is it an emulator problem oris that just how it normally is? (i never owned one so i wouldnt know :P)

[@Kuzamer]

1. Arcade 2. Sharp X68000 3. GBA

[@packjack8253]

2:45 is it just me or the scared ghosts have a scary grin on their face

[@Realmasterorder]

quite a few good versions of this game here liked archimedes and mega drive-amiga version among others as well .

[@Bloodreign1]

Glad to have it on PS2 twice (it was on both Namco Museums for the system), pretty much spot on from arcades (50th Anniversary Museum one is emulation anyways). GBA loops the music too soon, NES and Genesis versions are alright, though not too special. I do wish the game were longer though, 7 stages always did seem short to me, but then again the game can loop eternally if you can last long enough (or have the arcade dipswitches set to loop instead of end after the second Jungly Steps level, aka level 7). Have played the X68K version through emulation, nothing to complain about really, it too is spot on as expected.

[@neoduke007]

Thing to bear in mind with the Sega Genesis video is that as you progressed, first you played the same level x amount of times (I forget how many exactly) each time the background colour would change and the difficulty would go up. But after 3 or so times on the same map, you actually progressed to a new map with new enemy types and completely different gameplay elements. It was pretty impressive. Don't know if the other versions also had this feature?

[@CapnCrazy110]

I know GBA did that, couldn't vouch for the others.

[@pbrsteve5974]

14:50 am I crazy or is this Space Truckin by Deep Purple?!

[@DerrickMcDanielLucky1391]

Wow... Makes me glad the gamecube is actually great version of it. I'm surprised there was a super dip in quality from GBA to Amiga

[@shockcityshocker]

Pac-Man looks so angry in the C64 version

[@aybaybaydog1fromtheuniteds720]

YEA HE IS ANGRY IN THE COMMOWH**E 666 VISION

[@nolang.7443]

The griin ghust luks angreyawr.

[@usamadewedar5412]

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[@pacghostsmacghosts6599]

B o o B o o

[@pacghostsmacghosts6599]

...

[@Franarok]

Amiga (500) has the BEST music by far

[@TheWASHINGMACHINEBOY]

0:28 this music is the ghost attack music from pac-man and the ghostly adventures TV series

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

Seems that way, even the music gets cut off earlier than it was before.

[@SN-ov8kq]

I remember playing it at some sort of pacman handheld that had 3 games in it. this game, pacman, and, Pac attack.

[@snowyicicle1335]

The nes got the Pac dot sound spot on

[@dayanemenezes300]

1 question: HOW DID U MAKE THERE NO MUSIC WHEN IT IS IN CZECH FOR ZX SPECTRUM? IF I PRESS M WHILE PLAYING THE CZECH VERSION, NOTHING HAPPENS!

[@InfiniteFury2K]

NES, Genesis and Master System have the good OG console ports.

[@Nathan-qc3cv]

Arcade version looks really good for the year it came out.

[@enemellomellogames1732]

YEY! PACMAN CAN JUMP!

[@AGWhiteman]

Pac-Mania - [Atari STE] Gameplay (2013) need the Atari STe version in there now

[@Robo983]

The C64 music goes a really quiet for a little bit. It's a neat effect.

[@nolang.7443]

It happens whenever you eat a power pellet. The music gets loud again once the power up wears off.

[@japhreal]

Namco: I know we should make a pac mania with legos Namco staff: but you realize that’s bad Namco: why Namco staff: cause *_kids step on legos with pac man along lol_*

[@TheMasonGamer]

How old are you?

[@kirbyfan5860]

16:44: the music tho

[@peteralexander2941]

Spectrum: pretty good for the speccy! Amstrad cpc: I'm sure the amstrad can do much better than that :/ C64: absolutely wonderful :3 Nes: good scrolling, and excellent colours, shame nintendo didn't officially licence it :/ Master system: looks kinda odd to me :/ Atari st: sound and music not great, but graphics are nice Amiga: graphics and sound both excellent :)

[@peteralexander2941]

Archimedes: nice graphics but the music sounds like shit :/ Msx2: way too sluggish framerate, nice graphics and music though :)

[@paoloretrogamer]

And Genesis

[@vittosphonecollection4134]

Genesis: the best

[@MegaCarlosYT255]

17:36 (The best beats!)

[@sizznilie]

Love PAC mania

[@kbcecc]

I came on KZbin looking for the version I played on C64 called Pacmania, but I can't find it anywhere, or any pictures on google images. It's as if it never existed. It started out with a brown and a yellow ghost and each different level had a different background and as you advanced there were more ghosts. No offence to any of the other versions, but the version I played seems like the best version, so not sure why it has been forgotten. Have you seen the version I am talking about and do you have any info/gameplay? Thanks

[@jahsehonfroy9040]

Zx SPECtrum says hry for credit and premie vem ji for fruit target. What language is it in?

[@DanZero77]

For me, it was the NES port just like RetroToledo, but I've got the Pac-Man Collection on GBA and that one is best, because you also get the puzzle game Pac-Attack and the hard to find Pac-Man Arrangement from 1996.

[@iestyndavies7287]

Why do you never use the 128k Spectrum Versions? The 128k music for Pacmania was awesome!

[@pejnismiggle]

You also didn't include the one in Pac-Man World 2, but I think that's just the original arcade anyways. But they made the sound effects much cleaner and not over balanced. I think it's the best version

[@steveluvscows2490]

The Archimedes version somehow has an oriental sound at the beginning

[@NorwayCB872]

I like the gba & amiga version!

[@mastersproutgamer9327]

1. Arcade ( Japanese ) (not shown) 2. Arcade ( International ) 0:35 3. ZX Spectrum 2:14 4. MSX (not shown) 5. Amstrad 5:14 6. Commodore 64 8:42 7. MSX 2 11:12 8. Java Mobile (not shown) 9. Nintendo Entertainment System 13:34 10. Sega Master System 16:27 11. Atari ST 18:56 12. Acorn Archimedes 21:22 13. Genesis / Mega Drive 24:26 14. Gameboy Advance ( Pac-Man Collection ) 26:56 15. Amiga 28:31 16. Sharp X68000 32:01 17. Zeebo (not shown) 18. Playstation ( Namco Museum Vol. 5 ) (not shown) 19. Xbox / Playstation 2 / Gamecube / Windows 24:23 ( Namco Museum 50th Anniversary ) 20. Playstation 2 / Xbox / Gamecube (not shown) ( Namco Museum ) ( Unlockable ) 21. Nintendo Wii ( Namco Museum Megamix ) (not shown) 22. Xbox 360 ( Namco Museum Virtual Arcade ) (not shown) 23. Windows / Steam / Playstation 3 / Xbox 360 ( Pac-Man Museum ) (not shown) 24. Windows / Steam / Playstation 4 / Xbox One / Switch ( Pac-Man Museum + ) (not shown) 25. Playstation 4 / Nintendo Switch ( Arcade Archives ) (not shown)

[@pacghostsmacghosts6599]

i love pacmans park

[@greenknight9000]

amstarad music... CANT RESIST NODDING HEAD... MUST DANCE!

[@hdofu]

Wow til tonight I didn't even know there was an nes port, it looks great, the amiga port surprised me how slow it looks

[@nolang.7443]

I'm surprised there's no NES port for Pac junior.

[@inceptional]

I feel like this game really needed a small map or something because you can't see the whole playfield at once, especially in some of the versions where the view area is tiny.

[@1simo93521]

You always use spectrum48k versions buddy. I had the spectrum128k which had sound and music in most it's games. It would be cool if you would emulate the 128k version.

[@joshuafeaster2865]

on the zxspectrum version there's a p on the power pellet sooooo,....p balloon?

[@KyleRichoux]

the zx spectrum sounds like someone is snapping when pacman eats a pellet

[@carolafelicio87]

some say they seem farts or burps ... but in the "ZX Spectrum 128's" version there are great sound effects and background music (thanks to AY sound chip of these models)

[@AnthonyMtheGamerArtist]

GCN/PS2 is basically GBA with the normal music tracks, because the GBA version's tracks were shorter.

[@epiccreepertnt]

I own the GameCube one and the PlayStation one (not in this vid part of Namco Museum Volume 5)

[@millionfollar]

for mobile Arcade 0:35 2. ZX Spectrum 2:15 3. Amstrad 5:14 4. Commodore 64 8:42 5. MSX 11:12 6. Nintendo Entertainment System 13:34 7. Sega Master System 16:27 8. Atari ST 18:56 9. Acorn Archimedes 21:22 10. Genesis / Megadrive 24:26 11. Gameboy Advance 26:56 12. Amiga 28:31 13. Sharp X68000 32:01 14. Playstation 2 / Windows / Gamecube 34:23 Namco 50th Anniversary

[@AmbersKnight]

Okay I owned the AMiga version of this game and I love it on that system. Atari looks okay as do many of the 8-bits. Archimedes is superb. My only gripe is not using the 128K version for the Spectrum as it features better sound and music through the game.

[@GamingHistorySource]

I attempted to use the 128 k version but it wouldn't load.

[@AmbersKnight]

Gaming History Source Ah, that explains that then.

[@rolloff305]

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