Pac-Man 'Coleco Mini Arcade' Review & Gameplay - Rare Obscure or Retro - Rerez

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Pac-Man is an arcade game that became an instant worldwide classic. Originally developed by Namco for Arcades, Midway the american publisher of the game worked with Coleco to produce a portable arcade game version. Today on the show, I'll be reviewing the machine and giving my thoughts on it's design, differences, and gameplay.
This unit was loaned to me by the awesome folks at Retro Replay in Cambridge, Ontario!
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@ThEjOkErIsWiLd00 9 лет назад

You have to admit, it's pretty damn neat how creative they got in order to get around the limitations of a vfd display for this game.

@rerez 9 лет назад

jokerswild00 I agree! :)

@christopherlopez2729 7 лет назад

I played this for months and months after one Christmas in the 80s...driving my family totally insane!!!

@jayc3472 7 лет назад

I always wanted one of these but my parents could never afford it. I remember kids bringing these in for show&tell at school but good luck trying to get a shot at playing it with 20 other kids wanting to play it as well lol. Well 35 years later and I finally own Pac-man. I picked one up at a flea market today for $25 and to my surprise it still works. Other than the sound it's really not that bad. I think for the technology at the time Coleco nailed it.

@mylifeingaming 9 лет назад

Absolutely love the slower paced editing in this. Really gives you a chance to look at whats going on.

@pushinguproses 9 лет назад

Great reflection on Pac-Man and the mini arcade. Very respectful review, and brilliantly edited together.

@rerez 9 лет назад

Thanks! :)

@rerez 9 лет назад

***** Your videos are quite good Mr. Critic. :D

@tjlomin1466 4 года назад

Do we get to hear any of the original sounds in this video?

@Wflash00 6 лет назад

This was the first version of Pac-Man I played, and man that opening jingle has stuck with me and it's just an exstacy shot everytime I hear it (not that often anymore since I think our Pac-Man mini arcade broke)

@BraveFencerLinkMakenshi 6 лет назад

My uncle had this when I was a kid, we would play it all the time! Oh, sweet childhood memories 😊😢

@magiczipper7938 2 года назад

Thank you for playing the audio of the game. This little game popped into my head randomly, and I wanted to experience it again. As soon as I heard it, I was a child again. Thank you.

@ardaschadha982 9 лет назад

I've played Pacman before, but I never knew something like THIS existed! I love your retro videos, as I feel like I am learning things about video game history. Keep up the good work!

@ThrashIsBack100 8 лет назад

both my dad and my step dad have one of these still. Both in near perfect condition

@russren 5 лет назад

I had one and loved it! Played it all the time. Bet by parents probably threw it away when i got older, but this was an awesome game for a kid in the 80's!

@KatsPurr 8 лет назад

What a beautifully exectuted review on all levels! As a kid, I was so envious that the neighbors kids had this device and I'd always go over there to play it, much to their annoyance. Now as an adult I decided to buy one off Ebay. But of course the experience isn't as fun as I remember it hehe. You explain well why that is. Still a nice thing to have on the shelf.

@Mmacrossfirekenai 2 года назад

This version also had third game on it called "Eat and Run" in which featured a maze with no dots and just the 4 energizers. The goal was to avoid the ghosts and eat all 4 energizers (which did not make the ghosts edible) The game was a product of its time with very limited LCD and sound yet the collection sold like hotcakes

@codmobster5229 Год назад

I had the donkey Kong coleco mini when I was a kid. Sat in the dark for hours playing that game. Great stuff!!! If you were a kid when this came out you would not be so critical. Glad I came up when I did in the gaming world. Started with pong, and atari 2600. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

@thepeternetwork 8 лет назад

I had the Coleco Mini Arcade toys of Pac-Man, Galaxian and Frogger, and I totally agree what you said about the imperfect controls on Pac-Man. Out of all those three that I owned, I probably enjoyed Frogger the best because I owned it longer. Also, I never could find that power pack that you mentioned, so every toy ate batteries like Pac-Man ate power pellets.

@megathanos 4 года назад

My cousin and I really enjoyed the mini coleco Pac-man. We didn't mind its sound and, contrary to the reviewer, we found the joystick was easy to operate. I vaguely remember us abandoning the two player mode because as one players pac-man's score went up the other players score was decreased and vice versa. We preferred taking turns and cheering each other on.

@QuantumRift 9 лет назад

I still have mine (I'm 57).

@joegoesretro 9 лет назад

The portable games of the early era were pretty creative. I remember playing a Defender table-top unit which was quite fun. Loved the look of these, and the Pac-Man shaped one Coleco also made. I have the Perma-Power battery replacements in my Colecovision steering wheel. Always thought they were kind of neat.

@Jaburu 5 лет назад

2:56 lol. I had this thing 30(?) years ago. I remember my father complaining about the anoying sound while I played it over and over in the back of our car on journeys. I ended up putting tape on those speaker grills; which diedn't help much lol. nice to hear that sound again. love the intro song lol

@medleysa 9 лет назад

Nice glamour shots of the machine! Another mini arcade? Is it Mini Arcade Month on Rerez? Good job as always, Shane!

@shannonm75 3 года назад

My brother had this when he was 12 and I was 7. I used to play it so much I could hear it when I had it off. Miss the 80s.

@stevesrt8 6 лет назад

I was 5 or 6 when I got it. Pretty epic then. I’d be tempted to get one now but it would probably spoil my memory

@Optimalillusion 8 лет назад

The VFDs did have one thing over the later LCD game displays: brightness that resemble the arcade graphics themselves. And the combined ghost/dot/pac man at least give you a way to see when the ghost is ready to eat by seeing when the pac man in the head is on or off. The later LCD versions don't have that going on, with the three elements being separate and relatively small. It can be hard to tell if a ghost is passing by, or about to eat you until it's too late.

@TheDonovanViper 9 лет назад

Man, Shane, I am half way through the video and had to leave a comment on how well this has been edited, I can now understand the Tweets and which direction you are hoping to change the channel. This editing, I love it. When other RU-vidrs review a game it seems to be more based on them (camera wise) but this is mostly on the game and not on you. Keep up the good work mang. You're going to go far. :D

@The8BitDuke 9 лет назад

The ghost look like so grotesque. Gives me the spooks, man. Excellent stuff! The way you've sown this unit off, as with Galaxian and even Mario's Cement Factory a while back, show off the design of these units well; those little details shouldn't even be lost on people! I've played one of these, and I'll second your comment on the joysticks; they feel very squishy in the unit I toyed with!

@Ogsteviestrow 9 лет назад

I still have mine, sadly it doesn't work and I'm afraid to take it apart. I LOVE this video, the camera work, the close ups, the historical information, the production value, you name it. This is what I'm shooting for, I'm one week into YouTubing with next to zero technology and budget, but hope to reach your quality level soon. Thanks so much for posting this video, I am going to share on my page.

@Finalblue1234 9 лет назад

"Stick to the arcades" ...wish that was still an option anymore. Last arcade anywhere near my town shutdown ywars ago.

@hellacia8151 5 лет назад

Ever heard of MAME or Namco Museum

@BOB-wx3fq 4 года назад

Huge one stones throw from my house that serves beer, every board you could ever wanna play

@theotakux5959 9 лет назад

About 10 years ago I got one of these that didn't work at a yard sale for about a buck. I didn't mind that it didn't work, since it still looked cool on a shelf.

@Sk4zZi0uS 9 лет назад

Really nicely put together, Sounds good, Looks good and it flowed well... cracking job with this one. I've never seen one of these before but that's probably due to me being over seas... not sure if we had something like this in the UK. The design of the unit is pretty nice especially considering the limitations.... the battery/power solution was pretty neat as well.

@EpicGameMusic 9 лет назад

So.. So I shouldn't make Pac-Man Coleco Mini Arcade the next Epic Game Music?

@rerez 9 лет назад

It would just be high pitched sirens on repeat! ....you totally should do that...

@CWG500SUBSWBC 9 лет назад

Why is ms pacman always stands out of pac man 1 . Ma pacman is better in atari 2 coleco ms pacman has no screexh but still has the same thing and ms pacman eats faster than pacman

@Statickification 5 лет назад

I used to love that Pac-Man tablestop LED game. Used to drive my mom nuts. She said it sounded like the Ghostbuster's car.

@djgates06 5 лет назад

I think so too lol I hated the sound

@rogerphillips1679 7 лет назад

Beautifully shot video

@PatriciaCross 9 лет назад

I had this as a kid in the 80s! It was hands down the best thing I have ever owned and I really miss it :( Agreed the sound is awful. I pretty quickly learned to play it with the sound off. The sound is so bad that having the sound on actually made the game harder, it was distracting. Sound off also saved batteries (until my mom got me that power adapter you listed.) I was 8 when these came out. I got good enough that I could effectively play without dying indefinitely and simply shut it off when I got bored or had to do something else. I really miss mine.

@gillythekid 9 лет назад

it's so weird...i literally just got this mini arcade at a pawn shop like a week ago lol

@rerez 9 лет назад

What do you think of it?

@gillythekid 9 лет назад

it's really cool for what it is...the controls just take some getting used to...you just need to actually be precise when using the joystick

@DRAGON0010000 7 лет назад

wow i had one of those when i was a teen drove my parents crazy with the sounds you couldnt mute i thinkk we had to take. it apart and disable the speaker also had the battery pack

@goldenphonautogram6141 5 лет назад

The new LCD mini arcades by Basic Fun are worth a review by you. (Most of them) are really well recreated and really fun to play. My personal favorites are the LCD versions of Q*Bert, Centipede, and Ms. Pacman. If you review them, be sure not to pick up the dot-matrix versions of these games by Basic Fun, but pick up the LCD versions.

@Ed-jv3xu 10 месяцев назад

I played this miniature version as a kid and loved it 👍

@GermanPeter 9 лет назад

Wow, this is very professionally done! Excellent review :)

@rerez 9 лет назад

Danke!

@BoJangles42 Год назад

I wanted one of these so bad when I was a kid! I lived, ate, slept, and breathed Pac-Man.

@TheDoughboy1917 2 года назад

The "Mr. Arcade" commercials for these machines are *incredible*

@TerrenceMarie 9 лет назад

My dad had this when I was a little kid and even tho the noises were grateing I loved it to death....sadly bc of money he had to sell it off to some collectors....I have recently moved towns and the mall has this like second hand geek shop....with the machine :D ......its expencive tho...and deispite never being able to play one again most likely I love seeing it...the old charm simply brings a smile to my face

@Bubbabyte99 3 года назад

It's so weird seeing Rerez so relaxed...

@TedSchoenling 3 года назад

I had one of these growing up.. I cannot tell you how many hours I have spent playing this game

@philipdefibaugh7127 4 года назад

Awesome review. I always thought the pac man inside the ghost body was creepy.

@galloe8933 9 лет назад

Oh my! I was just talking to a friend of mine about how I threw this game down a dirt hill, when I was like 5! The things kids do when they run out of batteries to play with their toy.

@mikeykitty1235 8 лет назад

I have a memory on how I was first introduced to video games. I remember playing a Pac-Man game where you are in a gray hall and you go and choose what namco game you want to play. I think it was on PlayStation or something. I was 5 or 6 years old that time. I suck at Pac-Man.

@zyphyrsyphyn5403 8 лет назад

I think that was Namco Museum. That one was good! I think Bosconian was on one of those games.

@theforcefield23 2 года назад

Good shots of that vfd display. I love the way that technology looks, even though it's a bit primitive by todays standards.

@billyzanemuna7242 9 лет назад

i love the music on this episode where did u get it and where can i download it

@TheZXKUQYB 9 лет назад

I think the joysticks might have gotten wore. I don't remember that sensation/memory going thru my brain. In a 5 min video, you awoke a crapload of memories in my brain that I failed to realized I still had.

@hypergiratina5413 9 лет назад

I have that one and a frogger one and they both work perfectly

@handsomejonni 8 лет назад

Sorry if this has already been asked, but isn't there a mode on this called "Eat and Run?" By the way, subscribed :)

@EuropeanMapper 6 лет назад

Handsome Jonni it is already asked

@josys363 7 лет назад

I still have mine my brother bought me when I was a kid.

@jaygooese4242 Год назад

So fun

@VERDUGOSV1 6 лет назад

I have one in my collection of vintage stuff I bought it at a yard sale for 5 bucks :)

@DrToiletfaceGames 9 лет назад

If i got the galaga mini arcade for Christmas in 1981 I'd be flippin' out the window

@linkthehero8431 2 года назад

As a contrast, I love how now all that's needed for a mini arcade machine for a game is simply a ROM dump of the arcade game being played on the mini arcade machine through emulation. I think they use possibly a custom version of MAME, but I could be completely wrong since I don't know how they make the decisions on how to emulate the old games.

@Retrocidal 8 лет назад

omg i had this as kid o look pushinuproses i like her is pretty awesome :) can't believe it took me this long to find this channel

@CreepyMagician 4 года назад

I happen to still own one of these. I've never played it all that much, which is probably why it's still in playable condition. The joysticks aren't great, but they are usable. The sound is pretty obnoxious, though (and the primary reason I don't play this often). I do remember reading some gaming or electronics magazine where they showed how you could modify the unit so that it took an external joystick (Atari 2600) and added a volume control dial.

@AranOLeary 8 лет назад

Hey Rerez, I saw the Coleco Tabletop version of Pac-Man on a game show called "Starcade". More specifically, Episodes 1-10 when Mark Richards was the host at the time and the Coleco Tabletop version of Pac-Man was featured as a prize for getting 3 out of 4 games right on the "Super Prize Round". Would this Coleco tabletop game be recommended for fans of Starcade?

@infinitecanadian 6 лет назад

This was my first experience of Pac-Man.

@CaptainGiratina 9 лет назад

I have a pac man coleco tabletop. When you try to move up, it's almost not responsive at all...

@musashi777 9 лет назад

I had one, maybe it is still somewhere in my house!!! I also had the yellow rounded version (single player) with slightly better sound. Dunno the maker, tho. I always played when I was waiting for my Vic 20 to load :)

@rerez 9 лет назад

Playing a game while waiting for another game to load? That's boss. :D

@thedarthflagger 4 года назад

I had this version!

@AranOLeary 8 лет назад

Would this Coleco Tabletop version of Pac-Man be recommended for those who have seen it on Starcade being given away as a prize?

@pollyisagoodbird 9 лет назад

I picked up 2 of these for $35, and I was surprised to see that they still work. I can vouch for the control issue; sometimes I think I moved the joystick left and instead Pac-Man will go down.

@LEGODino34 9 лет назад

Where did you find these?

@pollyisagoodbird 9 лет назад

There's this small business toy store near where I live. The guy who owns it had them laying around and wanted to get rid of them. He gave them to me cheap since both of them have issues with the batteries (they wont stay in properly even with the battery cover on it) and the stickers on one are either gone or peeling. I fixed this by taking a folded up piece of paper and taping it to the inside of the battery cover for extra support.

@josephanthonyfilms 5 лет назад

Do normal C batteries work?

@Realmasterorder 6 лет назад

I remember this it was awesome back at the time the only thing that would annoy you was indeed the sound

@stargazerlaurent6780 5 месяцев назад

At the time this was awesome

@jeromebullard6123 2 года назад

Put a piece of 1/8” thick foam between the speaker cone and the speaker element to vastly reduce the annoying volume.

@thebigredsky 2 года назад

Anyone know the song name used in the background? Specifically the one from 0:18 to around 5:07

@2112dorf 9 лет назад

I think the fact that it was 1981 should be taken into consideration. Pac Man was released in the arcades in 1980, and the horrible 2600 version didn't come out until 1982. So in 1981, what was a Pac Man fan to do? TOMY made a cool looking, flat yellow version, but I'm not sure of the year of release...

@genegene002 5 лет назад

I Still have the Pac Man and Donley Kong Of these in great condition! I grew up in the 80's and it is amazing how far games ave come BUT I would STILL prefer being in an original arcade and Im not talking one of the modern ones either. I want that dim lit cigarette smoke filled loud 80.s arcade! The new games are somewhat cool but the arcades just dont have the same vib they did back then. They were their own reality in a sense!

@teh_supar_hackr 8 лет назад

There was also a Pac-Man pen from MGA in 2001 and it dubles as a working pen and a mini Pac-Man game. Only problem is that my pen the left arrow does not work. you have to do a video of this or some other game and pen 2 in 1.

@communistpootisbirb 9 лет назад

They need to make a album based on the sound effects.

@saltyzombiefan6671 5 лет назад

This was the first video game I ever played.

@richardcarpenter24 9 лет назад

It would be very cool if they went back and made these but put in a lcd screen with the actually arcade game in it

@JohnGotts 9 лет назад

Played mine so much I got blisters on my fingers. I was under 10 years old. I'd love to reacquire one.

@Th33Vultur3 8 лет назад

I had one as a kid

@andrewdupuis1151 6 лет назад

I use to have pac man i was 16 years old I think brought it at radio shack back then I was good in game i have turn over game score

@DS-zg3ej 7 лет назад

I had that when it was new. I played it everyday. The joysticks do wear out. Try swapping player one to two.

@DanaTheInsane 8 лет назад

I wanted one of these so bad when they came out but nobody could afford them.

@dariodzimbeg 7 лет назад

i played that game as a kid

@halo3rat_709 6 лет назад

my grandpa got me this

@supercamborg4218 3 года назад

Despite the gameplay not being as good, this unit looks great on a desk or a shelf

@moahammad1mohammad 3 года назад

A video released in 2014 that feels like it came out in 2021... WOW

@sleepy_boi3125 5 лет назад

On reproduction labels, the controller is wrong, the joy stick arrows were originally blue but now it is black along with the circle around the button. Just wanted you to know

@RBunctious 9 лет назад

Wow! It's pretty interesting how they were able to make a game that was still somewhat satisfying to play. I can't believe this thing was so limited it needed to reuse the sprites for the ghost eyes. Is it better than Pac Man 2600? >.> Can you turn the horrific sounds off?

@123mcyang 3 года назад

I had mine since 1981, unfortunately it broke all of a sudden, does anyone know how to fix it? It just won't turn on. Thank you .

@justlikedavid138 9 лет назад

how could you NOT mention the Eat n RUn variation! sooo fun

@gunfury4342 8 лет назад

How do I get one of these

@philipdefibaugh7127 4 года назад

Use should do a review of Zaxxon from Coleco.

@victordelores282 7 лет назад

so cute😍

@jddavisnyc 6 лет назад

The best thing about these mini arcades was the look of the actual device. The actual games were absolutely awful!!! I remember getting Donkey Kong for Xmas as a 10 year old and was so disappointed after playing it. It still is my fondest memory as a kid opening up that gift from Santa back in 1982!!!

@pem1974 6 лет назад

Gotta echo Handsome Jonni (and probably some other commentors) and ask why you didn't talk about "Eat & Run" As someone who couldn't get his folks to pony up one of these for Christmas, I was kinda curious about that.

@vtassos 7 лет назад

How many of these mini arcades do you have Shane?

@djf2471 5 лет назад

I used to have this portable version. It was a fun I thought even better than 2600 cartridge. However he summed it up with sound effects😂😂😂yep that bad...

@GamingHistorySource 6 лет назад

I got this version when I was about 9 or 10 yrs old. I loved it ! but it tore through batteries like nobody's business ! & the sound was excessively {{ LOUD }} I really wish that coleco would have added a volume control knob to turn it down. I ultimately ended up wearing out the joysticks as I would play it constantly ! It's funny. As a kid I didn't notice the noise so much. I could only imagine how much it must have gotten on my Mom & Dads nerves now that I think of it. >_

@afloyd4976 7 лет назад

I installed a speaker switch in my tabletop Pac-man.

@djgates06 5 лет назад

Does it sound way better now?

@AF.281OldChannel 4 года назад

They made some in the 21st century, They run on Either AA Batteries, AAA’s, or Rechargables.

@deepspaceexplorer4265 4 года назад

Its funny because in 1982 this was cutting edge for portable gaming and I question a "review" based on what we know decades later, as opposed to keeping the critiques in line with that era. 30 years from now someone will crap on our games because he or she will be playing 4D games with mind control. Then, someone 30 years after that will do the same. So, the fact that you could have a mini arcade machine of the world's most popular game in your own home was in and of itself AMAZING despite its techical short comings BY TODAY'S STANDARDS..