Pac Man Atari 2600

[CALICOTV301]

Damn! I want an atari!

[iamspider]

Wow... Rockabilly music? Really? And, does anyone else feel queasy watching the animated Pac-Man's face slide all over his body before he eats that "power block"?

[TheFuryLin]

POWER BLOCK = a power bar

[Ejay1001]

Looks like they put more effort into the animated segment of this commercial than they did into the actual game. (PS TO STUPID PEOPLE: Not the game of PAC-man, but the pitiful Atari 2600 port)

[MrBigbomberman]

those arent the real sound affects

[TulsaWolf77]

:20 the Pac Man dying sound was that from the arcade version, not from the atari crap this commercial is for. LMFAO!

[jdb2002]

Executive meddling is why the game sucked. The game that they sold was a alpha version that they were showing off to Atari, and they said to release it as is.

[ricarleite]

Reportedly the head of marketing warned the Atari CEO the game was horse shit and no one would buy it - and he was told to fuck off. Guess Atari didn't live TOO long thanks to those idiot CEOs that plagued the 80s.

[MrEvilPenguin101]

"As soon as I eat that Powerpuff, you guys are finished!"

[Alaska1925]

This game has only one big problem: it sucks ass!!! The Atari 2600 version of pac-man was the worst port ever, and caused the videogame crash with E.T.

They could have done better, like they did with ms. Pac-man on the same console :(

[commhealy]

i wonder if the dog is still alive?

[Laintolerante1]

The game is not bad, but ATARI scammed the world. The game is too much diferent from the arcade version. :/ This + ET= Atari crash.

[strawhataddison]

Cor blimey! i got pacman fever goovnah!

[Ejay1001]

@strawhataddison Aah yes, you can tell it's british by the australian accents, and the australian furniture, and the austral....

[TheTNWWrestling]

Here's the story:

Todd Fyre: (Devoloper at Atari who made the port of Pac Man) Well, here's the prototype.

Atari: Looks good so far.

*Todd leaves*

Atari: We have to release this for the holidays!! *Releases prototype*

The game was so ugly that everyone died.

The End

[ChiuahuaTubeALT]

0:07 The flickering ghost glitch xD

[ChiuahuaTubeALT]

This is an awesome comercial for the most worst Pac-Man import EVER!!!!!!!!!

[trds2011]

Mamaluigi1999 atari is 8 bit

[mamaluigi1999]

nes 8-bit atari 4-bit?

[BionicCommander89]

@mamaluigi1999 they're both 8-bit. Actually, 4-bit processors do not exist. Greetings.

[shadowblaziken89]

the graphics are poop

[cleanrapmusic5000]

What's Wrong With Pac-Man (Atari Version)?

[123stephenno]

This commercial DEFINES false advertising.

[jysaw1]

-.-'

[BankaiIchigo12345]

0:20 pink ghost on the bottom glitches.

Also this isn't the real pacman. The real one has dots, but this has rectangles. Clearly a bootleg copy.

[josymon]

This isn't Pac-man fever, more like Pac-man virus!

[kdreamland]

keep pressing 9. it's what pac-man says after going down on a girl

[TheFalloutwolf]

What that family did not know was the ghost fucking flicker like crazy and confuses the fuck out of you

[pokemario6456]

I love how Pac-Man in the commercial says "Hate to eat and run!" when that's the point of the game.

[mobobber]

You could clearly see the game in the background. They did use arcade sound effects, knowing it sucked.

[billy000b]

even in the ad the game sucks

[SpartanForgeWorld300]

pacman gets seizures. lol

[bubbasbuddy1]

0:17 lol no idoit plays like that thumbs up if u agree or not and be the lazy idiot u r

[NearCry]

pacman on the atari 2600 is the worst pacman game ever

[xXXrayzerXXx]

the funny thing is they sold 7 million copies and they made 12 million copies

[EastCoastDude99]

@xXXrayzerXXx, thats because after Combat, Pacman came with the Atari 2600 so they counted it as a sale because they know nobody would buy this crap by itself.

[moshmind212]

Yesterday I got the new Explorer Gogo's Crazy Bones, and I got one with Pac-Man for a head and a blue ghost for a body. :D

[mechanoid2k]

even aussies know it was shit

[HYPNOGLANCE87]

wtf was atari thinking making a pac man game the arcade version is wayyyyy better than this shit

[slugnbozo]

@HYPNOGLANCE87 Take a look at Pitfall, Hero or River Raid. A good PacMan was possible. But as you can see, this wasn't good.

[xargos]

Considering how bad of a port this was, it it no wonder they cheated and used the arcade sound effects. When other games for the same system were so much better, it looks like they didn't even try!

[thesega99]

Power BLOCKS???

[legorulez49]

why is pacman green? why are the ghosts all white? why is the narator british!?

[slugnbozo]

@legorulez49 He's "Australian" because it's an Australian ad.

[arcticridge]

If that song played during the game it would've sold a billion more copies

[stupidcrapcanyonlake]

this game had such bad flicker. too bad they didn't have multisprite kernels and stuff back then):

[y2k4ever1]

ya know if they only just used the pacman fever song and a bunch of ghost costumes and a pacman suit that crap would have been 1000 times better then this, kinda reflects on how bad the game actually was, hooray for subliminal honesty!!!

[gopconservative78]

@PissedPlayinPimp ok....I'll agree with you on that.....E.T. did destroy Atari though

[gopconservative78]

@PissedPlayinPimp no that was E.T,!

[Artybruh]

The hottest game since Space Invaders...

[why0isnt0this0workin]

I fell bad for Pac-Man to have to live through this game every time someone puts it in their atari.

[pokemario6456]

Wow, even the boy @ 0:24 knows this game sucks :D

[pardyhardly]

Pac-Man Fever can be cured with a shot of penicillin in the butt and a slap on the wrist.

[marcbarnhill]

To be fair, the sound effects are in the "Pac-Man Fever" song being used...but obviously they wanted us to think the game had them as well.

[zelonzelon]

@yucky2322 I noticed that too. Uses the arcade sound effects and barely shows the horrendous gameplay!

[MetaSonic543]

the best thing since SPACE INVADERS!!?? holy cow.....

[OhjainHangeriGP]

LOL, even the ghost flickering glitch was shown in the ad :D this game and it's marketing is the most lol thing in gaming history

[BoctorPoo]

@OhjainHangeriGP It's not a glitch, it's the console's sprite limit.

[Davey28car]

To bad the game SUKED on Atari. But oh well

[TheDarkerTimes]

This is wat old people played trololololololol

[mic12397]

i got pacman fever by playing this game...

[HYPERJOHNBASS]

as soon as this video game is on stores you atari are finished

[AnimeFanPan]

pac-man is great but this ad sucks

[TheEaglesFB]

look at him deep throgh that thing at 0.05

[ZeppelinFan6980]

Why would they deliberitely show a ghost glitching in the commercial?

[mm4570]

atari was good old days back then

[dalekcaan1963reborn]

hottest game? hot like a turd from a rhinos ass!

[SNESosT]

YOU BASTARD ALMOST SCREW THE ENTIRE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY! THANK GOD FOR NINTENDO

[Random90sKid]

@SNESosT this didn't ruin the video game industry...

E.T. did.

[slugnbozo]

@Random90sKid I've read both games were responsible.

[GreenJakeNG]

they spend all of their money in this commerciall and couldnt make a decent game

[WebVMan]

As soon as I pop in Pac-Man in my 2600, I'm finished.

[gregnes2000]

WTF!!! When he goes down, he still looks to the right

[dimmy1334]

I want to see them playing a new video game.

[younghero95]

maybe the simpliest game ever but i hated pacman it was just annoying for me :I

[Zambaku]

I still like this game =)

[goodseedchild]

SCAMMMM!!! False Advertisement

[ThePhilxou]

the hottest game ??? after space invader

[koinshaku]

@ThePhilxou I guess you weren't around at the time. Pac Man was a HUGE hit.

[IMZEECATMAN]

i love pacman. why does everyone hate it? sure the bulkey graphics are bad, but thats it!!!! basically just 1 flaw. why the fuck does everyone hate it???

[NintendoGamingFun]

those asses. They fucked up gaming.

[PatTheNESpunk]

An abominable port if there ever was one.

[NIQNick]

The worst game ever. The best commercial ever.

[epicness40]

This cures PAC MAN fever

[TheCorruptPlague]

Atari did the impossible by turning Pacman fever into Pacman cancer.

[WanganGuy]

thats a huge tv they're using

[gamertyme123]

the weirdest video game commercial ever

[nachoboy787]

tha song sed its driving me crazy....i think they were sending us a sign about whut tha game will do e-e this is why u always listen to commercials carefully xP

[idGamesRules]

The shittiest game on the Atari 2600 playing the shittiest song from the Atari era.

[FireFire273]

@idGamesRules E.T For Atari 2600 Is Actually WORSE!! OMG, Don't Play It, It's REALLY FRUSTRATING And It's MUCH WORSE THAN PAC MAN FOR THE ATARI!!

[2600theatari]

that is the goofiest look of pacman ever

[NIQNick]

Strange as it may seem, I actually like that cartoon Pac-Man.

[yodude2015]

they can make a cartoon but they cant make it better?????

[mightyarmadillo]

wait, they were supposed to be blocks? i always thought they were supposed to be dots. hm.

[yodude2015]

wow that game sucked. only 1 ghost. and sucky graphics.

[FleshMan7063]

they must've payed those actors a boat load a' cash during the production of that commercial, because I'm sure they really wanted to just put down that controller and turn the game off.

[WeeabooTelevision]

The ghosts are supposed to be colored, not white!

And how can people go fucking crazy over four sounds and flickering sounds?

[Silverblade12345]

Why are two of them holding controllers? It's a one player game

[ElectricFridge]

Yeah it's driving me crazy! THE BUGS!

[wingnut4427]

WOW !! Atari really knew how to sell shit !!

[6thhokagephil]

Driving me crazy is right....this port was horrible =D

[pixopusher93]

"Cause I got Pac-Man fever, Pac Man fever, It's drivin' me crazy, It's drivin' me crazy!

I got Pac-Man fever, Pac Man fever, I'm goin' outta my mind, I'm goin' outta my mind!"

[flippydad30]

cool commercial

[DemianPulex]

pac man fever by buckner and garcia

[PikachuLover133]

Who did the voice of Pac-Man?

[Karthesios]

Imagine getting this game, having the arcade version's sound effects in mind (as you hear in the video), then hearing the 2600's digitized ear rape when you start playing it...

[262metal]

i remember at video arcades they had this crap version of pacman with the entire family - baby pacman, ms pacman and pacman. it was a video game but when you went in the tunnel, it went to a pinball machine below the screen and so on. did not catch on......

[AvgnFanSite]

Awesome. Just awesome. Simply fucking amazing!

[RagingBanebou]

I swear that the announcer sorta sounds a bit like the Sniper from Team Fortress 2!

[gmodfan11]

@RagingBanebou Thats probably because they are both Australian

[MrJoshbumstead]

The hottest game sence space invaders. waka waka

[ransman413]

nice choice of music!

[gamesDAMNED]

Ah, playing "Pac-Man Fever," heh heh.

Atari really sold the VCS as a family entertainment shindig. I don't remember many parents playing, however. Heh heh.

[TheFunkyBones]

The ghost had a seizure.

[mic12397]

@TheFunkyBones No, He has PACMAN FEVER!

[KartKing4ever]

lol enlish people atari computer system.......wow they only show the game for 2 secconds cuz it sucked so bad

[ccricers]

I got Pac-1N1!

[pikanglova]

i wanna play the old version

[anil2374]

I got Pac-man fever

[Binkysuperstar]

HE'S AUSTRALIAN!!!

[cookie123456789012]

If only they knew how much an abomination this was.

[katakisLives]

When most people think of Pacman they probably think of the arcade perfect version that was possible on later more powerful consoles, they probably did the best they could at the time! and if Ms Pacman was superior that's probably because it was released later and their programming knowledge of the 2600 had improved! later games on consoles always look better because of this!

[ratchetxrc]

@katakisLives the reason why its shit is cause atari didnt let the guy finish making pacman, so then when it was released it wasnt completed yet still in beta form, its ppl like Atari who caused the vg crash of 83. if the guy finished making pacman it would of been like ms pacman, lol now the other unsold 5 million carts are in landfill

[katakisLives]

@ratchetxrc Atari did that a lot! rushing games to market before they were ready, ET was rushed out to cash in on the festive season,

[WebVMan]

I don't why everyone calls this game horrible. I played it and I find it to be THE MOST DREADFUL GAME ON THE PLANET!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lockecole645]

I like how they're using the sound effects from the original version of the game in this commercial.

[Nintendavin]

I love how they try to show as little gameplay as possible.

[jordanv78]

This game was so much ass for the 2600 it disgraced Pac Man and all his glory from the Arcade Version.

At least Ms. PacMan was decent for the 2600

[filmfanatic99]

No one wants to play as Pac Man's ugly sister. IT'S UNETHICAL!

[homeromapa]

i `ve never seen this commercial in my life .

Thanx..

[kurisux]

Eh, its all still no Yar's Revenge, but that was never an arcade game. :)

[WebVMan]

I barely learned how to play that game and still don't understand why people like it. There are so many more entertaining games with actual scrolling screens.

[kurisux]

Pac-Man has a simple quality to it that can actually become VERY intense, even in this rather bland incarnation (played it for 20 mins the other day).

There are plenty of other games, with scrolling and the like, but they provide a different experience: thats the only reason people "still" play these games, is the unique experience of them.

Pac-Man and Super Mario Bros. are totally different games, as an example, but both are incredible in their own unique ways. :D

[FreddyHatty]

PAC-MAN FEVA!

[Snotnarok]

They put more money into the commercial than that shitty 2600 port. I guess they made good with the Ms Pac Man port but still.

[TheKevinator123]

You're probably right, mate and not only was the ms.pac man port better so was it's commercial.

[THELUKESTIR]

i like how they dubbed over the sound effects and how the ghosts even glitch around in the video

[kurisux]

the "glitching" is actually a programing trick to have them actually be 4 "independent" characters. The game basically swaps one ghost around each screen refresh: any flashing on a 2600 game is this same logic being used, since there was a MAJOR sprite limit with the system.

Sad to think, that major annoyance is the only way many games on the 2600 even exist.

Not justifying its ugliness: most programmers hated to resort to it, but at least you know now.

[CaptainBlack1]

Such a cool looking commercial for what was to be one of the two reasons what caused the big CRASH!

[NintendoACA]

Oh yeah! I am getting Pac-man fever! But the only thing driving me crazy is the sound effects!

[lsdbrownies]

lol pac man sounds like a little kid, in the tv show hes like 40 yrs old

[YamiGekusu]

Pac-Man Fever was a bad game and it was better than this version of Pac-Man

[Jakkinator45]

Why the hell do they play it if it gives them a virus that drives them crazy?

[AutisticPsycho]

HAHA, it even shows the flickering ghosts!

[ToxieDogg]

'Pac-Man fever' is obviously more deadly than swine flu if the Atari 2600 version is anything to go by, lol

[vernil511]

it seemed like a good commercial at first,then i listened carefully at the sounds.

[YamiGekusu]

Pac-Man doesn't wear green gloves and shoes. Pac-Man wears orange gloves and red boots/shoes. :(

[georgewilliamgill]

its quagmire!

[NightGoblin5]

they even fucked up pacman., thats effin amazing

[Irvin700]

Very deceptive, they used the arcade sounds instead of the atari ones. HA!

[buffalobobby]

the creator of Garfield? o.O really?

[hilcoop1]

the guy at 0:21 looks like jim davis

[crazynintendoguy]

THE CAKE IS A LIE!

[gguru1]

the 2600's comparatively weak technical specs are no excuse for a bad game, just compare this to later pac-man games released on 2600, you can see clearly that this was was crap

[shadowmario580]

this is how you try to make a bad game look like a good one

[ninja067]

u r a fattie( I bet you were like WOW NOWAY I GET A COMMENT)

[gonzola88]

i still got the fever!

[wildmissingno]

lol they tried to make it seem like it was actually good.

[THEsquirrel3d]

This is most misleading videogame commercial ever. Wow, they really did a good job fooling the customer into buying this disgrace to the yellow muncher.

[progrocker69]

It took THIS utter fiasco - well, with help from E. T. - to force Atari to step up the quality of their game conversions.

What makes this even more of an embarrassment is how they came out with almost perfect renditions of Ms. Pac Man and Jr. Pac Man later on, proving the original could have been decent if only they cared.

[Quinn5151]

Never let atari make pac-man again. I'll stick with namco.

[sleptlate]

atari used namcos permission to make that game

[TenguGuy]

For it's time, it isn't THAT bad. Or maybe I just don't give the 2600 enough credit. Whatever. It could have been WAY worse.

[ninja067]

no wonder pacman ate this game

[cookie123456789012]

HE WILL GET FOOD POISIONING!!!!!!

[WOLF192]

I have this game and it is going no were near my atari.>:(

[MrSejhed]

too bad the game sucked fuck.

[BlackDewn]

wow, es increible como un comercial puede hacerte creer que si juegas pacman te la pasaras en grande con tu familia

aunque tambien puedo equivocarme

[buffalobobby]

hey puede ser! solo ve el wii ;P jejejeje