Genres Maze Creators Toru Iwatani | Developers Namco
Bandai Namco Composers Toshio Kai | |
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Publishers Namco
Midway
Atari
Bandai Namco Platforms Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 800, Commodore VIC-20, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, Apple II, Commodore 64, Intellivision, Nintendo Entertainment System, MSX, Game Boy, Game Gear, Neo Geo Pocket Color, Game Boy Color, Mobile, Xbox Live Arcade, iPod Classic, Virtual Console, Windows Phone 7 | ||
Pac-Man is a Japanese arcade game released in 1980 by Namco and published in North America by Midway. Bandai Namco have released numerous sequels and spin-offs, many of which have also been remade on multiple platforms, including home consoles and handheld devices. The first sequels were primarily released in arcades, while later titles were released on video game consoles.
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Pac-Man Plug & Play Games
There is a series of JAKKS Pacific Plug & Play controllers that are Pac-Man themed. Most of them feature either Pac-Man or Ms. Pac-Man as the main game and then include other Namco arcade games with it. Bandai also released their own in 2012 called Pac-Man Connect and Play.
Other compilations featuring Pac-Man
There are also many compilations featuring Pac-Man that don't have Pac-Man's name in the title. The most popular example is the Namco Museum series (every Namco Museum title features Pac-Man as the mascot, even on the few rare moments where the original Pac-Man game is not included) which has been on almost every video game console since the fifth generation, a list of many other Namco compilations (most of them featuring Pac-Man in some way) can be found here.
Some notable examples with the "Namco Museum" title:
This is not a full list of Namco Museum titles, for a full list, go to the "Namco Museum" article.
iOS and/or Android games
Pac-Man has many games on iOS and Android.
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). There's also been emulations of the original Pac-Man and Pac-Land included in the Namco Arcade application for iOS and Android. There was also a Pac-Man themed Twitter application for iOS devices and the Pac-Man Live Wallpaper application for iOS and Android devices. In July 2015, Pac-Man Championship Edition DX was released on both iOS and Android.
Cancelled Pac-Man games
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 PC version.