This was actually my very first GBA game. During one of my birthday's, my dad came home from somewhere and handed me a brown paper bag, the kind that you would use for a sandwich lunch. I opened it, and it had a blue/purple GBA, a top-light attachment, Megaman Xtreme for the Gameboy, and Pac-Man Collection. Not too sure what I did with it since I no longer have it though.
Pac-Man Arrangement was first released on the Namco Classic Collection Volume 2 arcade machine. It featured Pac-Man and Pac-Man Arrangement along with originals and arrangements of Rally-X and Dig Dug. The arcade machine has the advantage of a vertically oriented monitor. It is a great reimaging of Pac-Man for the 90s.
As someone who's played an extensive amount of both the original and Arrangement (the arcade and gamecube version), I LOVE Arrangement and think it really is the best. It's a shame that it's so underrated and overlooked.
+Centipede I gotta say just looking at youtube footage, it looks pretty bad. I'm not sure why it's even called Pac-Man Arrangement since it doesn't even slightly resemble it. Maybe it's okay, but as something that's named "Pac-Man Arrangement" I'd be pretty disappointed from the looks of it.
No pac land? What a shame because that game deserves waay more attention & recognition then it actualy did, because pac land did set the first stone for platform adventure games.
This was my first GBA game, in fact I got that and the GBA when EBgames had a trade-in for a GBC and five carts. It was hard to give up my copy of Ms. Pac-man for the GBC but it was worth it...
Pac Mania is probably my favorite in the entire series; but it's no surprise this version didn't do much to endear it to you. The massively squashed down presentation on the GBA *really* doesn't do it any favors. They even massively shortened the game's classic music tracks. I would much MUCH more greatly advise playing the version on the PSX Namco Collection.
Not to be confused with some other Pac-man Arrangement which was released far more recently. This arrangement is the real deal. Also Mark, if you like Pac-man Arrangement, you should definitely find ways to play Galaga Arrangement and Dig Dug Arrangement. Those two are also stellar remixes of their original counterparts.
+Joe Monkee Mappy Arrangement is made in 1995 and it's released on the arcade cabinet called Namco Classic Collection Vol.1. Namco Classic Collection Vol.1 contains 3 classic Namco games(Galaga, Mappy, and Xevious) and their Arrangement versions :) You could look up playthroughs of Mappy Arrangement on TH-cam. If you want to try out playing the game, I recommend you play it on MAME, unless you luckily find Namco Classic Collection Vol.1 arcade cabinet, that's your other best choice of playing the game.
for me, This game had me nostalgic, But I had this game on my GBA but the PAC attack is kinda the hardest one to figure out how to pass these levels. But I realized one of these levels have tons of passwords in it.
love this game! had one years ago but 11 year old me ended up losing it. Fast forward to the age of 22 and I find the game for sale in a Game City for 15 bucks. Happily picked it up and was reunited with my game.
I lost way too many hours to this collection. All great games, but I think Pac-mania only really shines on the NES. Something about area visibility and speed or movement, never like the typical ports and/or arcade version.
Just bought this game and wasted 5 dollars. If anyone plays pacman seriously this isn't pacman. Just looks like it. None of the patterns work and the ghosts act way different. Waste of money
its not the arcade pacman. they took the time to make it look exaclty like pac man, but noone of the game mechanics are the same as the arcade. i guess for most people and kids wont notice but if youve speent some time playing on the arcade machine from 1980 its not the same
my favorite pacman game is pac mania because pac man jumps but if you stay too long in the level pacman gets tired and can't jump anymore, and there are all the ghosts and the most dangerous one is spunky What is the gray ghost because it jumps at the same height as Pacman instead the green one jumps lower
To me this was one of the best games to play on the GBA when you're bored as shit, especially Pac-Man Arrangement.
Jordan Genesis yep
I like pac attack
Especially since you don’t have to insert coins to continue… you never lose your spot after you die.
This was actually my very first GBA game. During one of my birthday's, my dad came home from somewhere and handed me a brown paper bag, the kind that you would use for a sandwich lunch. I opened it, and it had a blue/purple GBA, a top-light attachment, Megaman Xtreme for the Gameboy, and Pac-Man Collection. Not too sure what I did with it since I no longer have it though.
Pac-Man Arrangement was first released on the Namco Classic Collection Volume 2 arcade machine. It featured Pac-Man and Pac-Man Arrangement along with originals and arrangements of Rally-X and Dig Dug. The arcade machine has the advantage of a vertically oriented monitor. It is a great reimaging of Pac-Man for the 90s.
Pac-man arrangement is also available in namco museum for the gamecube
Ralph 51435 Also the PS2 version and the Namco Classics 2 arcade game.
I had this for the gba. it was pretty damn good
Joey JoJo I did to but I have no idea where the game is
Joey JoJo what happened to it
I still have it.
me too
Same here man I loved this game back in the day
As you should know, Pac-Attack was an American release of the Japanese game Cosmo Gang: The Puzzle.
Pacman Arrangement looks like the best Pacman game ever
As someone who's played an extensive amount of both the original and Arrangement (the arcade and gamecube version), I LOVE Arrangement and think it really is the best. It's a shame that it's so underrated and overlooked.
You haven't seen it on PSP
+Centipede I gotta say just looking at youtube footage, it looks pretty bad. I'm not sure why it's even called Pac-Man Arrangement since it doesn't even slightly resemble it.
Maybe it's okay, but as something that's named "Pac-Man Arrangement" I'd be pretty disappointed from the looks of it.
You can play the Pac-man Arrangement on the Namco Museum on PS2. It's better on there in my opinion.
Gaming Resurrected wow really a PlayStation game better than a 3 inch handheld device? Wow no way I never woulda thought thst
Pac man is better on the toilet. Perfect length.
No pac land? What a shame because that game deserves waay more attention & recognition then it actualy did, because pac land did set the first stone for platform adventure games.
johneygd Yeah😁😀
There are two Namco Museums on the PS2. 1 of them has PAC Man Arrangement plus Galaga and Dig Dug Arrangement. A great disk.
"I'm General Colon Pac-Man. What can ya tell us about the Nintendians?"
Randomark3087 XD
PAC man arrangement is also on Xbox 360 and PS3 and which they add more stages and boss fights
Does anyone know where to find the full version of this theme?
I remember this game like it was yesterday
Loved this collection have it still.
I had this and NAMCO collection for my GameBoy Advance SP. I loved both of those games so much! I just wish I could find them...
Pac-man Arrangement is one of my favorite games even though I only played it on this collection.
Played this when I was little and foe the longest time I thought There was only one game on it, LOL
Heh, niiiice ^^;
Could you give us a list of all the Game Boy Advance games you have in your collection? I'd like to send something to the show....
Used to play this game all the time on road trips as a kid.
Ms. Pac-Man will always reign supreme.
This was my first GBA game, in fact I got that and the GBA when EBgames had a trade-in for a GBC and five carts. It was hard to give up my copy of Ms. Pac-man for the GBC but it was worth it...
I played a ton of Pac-Man Arrangement on the PS2 as a kid since it was on Namco Museum and it's one of the best versions of Pac-Man in my opinion!
This was my first Gameboy advance game! I want to say I got it in 2004.
Pac Mania is probably my favorite in the entire series; but it's no surprise this version didn't do much to endear it to you. The massively squashed down presentation on the GBA *really* doesn't do it any favors. They even massively shortened the game's classic music tracks.
I would much MUCH more greatly advise playing the version on the PSX Namco Collection.
Not to be confused with some other Pac-man Arrangement which was released far more recently. This arrangement is the real deal. Also Mark, if you like Pac-man Arrangement, you should definitely find ways to play Galaga Arrangement and Dig Dug Arrangement. Those two are also stellar remixes of their original counterparts.
Don't forget about Mappy Arrangement, that's also a stellar remix of the original Mappy as well.
this was one of my faves for the GBA! need to find another copy...
Pac-man fever! The original still holds up
Holy crap I used to have that game, well it actually had more games, but had the same cartridge
try this on a gamebp y micro and pacman is near impossible to see
I still have this game. It's fun
I had this as a kid on game boy
Wow! I got the Pac Man Arrangement for PSP which looks more advanced.
I had this on GBA then later Wii U Virtual Console.
Oh man. You can never go wrong with PAC-Man. Especially PAC-Man on GBA.
YES.......I have this cart......I play it on my Retron 5.......
yay I still have this game I think I'll play it rn
The memories!
no super pac man?
Lord Karnage is so cool.
I would love to see this on the Nintendo switch!
Oh my god I think I still have a copy of this!!
I would avoid Pac-Man Collection, GBA Namco Museum and GBA Namco Museum: 50th Anniversary because they will not save your high scores.
I have this!!!! Never gets old :)
Mark, did you know there's Mappy Arrangement?
+Joe Monkee Mappy Arrangement is made in 1995 and it's released on the arcade cabinet called Namco Classic Collection Vol.1. Namco Classic Collection Vol.1 contains 3 classic Namco games(Galaga, Mappy, and Xevious) and their Arrangement versions :) You could look up playthroughs of Mappy Arrangement on TH-cam. If you want to try out playing the game, I recommend you play it on MAME, unless you luckily find Namco Classic Collection Vol.1 arcade cabinet, that's your other best choice of playing the game.
I had this, it's very cool
Actually Pac-Mania came out in the late 80's.
This game spends a lot of time slotted into my Game Boy Advance SP. Waiting rooms don't stand a chance against this game.
I remember when CGR Undertow covered this game.
I loved this game
ALL HAIL TO THE TRUXTON CARTRIDGE!
Review Parappa the Rapper, please!
Might as well download a Rom for this...
Nicolas Menchaca ok
i have this game really awesome
I have this game.
You bought subs.
pacman arangment is on the gamecube under a game just called Namco museum and there is an update of this on the Xbox
Pacman is a great game I have it by the way good video
the menu uses comic sans
pause at 2:37 you can hear Derrek say "saucy balls"
It sounded like he said "I had dicks"
TheGCritic XD
Oh man this was one of the first games I got for the GBA.
my mom loved this game so much, I used to borrow her my gba sp with this game and she spent every afternoon playing classic pacman and arragement.
I like also pac-man,super mario 1,160 in 1 gba
can you play that on the gamecube
curtis schultz w/ the gb player.
the classic game room
for me, This game had me nostalgic, But I had this game on my GBA but the PAC attack is kinda the hardest one to figure out how to pass these levels. But I realized one of these levels have tons of passwords in it.
Gotta love the ear sex that is the intro music!
I've got this on Wii U.
love this game! had one years ago but 11 year old me ended up losing it. Fast forward to the age of 22 and I find the game for sale in a Game City for 15 bucks. Happily picked it up and was reunited with my game.
THis is the very first video game i ever played in my life, such a good game
I lost way too many hours to this collection. All great games, but I think Pac-mania only really shines on the NES. Something about area visibility and speed or movement, never like the typical ports and/or arcade version.
the old school game boy advance Sp. back in the day's when games were more fun to play without all this online crap. and a game genie.
Just bought this game and wasted 5 dollars. If anyone plays pacman seriously this isn't pacman. Just looks like it. None of the patterns work and the ghosts act way different. Waste of money
Reece634 wym?
its not the arcade pacman. they took the time to make it look exaclty like pac man, but noone of the game mechanics are the same as the arcade. i guess for most people and kids wont notice but if youve speent some time playing on the arcade machine from 1980 its not the same
im not sure about the other 3 games on the cartridge as i havent played those before. im reffering to the one they are calling "original pacman"
I actually bought this last year cuz of the rave review I saw on CGR Undertow. Great game.
hey i own this.
I'll NEVER forgive them for using Comic Sans in some of the menus
review ace combat 7
DAXX HEX Yeah review that game that currently isn't out!
and kc munchkin
Comic sans
Why do you want to slaughter Pac-Man?
You make good reviews mark I followed you since 2009 cgr the best
Game grumps did PAC attack and they have an awesome small skit bout pacman
my favorite pacman game is pac mania because pac man jumps but if you stay too long in the level pacman gets tired and can't jump anymore, and there are all the ghosts and the most dangerous one is spunky What is the gray ghost because it jumps at the same height as Pacman instead the green one jumps lower
A good review to watch over breakfast.
pac-mania is my favorite
Insert generic sex joke here
funny i just bought this a week ago
All hail Truxton
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this game was boss
17th