Pac-Man: The Complete History | RETRO GAMING DOCUMENTARY
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
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PAC-MAN: The complete history is (surprisingly) the complete history of everyone’s favourite yellow munching circle, his wife Ms Pac-Man (yes they are married, go look at the flyer for the pinball machine Mr & Ms Pac-Man) his kids, the professor and that dog Chomp-Chomp that everyone remembers :P
In this... Part 1… expect to not only hear about the inspiration behind Namco’s original game but also the early days of the arcade industry in Japan as a whole. Namco may not have been the 1st being beaten by the likes of SEGA, Capcom, Taito and even Atari. But when they did finally jump into the Arcade space, they did it with grace. Taking inspiration from classics such as Space Invaders as well as a couple of odd ball inspirations outside of gaming, and ended up creating something that did wonders for gaming as a whole inviting people of all ages and all genders into what was originally a mostly Male dominated field.
PAC-MAN MANIA was crazier than you think. With games such as Ms Pac-Man, Jr. Pac-Man, Baby Pac-Man, Professor Pac-Man, Pac & Pal, The Hannah Barbera cartoon show, Super Pac-Man, & Pac-Mania to name but a few… and that was just in the arcades.
When Pac-Man came to the systems like the Atari 2600 and the NES along with all the home computers and handhelds too the world fell in love with him even more.
As you will soon see, there is a lot more to Pac-Man’s history than simply… A PIZZA!
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Screw that. I like a hairy bush and there's plenty of women out there who like a hairy scrot. I'm betting it's a lot higher than the 15% you get when the survey is run by the company making the scrote scratchers.
JUST UNSUBSCRIBED
@@Sashko_Dee You tell'em! 😂
Oh no he's following in the foot steps of the CUPodcast selling balls shavers, poor Dan. 🤦♂
I would just like to say that Mario is without a doubt up there, too, for being one of the most recognizable characters of all time in fictional media with the mario franchise by far being the best selling gaming franchise period, I definitely think mario at some point and time should get a documentary of this scale since his lendedary status is deserving if it. I mean he literally made his debut literally a year after pac-man in a industry defining game that all us gamer heads definitely know.
Also when it comes to the release date of pac-man most official sources say it was developed in 1979 and released in 1980 even when I put in puck-man it still says this some Im bit confused on where you got the 1979 release date from
Excellent video. Absolute pleasure to be a part of this.
OMG! IT'S THE PAC-MAN GUY!!!!
Hope you got a deluxe manscaping kit in return.
I think Slopes just makes these documentaries to flex his t-shirt collection.
Pac-Man has a special place in my heart. My mom, Rest In Peace, couldn’t have cared less about video games. But oddly enough, she loved Pac-Man on the Atari 2600 and got rather good at it.
Happy to have bought back those memories. Many thanks for the comment mate have a good one
Thanks for inviting me to guest voice on the video! Stuck the landing at 33:30 in one take! Also the Super Pac parts at around 56:00 take me back to the good old days, playing Super Pac in the kitchen with my cat sleeping on the top of the machine
@kevin weinz you know it!
Nice to see you take part in this. 👍 I'm glad I could help get your Pac-Man release date fact verified on MobyGames.
@@GTV-Japan Big Ham.
@@northhankspinmmm ham
Hmm I wonder why I got the "hair" line. Great Complete History as always Dan, a privilege to be a part of.
Hahaha that was totally not planned... Totally
Neil is there any chance I could get unblocked on your YT channel? I've been watching and commenting on your videos for like four years and only just found out I'm shadow banned. Not sure why. 🤔
There's a Baby PAC-MAN arcade cabinet at Level 257, a little bar-arcade inlet at a mall near where I live! I think the location is actually managed by Namco themselves, so all the units are in pristine condition! Had no idea the game was so rare, it's a really really fun experience!
This is definitely Gonna be the lengthiest complete history yet .
Yep. That is until I take on zelda
wow
Remember constantly drawing those classic Pacman characters on my school folders. Still the most iconic video games. Ever
52:09
Ah yes, a husband and wife, their two kids, their professor, and their pinball machine.
Truly an inspirational family.
...and even their own enhancement kit!
Fantastic video as usual. There was so much information here that I didn't know. Thanks again for letting me play a small part in it.
So glad to have you on board mate :D
Well done on covering the early years of Pac-Man so thoroughly. It's all a bit of a crazy mess of variations and ports. Looking forward to part 2.
I’m not sure what’s more impressive: the creation and editing of this video or the effort to change your shirt every time you appear on screen?
Was a fantastic watch! Absolutely another great complete history! Keep them coming!
Plenty more on the way. So glad you enjoyed it
*F**k yes!*
This is The Complete History I've been waiting for and pushing for since I subbed 3 years ago!
Hell yeah Slope! Always look forward to your “Complete History of” videos. Very entertaining and professionally put together.
Cheers mate. Glad you enjoyed it
I love how Clyde is the only one to just be.. a name. It doesn’t rhyme, nor does it make sense, but he’s just.. there. I love him.
So Popeye’s Spinach was the inspiration for the Power-Pellets, just he inspired Mario, wow, Popeye inspired the most iconic video game characters.
I actually feel really lucky to be able to recognize all of those voices. You guys are providing an escape for many of us.
Happy to help mate, keep safe
Even after so many years, im still really bad at the game
It's a tough one
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Nothing compared to Baby Pac-Man. There's a great 7800 homebrew if you're feeling masochistic.
Always thought Baby Pac grew into Pac Jr. - you learn something new every day! Great vid, looking forward to part 2! 👍
High five! I've had an interest in the early arcade sequels for quite a bit myself so it was good to have them all run down in succession here with great attention to detail as usual! Eagerly awaiting part 2.
High 5 :D appreciate the support
Nice
DJ Slopes gets talking about Baby Pac-Man and how he hasn't played it yet.
ME: "Hey! I just played that game today!"
O really, that's awesome. Well done mate. Looking forward to playing this one
High five dude, yet another absolute 💯 awesome video, i love these long form videos and the topics you cover. Having said that, i love the og pacman games and got my kids into pacman on my xbox and this little credit card sized game i bought them. Pacman fever has not gone away, its still very strong
High 5 bud. So glad you enjoyed it. Really chuffed with this one
I can't even begin to imagine the amount of effort needed to make a video of this size and scope and keeping me entertained throughout. Another great video, keep it up Slopes!
Thanks Slopes. We _now_ ALL have "Pac-Man Fever" 🤣
Indeed, i am totally going out of my mind.
Driving me crazy
The doctor says I have Pac-Man fever. It's terminal and I may not have much longer to live.
@@vegetafan9922 i have stage 2 pac man fever...i have craved nothing but fruit
Everybody knows Slope for his Kickscammer videos, but his "Complete History Of" series is excellent. My favorite will always be the Daytona USA episode. 5 minute ads? Totally deserved. These are 1 hour long videos with loads of info and effort! He better be getting something in return lol. Hope this series continues!
So cool to have played a very small part in this. Top work as always buddy!
Great video, man! So much to learn about how my favourite character came about.
So glad you enjoyed it
Nice to see the Classic Game Room Super Pac Man arcade machine in a video. I held the completely official machine record for high score on that one as of 2017, sadly have not visited the Intergalactic Space Arcade since it got overrun by giant insects until only recently having been brought back to life with flamethrowers.
What makes pacman great is that it is both incredibly simple and incredibly complicated at the same time. At any moment the player has simple choices to make, turn or don't turn. But when you add up all the possible choices and all the possible paths the ghosts can take it's enormously complicated.
Isn't it quite funny how much the Japanese Mafia had influences in the Japanese video game history lol so once you get a book made about that you could call it quarters and crime
Yep enjoyed that, as good as any of the recent Netflix retro documentaries .. well done mate and roll on with part 2
I was there, wrapped up in the hype at 8 years of age. I totally sucked at the game, but I still had the fever! Can’t wait to watch the vid!
You need some pac man vitamins
Hey Slopes! :) I really enjoyed this video, watched it with my partner and even he (with the gaming knowledge of a mini encyclopaedia lol) learned something new! :) The amount of work that goes into these videos must be crazy, you do a fantastic job breaking everything down even for people who don't know a lot like me haha. Really looking forward to Part 2!
Huge thanks @Novalinnhe. I am really proud of this one. Hopefully it picks up traction
Someone needs todo a mini doc on all the videogame shenanigans the yakuza have gotten into over the years.
My goodness mate..it honestly bums me out that you don't have more subs by now. You put in an insane amount of work and it shows, your research and editing work is incredible. Love your videos. Heres to 'breaking out' in 2021 🙌🙌🙌
Great video, subbed!
simply EPIC
Lovin that you are using the emojis
Excellent complete history segment, DJ Slope 🤟 🔥 😎!
Lookin’ forward to part two 😄!
Loving all the wardrobe changes, Slopes. Big budget stuff!
You wait til you see part 2
@5:10 it definitely sounds like LGR talking. Tell me that’s him.
40:24 "You see, as soon as you know how to take on each of the four mazes..." This is talking about the original Pac-Man, which has only a single maze. I am guessing that what happened here was the script writer got their games crossed (Pac-Man vs. Ms. Pac-Man) when they were trying to make a point about the drop-off in challenge, but it's still a bit odd that this wasn't caught during recording, editing, or finalizing.
I thought Miss and Ms. Was the same thing?
Nah, Mz kept it neutral as far as marital status. I think feminists started it. I don’t think it really caught on.
Miss is single Mrs is married and Ms is a woman who may or may not be married
Miss = single ms= idk if married or not
The existence of "Ms." baffles me
@@papaG6423 :
It was a feminist thing in those days. Maybe invented to help women cheat on their husbands? Hm, well I don't know that! Who knows or remembers? hehehehehehe
'Chaser, Ambusher, Fickle, and Stupid'
That has me rolling
23:12 Pac-man used to be considered a slow and relaxing game?? who would've thought
Yeah I found that odd
I didn't know *LGR* was the creator of Atari?!? 😉🤣
Yeah those were halcyon days.
Hahaha he is the master of them all mate
It explains the woodgrain obsession. He must've left when they made the Darth Vader 2600.
@@Amiiben you were in a few framerater videos! That's awesome
so does that mean he’s also the founder of arcadia?
before clicking: how in the hell could anyone speak about pac-man for a straight hour?
after watching: give me more please
Hahaha was about to say... That's just the 1st hour
I just stubled upon your channel when searching for Ghost and goblins videos.
And I love what you do!
Keep rockin!
According to Tod Frye, there was no expectation how to make arcade ports back then as they were the first. He even received a letter once from a kid who was disappointed that arcade Pac-Man wasn’t like Atari VCS.
The background was blue because Atari had a rule that said all non-space games were not allowed to have a black background. Tod said in hindsight knowing what he knows now he would have ignored that rule and made it black. The game was initially liked but the biggest complaint Tod said he received was making the tunnels vertical instead of horizontal.
Tod has seen the 8k Pac-Man and was really impressed by it. He was especially impressed by the rotating sprite flicker. He had a similar plan but 6 months was not nearly enough time to implement it.
Some perspective: the Atari used the MOS 6507, a version of their 6502 used in the C64, Apple II, and NES, but limited to 4k address lines. Early Atari ROMs had 2k ROMs. Some 4k ROMs were coming out which included Pac-Man. 8k ROMs had just become available using bank switching in cartridge. Bigger ROMs had bigger costs of course.
The graphics chip was designed to support two player sprites (8 bits wide, one color), two player missile sprites (1 bit wide, same player color), a blocky repeating or inverted play field, and one ball sprite (1 bit wide same as play field color), and CPU had to update the graphics every vertical line, tying up a lot of processing time. It’s goal was to play Pong and Combat, any other game was a bonus. Jay Miner did put in a sprite repeat mode that was manipulated by clever coders while drawing to created sprite scores and other things.
Because of the two sprite limit per line, to do more, you cannot always draw all of them every frame, hence why so many Atari VCS games had sprite flicker.
Programmers back then had to code assembly by hand and on paper and didn’t often have debugger access. Today, programmers have full dev environments and easy debugging, can choose any ROM size and even banking that adds RAM to the native 128 bytes, and there’s no time waiting for ROMs to burn to test.
I love the Pac-Man series.
LOL who woulda knew pacman had anything to do with the yakuza.. best video ever
I appreciate that you showed off a good chunk of your wardrobe in this one. Man got steez
If you ever get to Chicago, there's a Baby Pacman at Galloping Ghost Pinball in Brookfield, IL.
There's one at Tilt in Toronto too.
19:03 "We would want to add glasses"
Most versions of Pac-Man have eyes but not glasses.
manscaped cuts me so badly no matter where on my body. Even on my face the blade nicks and cuts every little bump, pimple, or ingrown hair on you
Really, I have had this package for a good while and had nothing but positive experiences
@@slopesgameroom I still think it cuts hair better than any other razor, but if you don't have really smooth skin it can cut
Are you talking about their Plow double edged safety razor? If it's cutting you, it's either blade quality or technique, or both. Get some decent quality blades (Gillette, Astra, Wilkinson-Sword, basically any double edged blade on the market is going to be better and cheaper than subscription blades) and watch a bunch of videos about "how to shave with a safety razor." You can't just start whacking away like you do with a cartridge razor or you'll cut the shit out of yourself.
@@RockandrollNegro it’s naturally easy to pick up, I had a fully clean shave my first time, with no cuts or nicks, and I had a thickish beard. 10- mins and I’m done
@@RockandrollNegro No I'm talking about the lawn mower
Great video. But I have to disagree about the changes in Pac-Man Plus being so minor that they're unnoticeable. The ghosts and Pac-Man move slightly faster, they have little flags on their heads when they change blue, the fruits (or food items) are different, and when eaten they make the ghosts change blue but at the same time they turn invisible which makes it harder to eat them, most times not all the ghosts turn blue when a power pellet is eaten, and sometimes eating a power pellet makes the entire maze disappear. I'd say those are some hard to miss changes.
This was in my recommendations and I am glad it was.
4 of my favourite youtubers in one. You, LGR, Ashens and Nostalgia Nerd. If Zero Punctuation was here would made my brain explode
I played the Pac-Land arcade machine back in the 90's at the Bavarian Inn in Frankenmuth, Michigan. I do remember Pacman being hard to control while running.
Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures on SNES was a big part of my childhood. This really made me slime as I love Pac-Man. Heck he's even my Smash Main.
Sending a prayer out to algorithm overlords for this vid to hit it big. You’re a real one, Slopes. Awesome video.
Sadly it's not doing all that good , but I appreciate the support regardless
I believe both Nakamura-san and Nolan Bushnell.
Bushnell was so hungover he doesn't remember the meetings. He didn't say they DIDNT happen, just that he can't confirm that they did or didn't.
Imagine being that hungover lol
Once again another video that is pure gold!!
Already looking forward to the next one
See you next game
Glad you enjoyed it
Well, gotta babysit for 12 hours. Time to binge all your videos!
The president of Atari at the time ordered 5 million cartridges to be produced that would boost sales of the 2600 to match. The unsold cartridges were smashed and ground up into the foundation of their headquarters, a bit like what happened to the ET cartridges.
Seeing Gee Bee in an arcade is one of my very earliest memories. I only vaguely remembered what kind of game it was, or that it was sitting all on its lonesome while people largely played more space-shooty type games. But I remembered the really, really odd name, with its pre-Pac-Man font, quite vividly. It was a treat to finally play the game decades later (in collections / emulated), as well as to learn it was Namco's very first game. But I didn't know it was Toriyama's.
Of course there was a video that came out 2 hours before I decided that I wanted to learn Namco history posted by the person I was super excited to see upload again.
Been holding off as this one took so long. Hope you enjoy
@@slopesgameroom Enjoyed it a lot great video!
Great bit of research and production, glad to see there's a part two!
I always love when a video game company is open to cartoon adaptions of their games and reciprocates by making a video game based on the cartoon or at least gives cartoon only characters cameos. What I really like is how the Pac-Man cartoons come full circle (pun intended only if you want it). Pac-Land is based on the HB cartoon, and features the cartoon's theme song and chase music variation of it. Pac-Mania has at least one piece that slightly homages the Pac-Man theme song. Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures (the second cartoon) uses arrangements from Pac-Mania as background music, including the piece that references the theme song of the first cartoon meaning, at least indirectly, the new cartoon referenced the old one.
This is a great video, nice work!
People forget that before Mario and Sonic, there was Pac Man.
But before Pac Man, there was Space Invaders.
And before Space Invaders, there was PONG.
I will get to those franchises soon enough
Pac Man plus is the hidden gem of this video. The small changes really liven up the game without significantly changing the basic formula. There are endless bootlegs that do the same. A real shame that, as far as I know, Pac Man plus has never been released in any of the endless home compilations.
It's a great game, can't agree enough
Hey Larry, this is one of your best videos ever. Looking forward for part 2.
"I don't remember ever being asked for extra units"
(Cocaine is a hell of a drug)
Very comprehensive, this is the definitive guide
Man, I wish I was somebody so I could contribute even a smidgen to your videos. They're top notch
Excellent documentary Slopes! Pac-Man is a true video game icon, and I am a true fan. Excited to catch part 2. The Atari VCS/2600 Pac-Man port may not hold up compared/contrasted to the arcade cabinet original, but it's not such a terrible game either.
fun fact: the atari 2600 version is actually playable if you use original hardware on a crt. the ghosts only “teleport” on emulated hardware, due to the ghosts' flickering being made for the hardware of the time. it’s also why they’re called “ghosts” at all. on original hardware, they still flicker, but you will still know when all 4 ghost monsters are at any given time
I had that boardgame where you used the Pac Man to gobble the marbles from below. Satisfying click.
When the video starts and you suddenly think you're watching a Nostalgia Nerd video
When I was growing up I had an Odyssey 2 and I loved K.C. Munchkin. I also loved the sequel which they had to change a bit because Atari of course sued them.
I've been looking forward to this since the GeeBee video. Can't wait for part 2!
Wowie! This an excellent video, so thorough, and informative! Big **Thumb Up** for this one hehehehe
I still have a question about some details in the making and marketing of the Atari 2600 VCS coin-op conversion, starting with how and/or why Tod Fyre made it that way, so different from the Namco/Bally/Midway original?
Truth is stranger than fiction.
High five! Great episode. Looking forward to the next part. Pacman Championship Edition DX is the first game I got 100% achievements for on XBox360.
I've heard that Mario and Sonic, for a time, were more recognizable than Mickey Mouse so Pac-Man being more recognizable than them would make him more recognizable than Mickey.
Excellent work. Can't wait for part 2.
The 2600 version was my first intro to Pac Man.
I love your videos, thank you so much!
Great video. Can't wait for part two!
1:34 what he should have said was “it always comes back to the Pac”
I remember when Pac Man came out on the Atari 2600.
Ooh nice box art.
I'm so glad Atari is participating.
bink bink... bink bink bink...
My Dad begrudgingly (but not really) bought it for me. And ended up occupying my room space to play it over and over...
Yo, I remember Pac and Pal! Played it on MAME when I was little. It's really satisfying to hear it mentioned.
53:27 I actually found 'mastering pac-man' at a local library, it was kinda neat! Ken Uston even figured out how to differentiate between the different arcade versions by just watching the attract mode! (the switch version of namco museum actually lines up with one of the patterns he references in the book!) Ms. Pac-Man is definitely my all time favorite of the maze games, though. (Pac-mania a close second)
Pac Man was one of the first games I played when my parents bought an Atari 2600 when I was a kid. Although I know a lot of people criticize it for handing differently compared with the arcade version, I really liked it back in the day. Then again, I didn't have much of a frame of reference, because I almost never played coin-operated arcade games. (My parents thought it was a waste of money.) I actually didn't like the arcade version when I first played it because I wasn't used to how sensitive the controls were compared with the Atari version. I think it is interesting, though, because it illustrates just how differently the 2 games handle.
I find this here after finishing watching pixels on the TV about less than ten minutes go
I un ironically loved pixels and bought the blu ray
It really isn't as bad as people made out
@@slopesgameroom I consider it a stupid mindless guilty pleasure
Man the watch party for this episode was crazy think we were more into the music then the vid lmao oh well ill watch it again its a great episode lol
Glad to have you on board mate
@@slopesgameroom glad to be here champ.
Checks lenght of video: 1:10:00 😳
Reads "Part 1": 😱
Part 2 will be longer... We got a lot of games to cover
And the pizza story is the likely inspiration for a current Pizza Hut commercial in which a man plays Pac Man while lauding topping choices. I never actually had Pac Man for the TI that I recall. I had Munch Man which was a knock off with a slight difference but a good game. Title screen was brilliant as different types of Hoonos (the baddies) make up the letters and they would jiggle in place making the letters move.