Namco 20 Year Reunion Arcade Cabinet Review - Ms. Pac-Man, Galaga, and Pac-Man - 1981 

I swear this cabinet is easily the most common arcade cabinet that's ever existed. It's everywhere.

It's all original/authentic programming/code from Namco put onto the PCB... call it what you want, it plays 100% original, and that's why it's so good (unlike the 60-1 crap).

They have one of these at my local walmart, I put a sticky note on the machine with the code and got in trouble lol

I allways get a bit excited when John puts up another video. John's contagious enthusiasm and clear explainations without repeating trivial or common sense issues forced me really into finally building a Mame arcade cabinet without any knowledge or experience what so ever. It turned out great. So many thanks for that, John.

That cabinet actually doesnt use emulation,it uses a Z180,which is a more powerful version of the Z80,which is the CPU used in the original Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man and Galaga PCBs.

Great video, John! This is actually my favorite arcade machine of all time!!!

Thanks for releasing these cheat codes for unlocking PAC-MAN, used them on holidays and kept coming back.

Hey, I play on that exact cabinet in my bowling alley's arcade! It had Ms. Pac Man, Pac Man, and Galaga! Looked exactly like that.

I'm gonna try the Pacman trick

Its amazing to think in a 3 year period from 79 to 82 so many amazing games were produced

I just watched your video. I just purchased Namco 20 Year reunion. I had no idea about Pacman code. WOW, thanks!

A 25" monitor in a standard-size Namco cabinet is nothing new. Some original Galaxian cabinets came with 25" monitors as well, back in '79.

Never knew the Pac-Man code until now. I wish I would've had this info earlier. Pretty cool stuff!

Thanks for the look at this game. There was one at our mall, a couple of years ago. Don't know if it's still there, though. Geez. For 3500 bucks, dang right, it should have silk screened glass! LOL ;)

Hey John! I own this same machine but in cocktail form. I really like it and my family seems to enjoy playing it too. The same code to play Pac Man is available. It's a really fun machine. I'm glad you reviewed it.

dude, ive been to every pizza resturants with arcade games and they had a pacman cabnet , it so much fun :)

I don't mind games having continues if it's implemented right. There's a few ways of doing it right: 1. Put a note beside the high score indicating how many continues were used to achieve it. 2. Limit the amount of continues to 1 (like with Punch-Out and Super Punch-Out) 3. Have unlimited continues, but reset the score to zero on each continue.

This is the second arcade game I got. We love it.

I've played that cabinet in a pizza restaurant. Pretty cool. I didn't know you could play regular pac-man on it.

Nice video as always John. I play this at my local Dave and Buster's and it's great. The player can also change the Pacman, Ms Pacman, and Galaga speeds as well before starting even if the cabinet is operator set for normal speed. My friend does this all the time because he likes fast speed but D and B where I live has it set for slow speed. Very cool to see him hit the buttons to a certain sequence to change the speed. I also play the combo cabinet for Nintendo featuring Mario Brothers, Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. Try to do a review of that if you have one close by. Would love to see that. Keep up the great work.

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This was always one of the most aesthetically appealing arcade cabinets to look at to me while I would love to own an authentic orginal Pac-Man or Ms Pac-Man arcade cabinet I feel like owning one of these reunion cabinets that contains Ms Pac-Man Galaga and Pac-Man as a secret hidden game is pretty interesting and would probably cost less then trying to own an authentic arcade cabinet of either Pac-Man or Ms Pac-Man but I love how the cabinet has the original side artwork for both games and then near the coin door there's screen shots of both games and even the control panel and the marquee are shared between the two game's witch overall adds to the very appealing design of this particular cabinet eventually though they did make a version thar included regular Pac-Man on it along with galaga and Ms Pac-Man I also love how this was relased in 2001 I'd imagine that these are still pretty common to find with that being addressed I didn't realize that this actually allowed for continues that amazes me how this cabinet allows you to continue where you left off on should you desire to do so in the first place I wonder how much these cabinets cost now I'd imagine that the price for this cabinet probably skyrocketed Or maybe not but I wont know until I find out how much in terms of money and value that these cabinets go for

You can also take over the Galaga game in the attract mode as well, depending on what you do, it will move on to the next part of attract, or it will restart the game. You have to wait until just before the Queen turns on it's tractor beam, and then you can start shooting. Do not get caught in the tractor beam.

I remembered seeing this at my Movie Theater at my home town. I played it.

Ms. Pac-Man was actually first released in January 1982.

This machine is one of the best re-releases ever! I hate the continues though...

yes. i agreed with you. So far only Neo Geo system works. Wrapping up the scores before continuing. Great for Hi-scorer and people who wants to see the story ending.

Game is legit totally dope I love playing it

If you get your hands on the game board PCB, take a look at both sides and you'll see a pacman ghost on one side of it and a Galaga on the other.

love how you had a secret code to get pacman lol

John ARE YOU NUTS!!!!? Heck continue is the best part when your game is over!! I'd say keep it on if I got it.

I use to work for an arcade company up there in Orlando I had all the major hotels on I drive now I live down in South Florida for a huge arcade company as a head tech

The reason why the continue mode option is available is because the owner may need more money. Also, this option can be turned off by going to settings, hitting “General,” and then hitting “Continue” mode from 1 credit to “Disabled” mode.

Pacman 20 years Reunion and 25th Anniversary cabinets are not emulation at all as they are based on the 8 bit original code (slightly modified to handle the selection menu and the various gamespeeds) running on a Zilog Z180 which is an 8 bit processor 100% backward compatible with the old Z80 (actually 3 of them in Galaga) simply able to run at a quicker speed if requested. The logic of the original boards is embedded into 2 FPGAs placed on the PCB (1 for Pacman and 1 for Galaga) and protected with heatsinks. The only Namco Pacman cabinet to use emulation so far is the most recent "Arcade Party" which uses a Playstation 2 hardware running an emulator allowing to play 12 Namco Classics (64 bits processor running 8 bits code, that definetely requires software emulation :=) )

There's one of theses machines in a golf course restaurant in a town only 15 minutes away from me!

Hey John, I'm not sure if you know about this, but there's actually a weird bug in these cabinets. During the Galaga attract sequence, when the alien tractor beam grabs the player ship, you can press the fire button and actually kill it, at which point you'll be able to take control of the attract sequence and "play" it for a small amount of time before the game crashes and restarts.

That machine has my favorite games on it

Huy Que Chimba De Maquina Esta Super!!

I can get to level 9 in galaga with out losing a life

Tha cab was borderline MAME, watch out Jon! ;)

Fast Pacman looks really fun.

I imagine all the changes were for cost and ease. I love the big monitor! Really awesome. I hate the cheap paper, digital printing, and non correct control stick. I played one of these arcades and it was blah because of these reasons.

wow look at that burn in

I'm okay with continues, but only if the score resets

This might be the most common arcade cabinet ever. Ok, maybe not, but it certainly feels like it sometimes.

I own this arcade machine since 2004 when the PS2 was out arcade still rules the world of video games now that consoles no longer suck I don’t need to buy arcade machines or buy video games that suck on consoles

Thanks for the trick!

They have the same Arcade Machine at Mount Olympus Except it's the 25th Anniversary Edition with Pacman already Unlocked.

Interesting Cabinet for sure, I hate the continue option too! If that can be turned off it would be awesome.

I love this place have a lot of video games, pacman, ms pacman and galaga. I like the arcade machines , you need insert coin to play this games.

You can turn off the continues feature. The Dave n busters near my house turned it off. But turned the speed up on permanently

awsome up up down down left right left right left start ms pac man and ORIGINAL PAC MAN AWSOME

John! When I Saw That Continue On Pac-Man I Was Like That Shouldn't Be Available!

Fun fact: You can actually crash the game on the Galaga demo. The first time he gets captured, you can fire and if you destroy it, you get control for the rest of the demo. And if you get captured again, the game crashes and goes back to the ms. pac man demo.

John, I was play Super Glob. It ran on Pacman Hardware, and it was a German Bootleg. Sure cool

Didnt know about the hidden pac-man. Emulated or not I would love to own one of these.

They have that cab at my local arcade with a 60 in 1 in it.

I've seen this game at timber ridge at man oh man is it fun ms PAC man I love you

Hey dude... thought you had the next PacMan in the can and was uploading it for tonight? Come on John, get that restore going... I like that cab though - except for the continue - thats no fun!!

I just purchased a similar machine Namco 20 year reunion but has 40 games on it and small monitor Bought this brand new paid way too much for it but fun, Galaga my favorite, plays like I remember my only hate about this machine is the poor quality sound just wondering if there is any fix for this

weird he had to fly to orlando just to check out that game. they are all over in socal and pacific nw.

I want one . Thanks for sharing. Big Big Fan

Really nice idea but such a pity they cut corners with it. :( Bad burn-in on that monitor too. The bullets are sped up in Galaga as well..

That was the most awesome video, I've ever seen John! And guess what, I lived in Orlando, And I known so many places over there. Hey John? I'm Alex! Can You tell me what hotel is this? and what's the name of it? So I can go there Probably during the weekdays, I believe! You're awesome John! Keep It Up! ^w^

Yeah, Galaga would be a fun project. Easy too. Black cabs are easy. :)

It's an awesome cab

my bowling alley has this.

Does this machine have a menu in which plays a melody? I’ve been searching for a combo machine that played a certain melody when the demo screens timed out. It was a Ms Pac-Man Combo machine like this. Machine was out around 2008-2009..

Not gonna lie, even with all the issues those things have (continues? really?!) I would not mind owning one of those! I agree that I'd prefer playing on an original Ms. Pac/Pac-Man/Galaga... but failing having any of those handy, I wouldn't say no to the 20th anniversary game. Fantastic video, though!

I see some burn-in on the monitor. It's easiest to see during the cutscene.

"...b/c I would be dead already in a real pacman ga... wup" haha that was hilarious

The also made a Pac Man 25th aniversary cabinet with MS pac Man, Pac Man, and Gallaga

This is the only cabinet that EVERY SINGLE ARCADE HAS HERE IN MY TOWN

I did that before and it worked.

That Galaga high score....that is WHY the lack of continue option is best.

Where did you play this in Orlando? I want to know where that Spiderman pinball is!

You've got the original Budweiser Tapper? There's only about 300 of those in existence!

YOU DID THE CODE TO PLAY REGULAR PAC MAN!

7:26 My childhood was 5. 😭

John, you shouldn't have thrown the pacman game, you nearly had the high score there!. Yes, you really need to get a Galaga, I'd love to see you bring one of these back to life. Galaxians, Phoenix, and definitely a Galaxians hack called Swarm.

I should be uploading a video tomorrow! Then, a Pac restore vid next week! I need to finish it!

I didn't know the code on ms Pac man to play regular Pac man!

Is that at the Congo River Golf? My wife and I were in Orlando on our honeymoon and we were at the bus stop across from it waiting for that damn I-ride trolley. I wanted to go there but my wife didn't want to see the live gators!

I seen one of those at an auction go for $1400.

thank you for giving us the code! the place by me is closing on New Years Day unfortunately but they have this 20th anniversary edition one too so I'm going to try the codes and see if it works!!!...... NOW WOULD THERE BE A DIFFERENCE THOUGH since the one by me is a swipe card play type and not coin operated?

hey John when is the next time you are heading to Florida

My movie theater has one of those

I have the 20th anniversary ms pacman/galaga cocktail one but it is on the fritz........frozen screen and annoying buzz...... I grabbed a 60 in 1 pcb but not sure if I need some sort of adapter as well........ those pins don't line up exactly....you get sounds but screen is just small lines....

I see this everywhere

Original Pac-Man: Up, Up, Up, Down, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, Left. You should hear a ding sound. Then to play, press Ms. Pac Man's Fire Button. Fast Pac (Pac Man and Ms. Pac Man) or Fast Shot (Galaga): Left, Right, Left, Right, Up, Up, Up, then press Galaga's Fire Button.

Does anyone know the monitor model numbers used in this for both the 25 inch version and the 19 inch version ?? Thanks

There is one on bc ferry's up in bc Canada has a very tired monitor

You can turn off continue. And even if it's set on speedy, you can input the code to change it to slow, or vice versa if it's on slow then it will be come speedy. The 25th anniversary has the option to select Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, or Galaga, no input code required on it. The 30th anniversary is called 'Pac-Man's Arcade Party' and it only includes Ms. Pac-Man if you buy the home version. The problem I have is that I prefer the 'speedy versions and the emulation lags and can cause some missed turns at times so I picked up an original with a speedy chip. Can't go wrong with the large PCB's :)

OH YEAH!

my pizza hut has this same cab i play it every so now and then.

i see one in allentown on craiglist for $600, just has monitor roll, doesn't sound like a big deal.

We have this exact cabinet at our local pizza place

tube bun on that moniter

My castle arcades bar has mini galaga machine. The screen is so small that galaga game looks small.

I found one of these at the castle