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

I'm discluding the Sharp X68000, Zeebo and iOS versions here, since they're 100% identical to the Arcade original. Unfortunately, the GBA version from Pac-Man Collection has a unique rendition of the song, but since it's not ripped online, I needed to make a mock-up. Thankfully, it sounds very similar to the Arcade's music, in fact, it's a sampling of the Arcade's music, so I decided to use that version's music and shorten it to match the GBA's shorter loop. Yes, the loop really is that short, hence why I'm ranking it in last place.
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[@diskyboy86]

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

[@smileyfaceproductions7477]

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

[@JerrytheVideoGamer257]

And so did Amstrad CPC and Atari ST!

[@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.

[@JonesDylan874]

And remixed again in PMATGA.

[@shabnamsaheed680]

F***

[@ClewfoTheProtogen]

Whats that​@@JonesDylan874

[@Bfdi1245]

​@@JonesDylan874and the TV show for that.

[@TheBertBird]

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

[@diskyboy86]

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

[@TheBertBird]

@@diskyboy86 yea, I suggest to listen to the track closely and you’ll notice some differences

[@ktp505channel2]

😂😂😂😂 0:44

[@TheBertBird]

@@ktp505channel2 what

[@luiluiruirui]

​@@TheBertBird bro 0:44 is the funniest thing in this video, i loved when pac man pacman'd all over the place

[@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?

[@justsomerandominternetuser]

@@geometricentric a different youtube video, one by retrosutra. one of the gba devs ended up leaving a comment there.

[@JMFabiano]

My favorite song!

[@ActuallyBoomer]

Hey dude i love your content

[@jwgodard]

5:39 Possibly one of the best soundtracks to exist

[@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

[@diskyboy86]

It's not that it bad, just that it isn't what it should've been. It obviously beats the NES and Master Systems, and the GBA and Atari ST too in my opinion, but amongst the other 16-bits like the Amiga, Archimedes and especially X68000, it falls flat. Graphically, it's drab and lacks color and detail in many places. Musically, it's a mixed bag. This song and Sandbox Land fair well, while Block Town and Jungly Steps utterly fall flat. Gameplay wise, it's perfectly fine but the presentation just isn't what it should've been.

[@healydude]

the only problem I have with the genesis version is that Pac-Man's animation is awkward.

[@manoelmano8995]

​@@diskyboy86 Same here, but i prefer the Genesis, Arcade and GBA as my favorite.

[@victorbarron809]

The thing I hate about the amiga is that 1. They had to use the arcade sprites for Pac-Man but added a outline 2. They Ghost are Skinner then pac man, 3. HOW MANY BLINKYS ARE THERE?? no inky, no sprunky, no Pinky, no Clyde. (IM STILL THE BIGGEST PAC-MANIA FAN)

[@Zaio531]

Genesis version is unironically the best one

[@ashleygottier7563]

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

[@diskyboy86]

It's unoffical though, and just uses the Atari ST's music, so there was no reason to include it.

[@Orangefan13]

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

[@victorbarron809]

I KNOW!!

[@italomarcelofloresoyola]

14:38 is my faivorte pac mans park

[@bob-the-minion-da-real]

Why do people always say the classic arcade version is the best?. Theres a ton of ports and you pick the original?

[@rosarioangel762]

Unlike the spectrum 128k the 48k dont haves music

[@pacman6744]

Ok

[@DreaDreamzTV]

The MSX2 Though...

[@periodvicky]

😂😂😂

[@sabletooth]

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

[@cristinamisaros8271]

Ayo what is that​@@thecoolguy7800

[@ActuallyBoomer]

​@@thecoolguy7800dont make me started

[@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.

[@diskyboy86]

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]

@@diskyboy86 Even the NES port was better.

[@diskyboy86]

@@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.

[@diskyboy86]

@@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

[@EduardoAldhdez]

The Sega master system version is very bad

[@mariodykstra6555]

Agreed. It starts the game with 3 lives instead of 5.

[@Mr.Face222]

​@@mariodykstra6555 ...So does the Arcade version.

[@mariodykstra6555]

@@Mr.Face222 You can of course change Dip Switch Settings.

[@darkerfalcon3747]

GBA is just the Arcade version, but heavily truncated. Pathetic!

[@TheChompChamp7650]

Fr

[@victorjuega-k3j]

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