Unlocking the hidden games in Tiny Arcade and My Arcade Pac-Man toys!

Your My Arcade and Tiny Arcade machines may have additional games hidden inside! Using a Pac-Man edition from each series, we unlock the additional games hidden on the chip, adding switches to make them selectable!
This mod originally appeared on my Blog in 2018:
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[@TotallySearch]

It sounds good until you realize these cabinets aren't mini arcades rather just NES roms

[@mightystudiosvids]

yep. wish they were the true arcade versions

[@mintpalmer]

I wired up the jumpers to the d-pad on my keyring. Hold a direction when you boot, and it works great. I wonder if you could do this for units with more than 4 ROMs by incorporating the action buttons too...

[@mightystudiosvids]

Very smart idea to use the dpad that's already present on the device. Great work!

[@mediumsizedm]

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Good video

[@KurtWoloch]

So the My Arcade game you show with the two buttons included is actually a Bubble Bobble. Since Bubble Bobble is not among the 6 games chooseable for the Pac-Man unit, I suppose it belongs to a different set of games included in those units. Could you find out which games are in that set? It looks like the My Arcade unit uses NES games which of course have been around for a long time, while the Tiny Arcade units have their own, less capable hardware with newly programmed ports, which you can tell by the fact that the games have a lower resolution and framerate (does that hardware support sprites at all?) and don't look that arcade-accurate generally.

[@Dandonahuelhc]

After seeing this video it got me thinking about making a shelf diorama of an 80s arcade. Would you have any interest on showing how to usb power and rewire to have demo screen on rotate (possibly a hack to have a timer trigger a button?) Not all that familiar with this stuff but I cannot seem to locate the info needed.

[@mightystudiosvids]

I'm not sure I'll have the time soon, but it's a neat idea. Which brand of toy were you considering for the shelf?

[@Dandonahuelhc]

@@mightystudiosvids The tiny arcade is the scale I am using.

[@kidkurt9800]

i want large pac man game thingy
or the mini pac man game

[@MrJUNE224]

I have the last Packman you show that you added button. But you didnt give step by step,,

[@mightystudiosvids]

There is a little more information on my blog page for this project. It's not step-by-step but there is an image of the buttons and how they were wired in. Hope this helps. gsnook.wordpress.com/2018/12/31/modding-the-my-arcade-dreamgear-6-pac-man-into-a-6-in-1-game-player/

[@Sans-NEVER-had-pink-slippers]

Is there anyway you can do this with the basicfun arcades?

[@mightystudiosvids]

I have not tried, but others have found jumper pads on some of the boards that appear to have similar functions. forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=153405.0

[@Sans-NEVER-had-pink-slippers]

​@@mightystudiosvidsok, thank you.!

[@bbqgiraffe3766]

I tried this out but goofed on the soldering and broke the pads ;w;

[@mightystudiosvids]

I've had that happen, too. There's an example over on my blog. gsnook.wordpress.com/2018/12/31/modding-the-my-arcade-dreamgear-6-pac-man-into-a-6-in-1-game-player/
Sometimes you can trace back from the pad and expose another area to solder to.

[@rami-vr]

How do you do it on pac man 40th anniversary mini arcade ?

[@rami-vr]

On the “my arcade”

[@mightystudiosvids]

I'm afraid I don't know for certain. I haven't seen the circuit board on those to know if the same trick works.

[@huggywuggy3190]

i have the tiny arcade thing

[@jasonfagan1454]

I busted my game on the count of you. I'm triggered man😮

[@Cyko..]

LOL! I got Galaxian, Ms. Pac-Man, Pac-Man, and Space Invaders all working great! Hope this helps!

[@Arnie_Liv]

Is the burgertime version moddable

[@mightystudiosvids]

I can't say for sure. I've never looked inside that unit.

[@Arnie_Liv]

@@mightystudiosvids thanks it's one I haven't done either

[@ashcan6]

My Myarcade Pac-Man machine suddenly started showing just a white screen today- I got it this Christmas, play it every day with no problems, and I didn’t drop it or expose it to water or anything unusual. The sounds for the game begin if you press start, but still just a white screen. The power adapter also works on my Myarcade Street Fighter game- that machine has worked fine for two years. Any ideas? I filled out a form at their customer site- no answer yet. I’m upset 😢.

[@mightystudiosvids]

Sorry, no. I've never seen that symptom. If you have power & sound it might just be a bad screen or screen-connection, I suppose.

[@ashcan6]

@@mightystudiosvids hey, thanks for responding. You’re probably right. I just don’t know why or how it would suddenly sh$t the bed on me like that. Oh well.

[@CozmoZ]

I have the same problem with mine. Did you find a solution?

[@Freddymcmuffin4728]

Where is tetris?

[@wesleymorphis8242]

Bogus. Didn't work. Game never changed. All jumpers or any combination even no jumper was same game.

[@TKMagicShop]

Lmao are you serious. Dang that stinks

[@VirajKathwadia]

Haha, it's cool you can do the mod, but it's a lot of hassle for what it is and I'd rather just buy another cab of the game i'd like to play.

[@alexthemasterthe2nd851]

how!!🤯🤯🤯

[@silviacamacho33]

a how ds cool

[@wildwombay1]

Pac-man is Real!

[@f05xd.36]

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