Ms. Pac-Man: Arcade Classics vs My Arcade | Mini Arcade Showdown! 

Imagine any of these coming out in the early 80s children’s minds would’ve been blown

Also the Basic Fun Ms. Pacman messed up the fruit order. Any Ms. Pacman fan worth their power pellets will know that the strawberry comes after the cherry, NOT the apple!

Love the shirt! great video guys keep up the good work

Great video. Thanks for posting this. Have a nice day.

I only play Ms. Pac-Man on my PS4. Honestly, I’ve found that that version is the best, with an exception to the original that was released to arcades almost forty years ago.

I think the software Roms used for the My Arcade games were also used in the Plug and Plays by Jakks Pacific from 2004.

Very interesting! Glad my family have the 1up Arcade version instead of those two. One of my sisters bought the 3/4 scale arcade cabinet, and it plays almost, if not completely, like a straight forward copy of the original arcade game. Of course, the 1up arcade cabinet is expensive though, yet worth it.

You are absolutely riiiiiight! O.M.G.! It sounded aweful, especially the “My Arcade” version. Yep! I’ll wait! 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️😁

I think that My Arcade should do something similar to Basic Fun, Make some "Remakes" of its Micro Players that use the Original ROMs of its Games. In the case of Basic Fun, Use Custom ROMs, but My Arcade should use the Original Arcade ROMs

There are 2 NES versions of Ms. Pac Man, one is from Namco and one is from Tengen just like the Genesis and Snes version

Four years late with a comment Jon but bearing in mind that we now have My Arcade Micro Players with arcade(ish) roms and the correct TATE screen orientation, I still picked up a 2019 Ms Pacman over the 2023 one simply because it looks better on the shelf :-) To be honest, I only powered it up to make sure it works and that's probably about as much of it as I play. Keep up the awesome work!

I have the My Arcade version it's ok but I do like to play the Arcade machine in the speed or Hyper mode it's much funner to play then the mini ones. Nice video

I had said the Arcade Classics Ms. Pacman was hard to play, but a few minutes ago I made it to the "Chase Scene" after the fifth level! The Chase scene looks exactly like the real arcade game. Also the fruit on the 6th level is the pear and the game play just like the real arcade game is easier than the 4th and 5th levels. The Arcade Classics is very addicting. I played it for hours and not signs of weardown yet. The game is still hard to play.... Happy night!

I used to love playing Pac Man on my Atari 400 back in the day 😊👌

I always think of Ms. Pac Man as being a boomer classic! I know tons of people in their 60s who loved it when it came out. Such an awesome game either way :)

Get this Jon, just a few mins ago I played the My Arcade version and get to the stage that repeats the bananas. Unlike the Arcade version which repeats the Stork Intermission scene after completing a few levels of Bananas, the My Arcade/NES version repeats the Chase scene instead. I did this with only 1 life left. I am not sure if the Chase is the sole repeater or if the 1st or 3rd intermissions repeat as well.

Great video, I would love for Replicade to do a Ms Pac man with a bigger joystick 😳

I find it fascinating that in the 21st Century, you can have a handheld game that is a true replica that looks like an arcade cabinet and has high-resolution graphics. I played a handheld pac-man game at a friend's house in 1982, and back then the maze was etched into the screen, and the pac-man, dots, and ghosts, were just LED's. There is even a Dragon's Lair replica, which could never be done in the 80s because you couldn't store full-motion video on tiny solid state memory chips and have a computer display it directly. You could only do it with a big laser disc player and huge circuit board with a box-shaped monitor, and that could only fit in a full-sized arcade cabinet.

Nice video

I got the 5-in-1 Ms. Pac-Man Countercade from Arcade1Up. All of the new models 2021 and past are programmed with the Fast Hack, so it’s def worth it if you can’t afford a full size cab.

Are the Arcade Classics made by Midway or Basic Fun? I've found both credited for it, but I see a different look on the Basic Fun desk cabinets on Amazon.

Thanks jon..."friends, dont let friends, buy junk!"

It might be more expensive ($129.99 via Geek Store,) but compared to these two, the Numskull Quarter Arcade Ms. Pac-Man is much better. Cabinet is all wood, control feels quite good even for a mini cabinet, it is the legit arcade ROM, and the cabinet is just a lot nicer to look at.

Wow bro your videos are always awesome!!

I did not know you had a podcast

I just got the my arcade one for my mom and I we love the game!!!

The joystick should be in the middle of the control panel. Although I'm right handed, I always play joystick only games with my right hand.

I agree with you Id want to smash the My Arcade version to pieces....the sound in the Pacman series is extremely important. The other Id play just once due to the crappy control. Control and sound tie it all together.

I saw the Ms.Pac Man by My Arcade at a drug store near me and I'm glad I did not buy it. I will give My Arcade this though: they do a great job with the look of the mini arcades. They're great for display but from what I've seen for most of these, they don't really play that well. Probably due to the weird d-pads.

Which ones can be easily modded to unlock other factory games hidden on the motherboard? Thats what I would like to see compared.

Ms. Pac-Manage-a-trois? I remember this on the Atari 2600. My sister and my Mom would both play so it was a win/win. I also remember it being much harder than Pac-Man. They randomized the ghost movement or something? Or was that an urban legend...?

I have the pac man LED, tiny pac man keychain arcade and that basic fun arcade

I have the key chain version :D

Should remind people that the joystick can unscrew to use the cursor. I love my arcade pac man gonna start collecting.

After Watching your latest video on the Micro Player Pro version I decided to rewatch this. WOW this makes the old Ms. PAC-MAN Micro Player look like it was made by @t Games! ACTUALLY THIS MAKES THE AT GAMES NAMCO BLAST "PLUG N PLAY" LOOK LIKE ART!

I like Miss Pac-Man Jon

I have one is a lcd version of tetris from arcade classics

These things are adorable... omg as a kid I would have given blood to own this and show up at school.. we had those crappy coleco ones that were color leds and cost over $100.00 a piece!

In the 1980's, kids would kill for these after those Coleco LED games. But this isn't the 1980's anymore. These things are basically cash grabs.

The my arcade version Is the namco nes version

Didn’t Basic Fun made a earlier version of the Ms.Pac-Man arcade machine with the color LED screen?

The My Arcade Ms. Pac is actually the Namco NES ROM.

I have the basic fun version, and for some reason, I don't have the same control problems you do, maybe my brain adjusted or maybe I just got "lucky", either way, I do prefer the basic fun version by far, it may be small but at least it is *Slightly more accurate than my arcade, who, IMHO, didn't really try to make it like the original.

Thanks!

To explain, the My Arcade release of Ms. Pac Man uses a custom ROM for the Japanese Famicom port of Ms. Pac Man officially released by Namco. The NES version released by Tengen follows the arcade original more closely.

Give Pong some love.

I'm thinking of getting basic fun arcade classics but I have my arcades

i got the my arcade version for christnas

That, Jon, is the Namco version of Ms. Pac-Man for NES. The one licensed by Nintendo.

You Should've Gotten The LCD Version. And Also, I Have Basic Fun's 01 LCD Pac-Man

I just bought a #11 that is in a yellow box not blue like the one you have. It works perfectly. See if you can get that in your collection.

My Arcade was definitely a modified NES Namco ROM. 100% guaranteed. That being said, they could have easily changed the color of the first level maze. The cheap "glob top" one chip NES they use in all these things is famous for missing sounds or not playing sounds properly.

My biggest problem with the My Arcade unit (don’t have the Arcade Classics) is that the high score doesn’t save when you turn it off.

NES: pass Arcade: 👌 Me: dosen't really matter there still good.

honestly 90% of the reason i bought the myarcade is for display plus the playability is good so im happy

Thank you! Saw the My Arcade version in the store. It looked really cool so I considered buying it. Glad I didn't. Seeing how it actually plays, holy shit, they look like trash. Ms. Pacman is something that should be fairly easy to emulate by todays standards. No excuse for this terrible execution. Thanks for the video.

I have alot of basic fun minis the joysticks just takes a little bit to get used to but imo the basic fun minis are better, and the ms. Pacman is very good and very playable, put some time in and get used to the joysticks

I have the blue one

That ladder on the fence is a quick escape out of the neighbors awesome back yard retreat

Basic fun wins because it's more closer to the arcade compared to my arcade

I luv GEN X GROWNUP

thanks for posting. I was looking at the Ms Pac Man from My Arcade in the store. Their Pac Man is fairly decent, but this is a hard pass.

This my arcade uses a rom of ms pacman from the nes.

My Arcade version is a beautiful replica of the original cabinet. But then you turn it on and see that Tengen NES version. Yikes

simple answer is because that there was a never a ms pacman on the NES, this is a custom homebrew version

What you were playing on the my arcade WAS the nes port. Well, the second one. That was an official port. Tengen made another port that had the speed, better graphics, but had some screen scrolling. The official one is garbage.

I think it's funny that some people still are correcting you on this comments section even 4 years later.

If only the score didn't just reset everytime it got shut down ya know?

Fun fact, there are two versions of the NES port of Ms. Pac-Man: one is released by Tengen in 1990 and followed the arcade version very closely. The version released by Namco in 1993 is almost the same, but with multi-colored mazes. The version that you're reviewing is the NES port by Namco released in 1993. Also, the Tengen version released in 1990 should be a MUCH better fit.

It's a shame that the Basic Fun version of the game plays terribly, because I prefer the actual external design better. It looks a exactly like this Ms Pacman cabinet at this pizza/subs place we all hung around when I was 10. :-)

Actually both games look pretty good. Sure it can't compare to the arcade. But common it's 25.00-40.00. You can take it in a gym bag and toss it around.

Why is it so hard to make ms Pac-Man

Wow! The arcade rom for once. Nice!

I have to of these (fix it felix:pac man)

the my arcade ms pacman was the nes rom 100% nes port of the game

4:35 MS. PAC MAN IS NOT A DUCK

The game sound way to loud on first system. It drowns out your voice. Otherwise a killer vid dude.

I have my arcade of Ms Pacman

you are so cool try pac man on nintindo swich

Fun fact the mini arcade uses the original arcade rom

The my arcade is a home console port

It's the NES version. it was really bad too.

Hey my arecades rom is still a mess rom they just added the 2019 at the bottum

I prefer and will always prefer original Pac-Man even that really bad 7# version.

Arcade classics 👍

Here's the break down: My arcade's has better design..the control doesn't appear to be cramped and cheap. However, it uses nes rom which I think it's inferior to the arcade's classic.

Pac-Mom coming soon?

I was actually just about to buy the Arcade Classic one and decided not to after I saw this video. I’m disappointed 😞

Hip a crime you said that the basic fun virgin of Pac-Man was better but that one has most of the same flows sound slow and it’s near impossible to get all 4 goats so it’s fine for Pac-Man to have flaws that make the Pac-Man virsson 10ximes better but when myalgia evade use a good rom of Pac-Man its bad

Arcade classics version is orginal my arcade ver is trash they also forgot to add the "RUN" button

What an unpleasant experience for both , smh

I thought you were a kids channel fsr and when you started cursing I was like wtf

I Have A My Arcade Pac-Man It Isn't Ms.Pac-Man

See ur problem is your comparing this to the arcade versions instead of just enjoying this for what it is. I have both and the arcade classics is slow but controls is responsive on mine but once you get to level 2 it’s faster. My arcade is lot better

The bezel of the My Arcade looks awesome but the gameplay rots. Its Arcade Classics for the win.

I've never played ms. pacman in my life and it's a shame that they ruined the game.

Jon, don't mince words, you should tell us how you really feel.

It's a tie. They both lose.....

Yea both versions have a bad MS PACMAN the basic fun one looks better graphic wise, but play wise is horrible! The My Arcade one is more playable but graphic wise looks cheesy. Which one would I rather have for just SHOW on my showcase THE MY ARCADE!

Fail x2. If you’re going to make a custom ROM, at least offer *something* worthwhile.