Pac-Man's Park (Pac-Mania) Song Comparison from Every Version

Let's take a look at Pac-Man's Park, the titular song hailing from the second level of Pac-Mania. Let's see how this classic tune faired across platforms. I won't be including the Sharp X68000, Zeebo or iOS versions here, since there music is 100% identical to the Arcade original. The same goes for any versions found in Namco compilations or digital storefronts. Unfortunately, the GBA version of Pac-Mania, found in Pac-Man Collection, does feature a unique version of the song, but since it's not ripped online, and I'm not capable of ripping songs myself, I needed to make a mock-up version of the song instead. Thankfully, it sounds very much like the Arcade's music, and infact is a sampling of the Arcade's music, so I simply decided to take that version's music and shortened it to match the GBA version='s shorter loop. Yes, the loop really is that short, hence why I'm ranking it in last place. Oh yeah, did I tell you I have these listed from worst to best in my opinion. Nintendo fans might not take too kindly to my opinions here... Also, the MSX and Master System versions of this game were designed with PAL systems in mind, but the only rips online come from the game being inccorectly played at the faster NTSC speed, so to compensate, I simply slowed down the music to get it closest to how it sounds on a real PAL system as I possibly could. Like, the GBA, it's not perfect, but it's better than nothing, and still gives yall an idea of how those versions sound. That's all I have, enjoy the video:
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[@diskyboy1990]

0:03 - Game Boy Advance 0:25 - NES 1:48 - Java ME 3:03 - MSX2 4:29 - Master System 5:38 - Commodore 64 6:45 - Acorn Archimedes 7:51 - Amiga 8:58 - MSX 10:04 - ZX Spectrum 11:11 - Amstrad CPC 12:17 - Atari ST 13:23 - Genesis / Mega Drive 14:38 - Arcade

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

This was remixed in Super Smash Bros. for 3DS and WiiU and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

Also, this was the theme for Pac-Man's Smash reveal trailer.

[@victorzahircontreras-lizar5057]

0:03 - Game Boy Advance 0:25 - NES 1:48 - Java ME 3:03 - MSX 2 4:29 - Master System 5:38 - Commodore 64 6:45 - Acorn Archimedes 7:51 - Amiga 8:58 - MSX 10:04 - ZX Spectrum 11:11 - Amstrad CPC 12:17 - Atari ST 13:23 - Sega Genesis / Mega Drive 14:38 - Arcade

[@yanuar_86]

Pac-mania was the first Pac-man series i ever play

[@banzaidoesthings]

Honestly they did the soundtrack dirty when the game was put on the GBA.

[@fran5678can]

yeah, i think they should have done the soundtrack from scratch instead of compressing and cutting it to fit in rom

[@periodvicky]

yeah they did i had to turn the volume down after a certain point 😭

[@basicallysnake]

Apparently they found a way to fit longer tracks on it but namco had only provided them with the shortened tracks and they were required to work with what they were given

[@geometricentric]

@@basicallysnakesource?

[@PurpleGhostWithHair]

Namco musem megamix has a unique version of Pac-Man’s Park

[@diskyboy1990]

Oh really? I actually own that game, sucks I somehow didn't know about it. Thanks for the info.

[@PurpleGhostWithHair]

@@diskyboy1990 yea, I suggest to listen to the track closely and you’ll notice some differences

[@ktp505channel2]

😂😂😂😂 0:44

[@PurpleGhostWithHair]

@@ktp505channel2 what

[@smileyfaceproductions7477]

Commodore 64 and the MSX fucking put the song on crack. It made it an invincibility theme!

[@JMFabiano]

My favorite song!

[@Orangefan13]

I really like the NES and MX2 soundtracks, idk why.

[@turrican3839]

Why do people still insist that the Genesis port is awful? It gIves you 3 continues at all times, ghosts all have unique sprites, the pac boost can be enabled in the settings in 3 different ways and the Genesis has a large screen estate to work with, and the music is pretty decent Functionally its a great version and doesn't suffer from horrendous sprite tearing and collision detection like the so-called superior Master System and NES conversions

[@ashleygottier7563]

There's only one version missing and that's on the atari ste

[@AntiSSKO2]

The MSX2 Though...

[@periodvicky]

😂😂😂

[@NathanG140]

what@@periodvicky

[@NathanG140]

whats with the fact that kids are using their mums phones.@@periodvicky

[@sabletooth]

It's trying its darndest, leave the poor MSX alone. :(

[@cristinamisaros8271]

Ayo what is that​@@NathanG140

[@yayo_youtube]

How did in the pac god the GBA get a better music track than the Genesis. Seriously, is the Pac Mania port for Genesis that bad.

[@diskyboy1990]

Because the Genesis version's a lazy port by Sculpted Software and Tengen. The sad part is that Pac-Man's Park is actually the best recreated song in the Mega Drive port, the three other songs are even worse.

[@yayo_youtube]

@@diskyboy1990 Even the NES port was better.

[@diskyboy1990]

@@yayo_youtube I wouldn't go that far, but the Genesis version is not what it should of been. it plays well enough, albeit a little too fast, and although I think Pac-Man's Park and Sandbox Land sound close enough to their originals, they should've sounded pretty much identical when you consider both the arcade hardware of Pac-Mania and the Sega Genesis used FM sound chips. Jungly Steps and Block Town both sounded pretty awful though. Plus, the poorly drawn sprites that looked almost 8-bit level in places and the lack of color don't help. A lazy port for sure. A shame Namco couldn't of handled it themselves. there is atleast an arcade sprite hack available now, but it still doesn't fix the music or speed any. Just stick with the Amiga and X68000 versions.

[@JMFabiano]

The looping kills it, though.

[@diskyboy1990]

@@JMFabiano indeed it does. A shame too as the sound quality is actually quite good for a GBA.

[@Martin-db4pu]

😬 *promosm*

[@Jayden.williams583]

shut up

[@NathanG140]

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[@EduardoAldhdez]

The Sega master system version is very bad