Pac-Man Ghost Zone - 2009 PlayStation Museum Cancelled Game of the Year

The Annual PlayStation Museum Game of the Year awards have been determined. The 2009 Cancelled Game of the Year goes to Pac-Man Ghost Zone.

In the history of the PlayStation, there have been 3 big hit titles that began as a very different game. #1) Activision's Apocalypse, #2) Capcom's Resident Evil 2, and #3) Pac-Man 3D. The PlayStation Museum has covered Apocalypse and Resident Evil in the past, and now we reveal Namco's original Pac-Man Ghost Zone.

Pac-Man Ghost Zone thrusts our pudgy pal into 14 wacky worlds, each loaded with 3D poly-gonzo thrills. Pac-Man doesn't just eat - he jumps, flies, swims, slides, and rolls in an effort to battle an all-new cast of bad guys and ghosts. Long live the king of game-dom, Pac-Man!

Be sure to visit www.playstationmuseum.com to read a post mortem for this game.

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[blackmagestaff]

Who's doing the voice over at the beginning?

Or did thay already have that made?

[PlayStationMuseum]

The voices were assumed to be supplied by the development team.  The designer remembers providing the voice for the Ghost Lord.

[cooppp]

Looks more like Mario 64 then Pac Man World

[PlayStationMuseum]

It was modelled after Mario 64 and controlled more like the first Tomb Raider. The main reason it was cancelled is because it just didn't feel like Pac-Man. Namco made the right decision in re-designing Pac-Man World, but Ghost Zone had a lot of potential.

[seazonegranec]

sometimes I miss these graphics

[MarioGenerations]

And did the kid become Pacman or get kidnaped?

[BrickBlaster5000]

If Pac-Man wasn't a classic game in the 80's, And was as important as Bubsy 3D, This would of been released, And said to be one of the worst PlayStation games. I think if this game was fixed of bugs, better enviroments , And if Pac Man was re-designed, Thids game would of been alright.

[MarioGenerations]

Also it looks like nintendo64 not Playstation

[MarioGenerations]

Are those Blue things power pellets?

[BLEAHGames124365]

@20eric07 I guess not Namco of Japan. It's weird, apparently Namco of Japan has the rights to Pacman, not Namco of America. This created some sort of problem where JP wouldn't give NA permission and they decided to use their own story or something.

[20eric07]

@BLEAHGames124365 But... you can see "Namco" on the level where he rolls a ball.. Surely this means this was developed/going to be published by Namco?

[BLEAHGames124365]

@20eric07 I don't know. I guess they thought that a character turning into something resembling the copyrighted character in question made them exempt from having to obtain permission or something.

[20eric07]

@BLEAHGames124365 How does that make them exempt from acquiring the rights?

[Riku2677]

WHERE IS DANNY PHANTOM!