Category:Pac-Man

Video games in the Pac-Man series.

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Pac-Man has an interesting "family tree," having had sequels developed by two different companies in two different countries.

Pac-Man: Developed by Namco in Japan and released in 1980. Distributed in the United States by Bally Midway.

Ms. Pac-Man: Developed by General Computer Corporation and released by Bally Midway in 1981 without Namco's permission. Rights to the title now belong to Namco.
Super Pac-Man: Developed by Namco and released in 1982 as the official sequel to Pac-Man.
Mr. & Mrs. Pac-Man: Developed by Bally Midway's pinball division and released in 1982. Strictly a pinball game, but contains a small mini "video" game.

Pac-Man Plus: Developed by Bally Midway and released in 1982 in an attempt to compete with unauthorized bootleg versions of Pac-Man that were appearing in the market. Unauthorized by Namco.
Baby Pac-Man: One of only three video game/pinball hybrids ever made, developed by Bally Midway and released in 1982. Unauthorized by Namco.

Jr. Pac-Man: Developed by General Computer Corporation and released by Bally Midway in 1983 without Namco's permission.
Pac & Pal: Developed by Namco and released in 1983 as the official third game in the Pac-Man series. The American release would have been titled Pac-Man & Chomp Chomp, but either Bally Midway passed on the rights, or they were not offered the rights.

Pac-Land: Developed by Namco and released in 1984. One of the first side scrolling platform games ever made (appeared before Super Mario Bros.) Distributed in the United States by Bally Midway.
Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures: Developed by Namco and released in 1994, the player no longer has direct control over Pac-Man, but rather interacts with him in an attempt to help him solve puzzles.
Pac-In-Time: Developed by Namco and released in 1995. A return to traditional platform mechanics, allowing Pac-Man to jump and even use a grappling hook to reach new destinations and collect all of the dots in each level. Pac-Man is also given the uncharacteristic ability to spit fireballs.

Pac-Mania: Developed by Namco and released in 1987. Presented with a pseudo-3D isometric view, Pac-Man gains the ability to jump over his foes. Distributed in the United States by Atari.
Pac-Man Arrangement: Developed by Namco and originally released in 1996 as part of the Namco Classic Collection Volume 2. Returns to a more traditional view point, but with enhanced graphics and additional game elements such as a special fifth ghost.
Pac-Man Vs.: Developed in 2003 by Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto exclusively for the GameCube. Pac-Man Vs. allows for one player to use a connected Game Boy Advance system to control Pac-Man, while up to three other players use the TV to control ghosts having only a limited perspective of the maze. Though Pac-Man has the advantage of unlimited visibility, the other players can team up to outsmart him.

Pac-Attack: Developed by Namco and released in 1993. Originally known as Cosmo Gang the Puzzle, elements of this Tetris-like clone were altered to fit a Pac-Man theme.

Pac-Man World: Developed by the American branch of Namco for the PlayStation and released in 1999. A platform game presented primarily in a 3D side-scrolling view.
Ms. Pac-Man: Maze Madness:Developed by the American branch of Namco and released in 2000. Similar in style to Pac-Man World, but more maze focused.
Pac-Man World 2: Developed by the American branch of Namco for several systems currently available in 2002. The game play is now more free roaming 3D than the first Pac-Man World.
Pac-Man World 3: Developed by the American branch of Namco for several systems currently available in 2005. More of the same in Pac-Man World 2 with several improvements.
Pac-Man World Rally: Developed by the American branch of Bandai-Namco for several systems currently available in 2006. A Super Mario Kart kart-racing clone.