The History of Mappy マッピー Arcade console documentary 

So awesome I could help!!! Thank you so much Pat, I’m living a dream my friend! And of course this was great!!! ❤️🎮

I play Mappy almost every night on my 1up arcade unit, but I never knew it's background before!

You forgot to mention the Game Gear has a extra mode called "Time Travel" which has new levels starting in a futuristic building to old age castle, along with new level gimmicks.

I found Mappy Arrangement at one of my very last Arcades of the 1990s before it went extinct. There were two arcade games at my Ben Franklin store back then too, and of course the Pizzeria shops, which made waiting for Pizza a lot of fun. Mappy is a fun escape game with bouncing trampolines, with some great conversions too. The MZ700 version is unique, if standing very far away from the screen. ;) Thanks, Patman!

You are hilarious. You have an awesome style all your own. As always I was delightful entertained. Thank you!

awesome that ya'll participated in the making of this video. Retro Rob is good people. And so are you PatmanQC!!

Wow PatmanQc does it again ! Another amazing video man !!!

This was the very first videogame I ever played when I was around 2 years old, my dad bought a famicom replica and it came with that game man that song is embedded into my brains, tons of fun with my dad back in the day on that console!

You did mappy!! I subscribed a long time ago hoping you’d do one of my favorites!!

When you say "arcade games were everywhere", you ain't joking. Good memories.

There's other ports, mainly to some early Japanese computers. It was also on Namco Museum 50th Anniversary on the PS2, X-Box, Game Cube, and PC. That PS2 compilation is one way I play it (the pack is pretty much emulation on a disc), the PSP by way of Namco Battle Museum, and of course the Famicom version, which I enjoy the hell out of. Oh and I forgot I had yet another couple ways to play it, that Ms. Pac-Man Plug N Play (it needs a new battery in it), and Namco Museum Mega Mix on the Wii. I just love Mappy is all.

Awesome video, one of your best! Thanks for making it !

It's always a treat when you release a new video Patman. So unique and interesting.

This game is almost like a variation of Mousetrap by Exidy. Ah, the memories on both games.

I first played Mappy on one of those 41 in 1 Famicom bootlegs with an adaptor for the NES. Loved it.

PatmanQC, you are amazing!!! i forgot about this one. i played this one quite a bit. i may have been the only one to play it at that arcade, but arcade owners didn't mind collecting my quarters.

Love this history lesson. One of my top 10 arcade games from the 80s. Played for the high score every time I was at Aladdin's Castle... and got it.

Thanks for another great video, Pat!

This is honestly a game I've never given its due. I will have to give it a go and see what I think.

This was one of the first games I remember playing when I was allowed to venture out by myself. This one and some Arabian game that one level took place on a pirate ship. Those were the days. Great video 👍🏽

I had the ms Pac-Man 5 in 1 game you could connect to your tv when I was young & mappy was always my personal favorite to play. Great video I enjoyed every bit of it 💯

i played more of the Mappy Pogo Stick Game then i have the original Mappy. I'm a huge fan of Q-Bert so that version of the game came natural to me. Back to the original Mappy i died very quick as a kid & never really went back to it. Thanks to this video i now know the rules of the game & will give this game a shot tonight! i bet i'll be glade i did!

This makes me so happy! Mappy is my favorite video game. Thank you for making this 😊

One thing I remember well about Mappy was the funky sounding music. this sound type wasn't used on many games, the sound echoed great in local arcade at the time :)

I had no idea Mappy was a cop collecting stolen goods lol. I got a say Mappy Kids looked very fun and could have been the impiration for the Chip N' Dale games perhaps.

Also in one of the deleted scenes for monsters inc, there’s one scene where you can hear the mappy start up sound and the xevious overworld theme

Outstanding job as usual.

I remember playing Mappy back in the arcade. I was not aware that there was a sequel. Thanks for the video.

This is my favorite Namco arcade game. Ive never played in on an authentic cabinet but would love to. Theres also a reference to the game in Travis Strikes Again in which the main character Travis Touchdown encounters a secretary wearing a Mappy shirt, and he comments that she has good taste in games.

There used to be a community pool/swim club/call it what you will in my town growing up and there was a small arcade there. So many of us played Mappy there and we also got the crap shocked out of us because we were all soaked from swimming and there was some exposed metal on the control pad. Sheesh, I'm getting those chills you felt when you got zapped as I'm typing this! haha Great job as always, Patman!

In 1983, this was one of the most colorful and graphically detailed games available anywhere. Simply addictive with visual fun.

Mappy was an unlockable character in the PSP port of Pacman World Rally. Think of it as a Mario Kart clone, but w/characters from the Pacman world 1-3 games

There needs to be a MAPPY movie. I can already see the scene in my head, where the bad guy cat is sitting at his desk with his chair turned round the other way, and dramatically he says, “you may call me…. BOSS…”, and then the chair spins around and he screams, “THE BIG BIT”! Also, Ryan Reynolds guest stars as NAUGHTY FOLKS

Chris gonna be laughing whilst watching then suddenly....."HEY!!"

Thanks for another awesome vid PatmanQC!!! You keep pumping them out, and I'll keep watching!!! Didn't know there was so much history on this game!!!

Thanks Patman, love these videos!

I had the TV plug and play version as a kid and really liked it

Another excellent video. I have always enjoyed Mappy. My first home experience was via a bootleg multi-cart with the Famicom to NES cartridge adapter that I found at a thrift store. Obviously, there is no comparing the Famicom version to the arcade, but there is one detail that I have noticed. That has to do with the bonus stage. First and foremost, both versions leave you with zero room for error. One wrong bounce into a wall and you are done. But the difference I am talking about is how you collect the Goro balloon at the end. The arcade version requires you to get the final red balloon, break the trampoline so you fall, and grab the balloon. As for the Famicom version, you bounce onto the Goro balloon first and it will rise up breaking the trampoline above and getting the final balloon for you.

He did dirty Chris dirty!

Love the longer videos because it most likely means there will be tons of conversions to go through!

I first played Mappy when my kids were little. They had it on a plug and play museum game and it was the game they played the most on that little thing . I had been a gamer my whole life and never heard of Mappy at that point. This was like 2010 lol

Amazing video! I can't wait to see more!!

I grew up playing my brothers old NES, the MappyLand music totally took me back!

Hi pat, big fan of your videos, I am so glad to see how big your channel has become over the years. Can't wait for you to pass 100K subscribers one day! HAPPY LITTLE GAMES!!

I remember a friend renting Mappyland but it was missing the instructions so we couldn't figure out how to actually play it. Internet guides weren't a thing back in those days.

Thanks for another great retrospective Patman! Never heard of Mappy so thanks for the history lesson!

Mappy is a guilty pleasure of mine, anytime I'm at an Arcade and a Mappy Cabinet is available I always play a game or two.

It's amazing that there are a lot of arcade games ported to many systems!

Not nephew chris 🤣🤣🤣

Circus Circus in Reno in the 80's. While the parents gambled us kids played in the arcade. I can clearly hear that Mappy music in my head. This game is slathered in nostalgia for me.

Patmanqc is the man when it comes to documentary gaming videos !

Mappy Theme = Mario Paint - Main Theme

Top-notch video as always!

Would love to see and in-depth documentary of namco's other forgotten arcade classic Toy Pop. That one ALWAYS mystified me...

Thanks Patman, this is really useful as research material for the game I'm making.

FYI: I used to work for NAMCO as a technician and I ran a couple of stores, and local routes like fudruckers, theaters, and AMFs.

Recently picked up the Mrs Pac-Man 40th anniversary arcade1up. Been absolutely loving Mappy on it. Have to go home and play it now, thanks Patman

Awesome video!! 👏

that mappy death song / animation, forever stuck in my head.

I still remember finding a Mappy arcade cabinet at Funspot in 1998. I would later learn that Bally Midway chose it for United States distribution in 1983 while Atari, Inc. went with Pole Position.

Good video here and also other topics on arcade games may want to look into Steel Gunner, Tower of Druaga and Dragon Spirit as some future videos to consider.

I always look for a video like this about Mappy, I'm not disappointed what I watched here. Overall great video :) Mappy is one of those classic franchises by Namco where it did receive success in Japan, but unfortunately suffers obscurity outside of Japan. Lot of people always talk about how Klonoa and Earthbound doesn't receive much love compared to other popular game franchises, but Mappy suffers the worst compared to both these franchises combined. Even to this day, Mappy still didn't get much love outside of Japan and hasn't got a new major sequel for years. Mappy gain cult following over the years and I'm one of em, but it's still not as big cult following fanbase like Q-Bert and Klonoa for example. Gaming community as a whole has quite a long way to go to give Mappy a lot of attention, love and support the franchise needs. I love the Mappy series. The original Mappy, Hopping Mappy, Mappy-Land, Mappy Kids, and Mappy Arrangement are really great games and are my all-time favorite games. Hopefully this little police mouse gets more recognition someday and Namco revives this franchise and do more with it. I really wish that happens one day. Such a really great game series doesn't deserve to be ignored this way. So overall, I really enjoy this video. Thanks for giving the Mappy games the love and attention here with really cool info and documentation. I'll definitely subscribe

I am literally one second into this video and I paused it. Why? BECAUSE YOU NAILED THE JACK NICHOLSON GRIN!

Mappy happens to be one of my favorite arcade games!

I love this game. I still have it on my PSP part of Namco Greatest hits.

Great video. I was able to get Mappy in a Namco collection through my Xbox One. It is a bunch of fun, even though I suck at the game 😂😂

Another great video, Patman! Personally, I've never been to Galloping Ghost... Just wondering have you ever been to Funspot in NH? A fun place with all those "happy little games"... And thanks for getting Mappy's theme song stuck in my head... Again.

I remember playing one of these versions on the gb back in the day

Best music in a game!

When you said retro rob I was thinking Retr0rob but he does handhelds and emulators. This is a different youtuber that I'm just discovering but will check him out. BTW I love Mappy.

Thanks patman you are the man! A true inspiration to many

Patman you knocked this one out the park again, hope you'll do yo Noid and Bonx Adventure.

Guess I can't say I don't know anything about Mappy anymore!

I Love your stories!

Awesome video dude. Also Rob has an uncanny resemblance to Keanu Reeves.

I still play this once a month on Switch and MAME. I’ve loved it since it came out.

To quote Pat the NES Punk; Aw, look at the cute mouse police! 😜😂

I LOVED Mappy and recognized Galloping Ghost Arcade

That Goro has 4 legs instead of 4 arms.

I played mappy a lot on my Terminator ending man console.

So awesome patty

Mappy Land on NES is an OG classic.

Great video

Brings back memories from my 10-11 year old self. Only remember seeing Mappy in one arcade, which was on a boardwalk. IIRC that was the same arcade that had Donkey Kong III (with the bug spray and the bees) (again, the ONLY place I remember seeing that too). This arcade also had Sinistar (talk about scaring the @&#% out of you when that character talked!) and I remember playing that there too but I think I saw Sinistar elsewhere (but not as much as it should’ve been).

Great memories!

I remember playing Mappy at the arcade when I was in high school it's fun also I wish that the nes version of Mappy was released in the USA in the first place. 😀👍🎮

We all witnessed a historical moment.

Mappy was also a downloadable skin for Pac-Man 99 on Nintendo Switch.

Awesome vid , I be honest in the early 90's we got a NES version in a large scale and Sega genesis came in to South Africa around about that time , I had Mappy on my 8 bit cartridge I didn't know there was an arcade version out ,I never saw it in arcade but still it was still a pretty little game , I enjoyed it on my famicom.

The original game music reminds of the theme tune for '70s and '80s British wrestler Big Daddy.

Awesome!!

The best channel to watch while stoned is back! Smoked a bowl while watching this!

Thank you pacmanqc ur videos rock

Nice explanation

At last, the one we've all been waiting for...

🎉🎉🎉🎉 Thanks!

Mommy dearest Joan Crawford…. NO WIRE HANGERS!

Another home run. Think I only played this on Nes*****. 😂 oh! That plug and play too. WC4L. Too sweet.

It's like Pac Man meets Captain Toad.

Mappy little games.