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Pac-Man[a] is a video game series and media franchise developed, published and owned by Bandai Namco Entertainment, a video game publisher that was previously known as Namco. Entries have been developed by a wide array of other video game companies, including Midway Games, Atari and Mass Media, Inc., and was created by Toru Iwatani. The first entry in the series was released in arcades in 1980 by Namco, and published by Midway Games in North America. Most Pac-Man games are maze chase games, but it has also delved into other genres, such as platformers, racing, and sports. Several games in the series were released for a multitude of home consoles and are included in many Bandai Namco video game compilations.

Pac-Man is one of the longest-running, best-selling, and highest-grossing video game franchises in history, and the game has seen regular releases for over 40 years, has sold nearly 48 million copies across all of the platforms, and has grossed over US$14 billion, most of which has been from the original arcade game. The character of Pac-Man is the official mascot of Bandai Namco, and is one of the most recognizable video game characters in history. The franchise has been seen as important and influential, and is often used as a representation for 1980s popular culture and video games as a whole.

Release timeline
1980Pac-Man
1981
1982Ms. Pac-Man
Mr. & Mrs. Pac-Man
Super Pac-Man
Baby Pac-Man
1983Pac-Man Plus
Pac & Pal
Professor Pac-Man
Jr. Pac-Man
1984Pac-Land
1985
1986
1987Pac-Mania
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993Pac-Attack
1994Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
1995Pac-In-Time
1996Pac-Man Arrangement
Pac-Man VR
1997
1998
1999Pac-Man World
2000Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness
Pac-Man: Adventures in Time
2001Ms. Pac-Man: Quest for the Golden Maze
2002Pac-Man All-Stars
Pac-Man Fever
Pac-Man World 2
2003Pac-Man Vs.
2004
2005Pac-Man Arrangement
Pac-Pix
Pac-Man Pinball Advance
Pac 'n Roll
Pac-Man World 3
2006Pac-Man World Rally
2007Pac-Man Championship Edition
2008
2009
2010Pac-Man Championship Edition DX
Pac-Man Party
2011Pac-Man Battle Royale
Pac-Man Tilt
2012
2013Pac-Man Chomp Mania
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures
2014Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures 2
2015World's Largest Pac-Man
2016Pac-Man 256
Pac-Man Championship Edition 2
2017
2018
2019
2020Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle
2021Pac-Man 99
2022Pac-Man Battle Royale Chompionship
Pac-Man World Re-Pac
2023
2024Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs
2025Shadow Labyrinth
Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac
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Games made primarily for mobile platforms

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Also having been released as iOS applications are ports of the original Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Pac-Mania, and Pac-Man Championship Edition (all of these except for Pac-Mania have also been released on Android). Emulated versions of the original Pac-Man and Pac-Land are included in the defunct Namco Arcade application for iOS and Android. There was also a Pac-Man themed Twitter application for iOS devices, the Pac-Man Live Wallpaper application for iOS and Android devices, the Pac-Man Watch Face for Android Wear, and Pac-Man Moving Stickers for iOS. In July 2015, Pac-Man Championship Edition DX was released on both iOS and Android. Both versions were discontinued in March 2020.

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Cancelled Pac-Man games

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Pac-Man Museum was released on Xbox Live Arcade (Xbox 360), PlayStation Network (PS3) and Windows PC (through Steam); the planned Nintendo eShop release for Wii U and 3DS was cancelled. Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures 2 was also originally going to have a Windows version.[citation needed]

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Animated series

Pac-Man (1982-1983)

Pac-Man is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and it is the first series based on the franchise. It premiered on ABC and ran for 44 episodes over two seasons from September 25, 1982, to November 5, 1983. It was the first cartoon based on a video game.

The series aired on ABC Saturday Morning in the following formats:[93]

Specials

Pac-Man Halloween Special The Halloween special consisted of two segments from the show, "Pacula" and "Trick or Chomp". The special aired in primetime on ABC on October 30, 1982.[94] It has been replayed on channels like Cartoon Network and Boomerang during Halloween in later years until 2014.[95]

Christmas Comes to Pac-Land In this Christmas special, Pac-Man and his family help Santa Claus (voiced by Peter Cullen) after he crash lands in Pac-Land (after the reindeer were startled by the floating eyes of the Ghost Monsters after Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man and Pac-Baby chomped them). Mezmeron was the only character from the cartoon that is not in the special (although his lair, which is covered in snow, appears). It was shown every December on the Boomerang Christmas Party until 2014.[96][97]

Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures (2013-2015)

Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures, known in Japan as Pac-World,[b] is an animated television series produced by 41 Entertainment, Arad Productions, a partnership between Sprite Animation Studios and OLM, Inc., and Bandai Namco Entertainment for Tokyo MX (stereo version), BS11 (stereo version) and Disney XD (bilingual version).[3] It is the second animated series to be based upon the game franchise, following the 1982 TV series. The show aired from June 15, 2013, to May 25, 2015, running for three seasons and 52 episodes.

Film

Various attempts for a feature film based on Pac-Man have been planned since the peak of the original game's popularity. Following the release of Ms. Pac-Man, a feature film was being developed, but never reached an agreement.[98] In 2008, a live-action film based on the series was in development at Crystal Sky.[99][100] In 2022, plans for a live-action Pac-Man film were revived at Wayfarer Studios, based on an idea by Chuck Williams.[101][102][103]

The character of Pac-Man appeared in the 2015 science fiction film Pixels.

Attractions

The kid's area of the park originally opened in 1983 as Pac-Man Land. Today the park is called Bugs Bunny Boomtown since 2014. Due to the appearance of Looney Tunes characters since 1985. The attractions are now based on Looney Tunes characters.

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Notes

  1. Japanese: パックマン, Hepburn: Pakkuman
  2. Japanese: パックワールド, Hepburn: Pakkuwārudo

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