Classic Game Room - MS. PAC-MAN arcade game review 

I'm a girl from the 90's, (1996) and I love Ms Pac Man. I play all the time and have a decent high score. I've been playing since I was around nine and have always been in love with the game.

I always imagined BarCade to be a sort of heaven for Mark.

"Oh F...Fun Fun Fun" LOL

Ms. Pac-Man is proof that game hacking can be a good thing. :) Crazy Otto forever!

I am 87 year old woman and still play and lovePac man.😊

Perhaps one of the best arcade games ever! Was I the only one as a kid who had a crush on ms pac man?

This made me want to buy a Ms. Pac-Man (any version)

Been watching classic game room for a long time and always knew how Mark wanted a arcade machine of Ms Pac-Man, i'm really happy for him, hope that he blasts some Van Halen while playing the game.

Outstanding review ! Loved the little anecdotes !

This was the first retro game I ever played, my mom loved this game back in the 80s so whenever we would go to a local Mexican place that had one of the machines in the lobby, me and her would play.

Love Ms. Pac-Man. At my funeral I want the coffin to be painted just like the Ms. Pac-Man arcade cab.

Ms Pacman arcade was my first game :D Congratulations Mark!

"Fun, fun, fun!" Haha, great family-friendly review, Mark!

I remember "Ms. Pac-Man" since I was a kid when I first saw it at a restaurant back in my Puerto Rico years. I first played this game and it was a lot of fun. I played them in movie theaters, theme parks, amusement parks, malls, campgrounds and lots more. This game was made around 1981, and it was a follow-up to the original "Pac-Man", the first one which was a classic, much better than the godawful Atari VCS/2600 version from 1981, the same year "Ms. Pac-Man" came out. Both of these games are tops. I was also at a Quick Stop not far from where I lived and I saw a "Ms. Pac-Man" game and it doesn't work anymore, because it was busted and never seem to plug it in. I wish it needs a full restoration. This has been stood in the arcades for a long time. There was also another arcade classic "Galaga" which was another classic space shooter from that same year 1981, A follow-up to the 1979 arcade hit "Galaxian". This game was first made by Namco, but it was later distributed by Midway to avoid the Namco name. It was part of Bally which was also a company that made pinball machines. The game is still a class by itself.

I remember stepping into an arcade as a youngster and seeing a croud around a new game and got close enough to finally see it and about 5 hours later got to play MS. PAC-MAN. I was probably like 8 or 10 when this came out in so cal, the OC as now say, my old stomping grounds.....lol......thanks for the vid............PEACE

I like when Mark says "Arcade machine"

I grew up with this on the Game Boy Advance. Thanks Namco Museum!

Mark, the total fan of Pac Man :P

Nice score and it's in great shape! Ms Pacman, along with Tempest, is my favorite. I always wondered why it wasn't called Pacwoman.

I've played that cab before. My dentist when I was a kid had that in the waiting room set on free play.

They have a really excellent Ms. Hack-Man at the arcade on the Santa Monica pier, or at least used to. Great to play some of the more inventive remixes with a real cabinet and joystick

Ahh Barcade Brooklyn. The home of my best first date ever.

Pacman goes well with pizza, chicken wings and a huge mug of beer!

This was my first ever video game I ever played when I was around 5-6yo. Only that I remember it was in the table like cabinet.. Man it feels so long ago! (it was) lol

I also loved playing "Ms. Pac-Man" on the Atari 2600 when I was a kid. :D

Rolling thunder, gauntlet1, buster bros, bubble and bobble are also my best memories

According to a super recent YT video from a pro arcade restorer, Pac-Man has now surpassed the misses in popularity.

They also had namco Ms Pac-Man / galaxian arcade machine with a bonus hint game of original Pac-Man.

Finally, a video with a Zoom kit mod installed. I'm having no luck finding pics of any of the arcade cabs with the button installed that was common to the units here in NorCal. It was a white square button that read "ZOOM" which was written inside jagged lines symbolizing an explosion. All I'm seeing online are basic round buttons to activate the mod and few actually have "Zoom" written on 'em. Back in the day, pressing that button, it seemed like it sped up Ms. Pac-Man & Co. to operating at the same speeds as Street Hawk or KITT's "Super Pursuit Mode". It was incredible. The "zoom" feature in Tengen's port of the game to the Genesis still doesn't compare [sadly]. As for ports of the game, I still consider the 7800 version best since GCC - the creators of Ms. Pac-Man did it. AtariAge has a homebrew port of Crazy Otto for the 7800; same with KC Munchkin.

Crazy Otto looked like the 'Pac-Man" on the original side art of the game

I hate finding a ms. Pac man machine and it isn't fast. I know slow is the original speed, but fast is how I started and always have played.

I love the speed kit. I have always been looking for a home port that had the speed, and the sega genesis version had an option for speed.

Helluva game! I don't know about that speed up stuff though. It gets plenty fast for me on its on. Great review.

Do you recommend any of the new systems made to mimic the real 80's versions? Chicago Gemming apparently bought the rights from Namco? Thanks for any advice - we haven't been able to find an original and dont want to have to work on it - hoping for a new one if good quality?

SO AMAZING!!!!! Thank for yet another amazing video ***** . Question is that that amazing arcade room in your house?!?!? Its, other worldly!!!

Can't wait to play this on my Atari 2600! :D

Ms. Pac-Man is one of my favorites.

I played the original machine a day ago, and it goes SO FAST! But, I love it. The joy stick felt clunky and faulty, but hey, probably just that particular machine itself. I think I'll try playong again real soon any way. Great video! Whats some more pro tips??

The only places to play classic 80's arcade games Pizzerias,laundromats,and buffets,

Fun, fun, fun! Show much fun.

I hope that Ms. Pac-Man will be an alternate Skin for Pac-Man in the new Smash Bros game. That would be sweet!

If I could have only one original arcade machine, it would be Rally X. 🏎️💨

i saw a Chase HQ machine in this video, mark should do a review for that game sometime

Game systems that matter... Dreamcast was listed. Classic Game Room just became my favorite youtube show!

Quick question, where do you even get arcade machines? Just something I’ve been wondering about.

Mark - you forgot to mention that after level (board) 20 the ghosts do not change at all after eating a power pellet. They simply reverse direction. Same for Pac-Man.But then again you probably figured (as myself) that most people watching this and reading these comments couldn't make it past "The Chase". Most people I see at Barcade playing it can't even score 20,000 or make it past the 3rd board (orange). Pretty painful to watch if you ask me - and this is HIGH SPEED on EASY SETTINGS. My high is 679,550 but only 83,390 on normal speed (slow) settings on MAME.

God i love this game

If I could ever had one arcade machine it would be the Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga arcade machine. First thing I'd buy if ever won the lottery.

Ms. Pac man is the best! Is she a spinoff to the classic pac man? If so,her game is impressive,as it's more challenging!

I love you censored yourself, great work mark.

There's one cabinet I know of here in Chatsworth, Ca at the Uncle Ernie's Pizza. If you stop by be sure to get a slice, the pizza is fantastic. Sadly the arcade machine seems to have seen better days as the controls seem rather unresponsive, or I'm just terrible at the game. Got to Act 1 and lost on the first board. :*(

I don't know about that speed hack. Does it make it easier? The LCD monitor looks nice though.

I wish one day I will as good as you at Pac-Man because I love them but I suck, I can't even finish 4 rounds :( .

Mark needs to open up his arcade to the public. I wouldn't mind paying money to play some games there.

I see ChaseHQ in a background and I hope we'll see review soon

Have you played Baby Pacman? It's a a pinball machine and pacman arcade game combo. Pretty fun too!

The speed kit is the bane of my arcade experience. I hate going places to see that they've messed with the game like that. I'd rather get my ass handed to me in a slow, hard slog in Ms. Pac-Man than jet around the screen all untouchable. Oh well. At home, it's the slow stuff for me.

ive only played the arcade a few times and its very different from namco museum on the gamecube ps2 xbox

Hey Mark. Do U have a Time Crisis, Mario Kart Arcade and a Terminator Arcade machine. If so then do a review on it.

Mark's favorite game: Ms. Pac-Man Mark's favorite movie: The Empire Strikes Back

You've been to Williamsburg, Brooklyn? I have too. I hate the trendiness of it but there's a really cool record store there. Ironic, eh?

love pacman

There's a Mrs. PAC-MAN machine at my local Pizza Hut, and it's real fast.

5:12 LOL. This game has some surprising depth. Unlike Pac Man which is just about memorizing patterns, each ghost in this game has its own AI. Getting high scores takes quite a bit of skill and improvisation when things go wrong.

Do another tomatoes video were you show your garden!!

Whats the difference between this and the original? Besides that high speed mod or whatever it was

If you want good pretzels I suggest going to Greene Turtle.

I wondered why the heck the game was moving so fast. Is it an overclocking kit or something?

Pretzels are my favourite fruit

Wait, those scanlines are horizontal... the monitor in there isn't on it's side/portrait? Huh.

3:48 I THOUGHT MARK IS DOING FORTNITE DANCE. HAHA!

This game is sho much fun.

Ugh, that turbo....I feel dirty playing machines with that turbo chip built in because I feel like I'm cheating.

did you get pitfighter yet

i own a M.Pacman 5 in one Namco plug & play so i can play this on my wide screen T.V.

I always thought your favorite game was Truxton.

The blonde girl was Phoebe Buffay.

i have a table top one of this + galaga in my basement

He didn't touch on the main improvement of Ms Pacman over Pacman, which is randomization. Pacman can be memorized.

I wish I had the money to space travel so I could visit the Intergalactic Arcade. : (

I always wondered how much shipping costs to the Intergalactic Space Arcade. It must cost a fortune. xD :P

Wow, after a certain point the ghosts don't even become eatable. Did this same difficulty curve come in the original Pac-man, or did the ghosts always have the same vulnerability timers?

My dentist has this in the waiting room.

I wish I could send you the Tapper and Root Beer Tapper arcade machines.

A local arcade here about 10 years ago had the turbo mod installed and it was way too easy. I ended up playing for about an hour and passed it onto a kid that was watching me play. It would be better If the ghosts moved faster too.

How come towards the end of the video, whenever he eats a power pellets it does nothing?

With all those arcades I can't imagine what the electricity bill must be like.

If you can get Pac-Man Fever, then can you get Ms. Pac-Man STDs?

Fruit also contains fiber and various phytonutrients.

Anyone not use to the arcade version (me) will find this versions strange competed to other versions like my favorite Namco museum on GBA (gamecube and ps2 and Xbox)

En España fue muy popular este juego en la maquina pacu Man del fabricante recreativos Franco allá por el año 1981 del cual yo conservo un ejemplar en mi pequeña colección privada de arcades y tragaperras te recomiendo que le eches un vistazo a este modelo en esto de internet a ver que te parece veras que mueble de maquina mas guapo un saludo desde España Europa siempre que puedo sigo tus fantásticos vídeos lo dicho un cordial saludo.

Review the original ds next

I found a ms pacman arcade machine for 880 bucks is that a good deal?

All hail Lord carnage

Along with Arkanoid.

The magic bow of plus speed

Space! Space! Space! Pretzel! Space! Space!...... :echo:

Under 301

How come you ate the ghost there were 3 pellets

Holy shit, this is fast as fuck.