Atari 5200 Unreleased Treasures #1: Jr. Pac-Man

Welcome awesome ladies and gentlemen to the very first (1st) of my newest and original special series entitled "Atari 5200 Unreleased Treasures", which actually pertain to some seriously damn excellent classic games for the Atari 5200 that SADLY never got a chance to be officially released to us at all due apparently to the Video Game Crash of 1984 that came in the USA from during that time... and that is just why I present to you this series indeed, so let us get started!!! ;)

First up, comes an outstanding and arguably THE BEST arcade conversion of Jr. Pac-Man for the Atari 5200, which *truly* excels so brilliantly in both the gameplay and play control in bringing this whole experience home... especially in how splendidly well it responds and plays!!! Great graphics, superb sounds, and scrolling as smooth as ever all capture the sheer thrill and frantic excitement of the 1983 arcade original... it is such a stinking damn shame though that it missed out on an official Atari 5200 home release, because it would SURELY have been one of the rather best "swan song" games in the console's dying days, you know?

However, this lost yet quite a helluva precious diamond in the rough is currently available officially from the Atari Age site, located beginning at:

http://www.atariage.com

...and this is the one game on the Atari 5200 that you just ESPECIALLY CANNOT miss whatsoever!!! ^-^=b !!

Please enjoy this video richly, and I got even more of these rare unreleased treasures to come for that system indeed... stay tuned!!! ^^

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• Pac-Man
• pacman
• jr
• junior
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• rare
• unreleased
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• console
• arcade
• conversion
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• maze
• treasures

[ChiMike07]

Did Jr Packman have intermissions, either in the 5200 version or in the arcade?

[AdigunPolack]

@ChiMike07 Unfortunately, in the unreleased Atari 5200 version of Jr. Pac-Man that I have played at the time of this video piece, it had no intermissions programmed into it at all (unlike the original 1983 Bally Midway arcade version which had them).

No wonder that it was a crying shame that this did not get released on that home console indeed; however, there is *currently* a homebrew version of this game for the Atari 7800 that is available now through Atariage.com. Be sure to try it!!! ;)

[Kajayachtproductions]

You have an Atari 5200 that actually has a controler that works! How did you get it working!

[AdigunPolack]

@Kajayachtproductions Actually, since this game was unreleased for the 5200 at all, about the only way to play it was through an Atari 5200 emulator on the computer. That's it. Otherwise, Jr. Pac-Man did not make it past the completed stages of programming before this was shipped to store shelves in 1984 or so as a 5200 cartridges, and that is rather such a shame indeed. What a serious waste, as a result!! :(

Thank you so much for the comment... I appreciate that!!! ^-^ !

[aakurtz]

Lucked out like 7 times. Did you use save states or is the AI just whack?

[AdigunPolack]

I did not use any save states at all in this video, aakurtz. This was rather just my original play of the Atari 5200 unreleased version of Jr. Pac-Man, which could VERY easily have been one of the best games out on the console, period.

I do not know exactly about the AI in this game myself; all I can remember is that this game is just as deep and challenging as the arcade original in so many respects. That is all I am saying. ;)

[gamegod9000]

This looks almost exactly like the original!

Ill bet that is what makes this version so epic - you would have been able to play at home but it wouldnt be some kind of 2600 letdown.

Although this version looks better the Arcade version and the Atari 2600 (excluding Pacman) will always be my favorite. :D

[MrDemonSushi]

It's too bad this game never saw the light of day. It looks really cool.

[kiyotewolf]

<.< this looks WORSE, than the Atari 2600 version.. How can that be?

5200 was supposed to have been superior! And this looks like .. poo!

~Kiyote!

[emperorkang]

this actually came out for the Atari 2600 as well.

[akumie]

wow grahics are shit, horsehsit

[mclaine33]

How did you get your hand on this game if it was unreleased?

BTW good video!

[hootyhaha]

I've been flooded with advanced sounds from Xbox for so long, I'm starting to find these simple sounds very hypnotic and interesting again. I love it!

[Pacfan98]

It Sucks That It Was Never Released In The U.S. :'(