The worst aspect about midway Pac-Man is that it essentially is the reason why so many people outside the Pac-Man community falsely believe “Pac-Man should never have limbs because he never had them in the original game.”
@NotArmani317 ай бұрын
Yeah, I hate that argument so much!
@fanofyoshi22386 ай бұрын
That's true!
@Toast-x2q6 ай бұрын
Umm..., they do realize... HE HAD LEGS!...
@EpicFurbynerd76YO5 ай бұрын
for me, I always thought Midway's Pac-Man was kinda cute ^w^
@lourdinemichel10543 ай бұрын
Yes, I hate Midway PAC-MAN so much
@acolmeiafelizDT3 ай бұрын
Unpopular opinion: I am a fan of the ghostly adventures design
@elphive427 ай бұрын
The wedge design from Wreck-It-Ralph is slightly more era-accurate when depicting Pac-Man in his arcade sprite form. Specifically, it’s based off the Atari 2600 box wedge design, which was also used for a lot of that era’s merchandise for wedge PAC-Man. The pie-eye design wasn’t used together with the wedge until the 2000s in the U.S.. (That being said, since Sonic had his post-Sonic Adventure look, I have no idea why PAC-Man was the one they made that decision with.)
@scr0ngle1083 ай бұрын
I have a feeling its because they wanted to use the most recognisable designs at the time to appeal to an older audience for pacman, making him instantly recognizable, and using modern sonic and eggman since generations was barely out during WIR's release
@125scratch23 ай бұрын
pac-man never had dot eyes on the sides of his head i swear this is something of a mandela effect (i partially blame ms. pac-man's sprite to be honest)
@michaelbullen31047 ай бұрын
Petition to call Pat McMahon’s pac man Pac-McMahon
@x-man2567 ай бұрын
I honestly don't mind the Midway design because it has a bit of charm and when I was a kid I didn't think that the JP arcade had a different design. This is just my opinion. I'm not saying that it's good. I'm just saying that it's just ok in some parts.
@The_dumb_bambisona7 ай бұрын
12:10 puck man is now a robot 💀
@darkbonnie87fan7 ай бұрын
THAT Q*BERT MUTATION IS THE WORST.....AND THAT PART 13:40 BELONG IN ANALOG HORROR!!!
@redstreak94302 ай бұрын
Always thought PAC-Man’s Midway design made him look more like one of the ghosts as a kid lol
@artCharlesАй бұрын
I think the Midway Pac-Man design looks kind of cute, but it's definitely not a fitting design for Pac-Man. I'd be fine with it on a different character, though.
@skunkman98157 ай бұрын
I loved party pac man That game was my childhood
@VillagerMan20063 ай бұрын
What makes the Midway Pac more confusing is that it was released alongside the Japanese “Puck-Man” in flyers when Pac Man first arrived in America, the flyers had the ball Pac-Man and the cutesy ghosts sprinkled around them, you get an actual Inky on the bottom of one of the flyers, with an image of the actual arcade with the horrid Midway ghost design
@mzpaul24737 ай бұрын
Excellent watch, so nice to see some light shed on Namco's artists.
@janyt5554 ай бұрын
10:51 legit shouted out loud "WHAT?!" because THAT'S A THING??? WHAT THE HELL?!
@KENNYTHEGHOST7777 ай бұрын
Midway pac is the worst design of pac man ever
@fanofyoshi22386 ай бұрын
I think you were too harsh with the Wreck it Ralph design (and to a lesser extent, the Midway one), but fine video!
@pac-kikin7 ай бұрын
Idk what where they thinking when making the Atari 8-Bit Box art for Pac-Man its just awful, but hey cool video!
@2kidsandadog7827 ай бұрын
I honestly like all of the designs. They are all so amazing and I love every single one of them.
@sammyclark49926 ай бұрын
I never minded the use of clar eyes on a few of Pac-Man's designs. For as iconic as his black pie eyes are, it's clear to me the reason for the change to give him actual eyes like the ghosts, for example, is so he would be able to express more. That's why I actually really like his Party and Ghostly Adventures designs. You wouldn't be able to get much emotion from Pac if his eyes were just the simple pie eyes. Okay, well, you probably can given characters like Mickey, who also utilized these kinds of eyes before, but I guess with Pac-Man, it's another thing as his eyebrows have the same problem as in most interpretations they can't move and are stuck in the same triangular shape. Pac-Man Party definitely made a good decision by giving Pac's eyebrows the functionality to move but also keeping their regular station on his head. Honestly, while I am happy that they're using the original Pac-Man design again, I do think they could take some inspiration from those other interpretations by at least having him emote more instead of just relying on his mouth. Heck, even the original of the first Pac-Man World game managed to have Pac's eyebrows emote, unlike how he is in Re-Pac.
@NotArmani317 ай бұрын
The GA games go so hard, I highly recommend you play the second one especially if you can (they might have pacster, but they're basically like a World 4 and 5 in spirit)
@KrisVexBlood21 күн бұрын
12:09 those Monster/ghost abominations are absolute nightmare feul
@jackiexkh5 ай бұрын
What's weird about Bandai Namco using the Midway design so much is that I honestly don't think most Americans that grew up with the original cabinet even noticed or cared about the weird cabinet art, or noticed/cared when rereleases didn't feature that art. It really feels like Bandai Namco don't understand the audience that makes up the Pac-Man fandom. 19:06 Oh hey, it's that thing I made.
@MyStellarSpace5 күн бұрын
I personally do like the Pac-Man from Midway as a horror fan, he just looks weird and oddly scary specially since there were vintage Halloween masks with that design and uncanny plushies, but the spanish artwork improves it a LOT. However the original japanese design will always be top of the best!
@cabbusses7 ай бұрын
You gonna do this for Ms. Pac as well? There is a particularly notable prototype design that is a gold mine for a video like this.
@KingLaneCreations7 ай бұрын
Probably not. But I would like to make more videos on Ms. Pac-Man, including an update to an old unlisted video I made that talked about the game's royalty rights issue.
@ExtremeWreck5 ай бұрын
That SNES prototype design is something else man.
@CharlesK-hu1sf5 күн бұрын
The Atari 8-Bit one has to be hands-down the most God-awful, I'll say this much....not just in term in design but in the backstory that they tried to give him on the packaging.
@malik_9312 ай бұрын
cmon....cant y'all show some respect for Midway pac-man ?
@jaloncola8805Ай бұрын
I love Ghostly Adventures Pac-Man in my opinion he has cool design modeled after the party design and he has a good voice actor.
@Sugar-Shane2 ай бұрын
It should be illegal to give Pac-Man realistic eyes
@virkaushal9211Ай бұрын
I mean, yeah, the midway pac man does look pretty ass, but I respect it cuz it's truly iconic, I've seen it on every pac man arcade ive seen in my life
@VapJolFla48216 күн бұрын
1:20 that sprite is not bad. Edit: (I love the title artwork of the game)
@bluiris23_14 күн бұрын
2:06 yo it me
@robertlauncherАй бұрын
What kind of eyes do you keep mentioning? I’ve never heard of… sclara? Edit: I’ve looked up every variation of this word including what’s in the subtitles and all I get is that it’s part of the eye, not a type of eye related art style.
@e-mananimates22747 ай бұрын
I like how you gave fair reviews of each of the designs and even highlighted the positive points. Also, even though I agree the first design misses the point, I still like it to some extent. He could work as his own character rather than Pac-Man himself. Now, to me, the artwork at 11:50 oddly enough looks like AI generated artwork. Also, I'd like to think Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man are celebrating Octoberfest in the artwork at 9:59.
@ExtremeWreck5 ай бұрын
I am willing to believe that the Midway Pac-Man design must've been a heavy case of miscommunication & I would assume we will never know who did it presumably because the artist is too embarrassed & ashamed about it.
@DRS4KAL95Colors7 ай бұрын
Great video
@byransaputo26665 ай бұрын
Pat McMahon must've been *high on crack* when he first drew Pac-Man. (a reference to an old KZfaq video)
@sesealeman21 күн бұрын
Pac Man in a Bar
@Randothomasfan_2567 ай бұрын
I personally disagree. This is Probably a very unpopular opinion but Midway Pac-Man is my favorite design.
@_Majoras7 ай бұрын
i know you're just covering official designs but whats the deal with many modern pac-man garbage animations featuring sharp/spiky teeth? imo those are the worst of the worst pac-man designs even more unappealing than ghostly adventures. haven't played any recent pac-man games but i'm assuming the teeth idea was taken from one of the boss's
@ElizabethMorbiddoll867 ай бұрын
Wacky pacman from pacman 2 is hilarious
@arthuranimationstudios4507 ай бұрын
I like PAC Man
@EpicFurbynerd76YO5 ай бұрын
I don't get why people hate midway Pac-Man so much :
@RawrX320093 ай бұрын
Same He's so cute ❤️😭🥺
@nes96Ай бұрын
It's the red eyes
@EpicFurbynerd76YOАй бұрын
@@nes96 sure he looks like he's stoned but he's our cute little stoner
@nes96Ай бұрын
@@EpicFurbynerd76YO nah who ever drew that and midway themselves knew very well he was supposed to look like the Japanese arcade Puck man with two pac shaped eyes, arms, and legs considering the design was brought overseas back then before distribution to arcades in the early 80s.
@darkbonnie87fan7 ай бұрын
3:32 this design wasn't the first time it was use it was use in the atari pacman box art,game sprite of the atari game and also in a jcpenny commercial: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n7BxnMRoybjNcX0.htmlsi=H8E7M_BI4Ubo9H4S
@thejulianshow14537 ай бұрын
12:09 I'm not going to sleep tonight
@BandaiNamcoBookyToons666Ай бұрын
GHOSTLY ADVENTURES IS THE TOP!!!!!!!!!!!!
@thejulianshow14537 ай бұрын
Your pfp kind of reminds me of Oswald the lucky rabbit
@garfeldi_gaming6 ай бұрын
I love midway pacman I love him he’s the best design
@user-qr2xv1hq5u7 ай бұрын
More leapfrog
@auxisolano80257 ай бұрын
I have two questions. How old are you, what is your birth date, and what city do you live in? You sound like a Gen Z