One of my treasured toys from the early 80's! with everyone gutting these to make picades out of, they are getting rarer and rarer in original condtion :) This one is my original (although the box is not).
Yes I totally understand what you’re saying my parents got so annoyed with it too! It still is my favorite Christmas present of all time! I begged my mom in 1982 for it! Great review my friend!
Got Galaxian for Xmas and it was the best gift I’d ever received. The sights and sounds felt were amazing and it was so loud. Eventually I’d get the Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man & Frogger which would end up being my favorite. Amazing tech at the time and I still have them to this day.
Wanted one of these badly as a kid but they were expensive. I finally got one yesterday, bought it a week ago on eBay, still works too. Yes the sound effects are irritating, but it’s still a cool piece of gaming history and the 8-year-old boy in me is very happy.
I had one of those which I got for Christmas in 1982, was a lot of fun playing it. I wouldn't have minded the sound if it had a volume control and it didn't have one and it was rather loud. I opened it up and disconnected the sound disc but it was a cool game to have.
When I was four that Pac Man game despite the sound was annoying to my dad was a relief to him when we went on long trips he found it useful as it reduced the are we there yets.
My Pac had a sad story. Some time after getting it, I was at the kitchen table playing. My mom was on the phone. I kept lifting it to get her to tell me score. I couldn’t read large numbers yet. She would ignore me, so I would have to hold it longer and longer. You can imagine what eventually happened...I dropped it and it smashed on the kitchen floor. My parents refused to get me another one. I bought one used when I was 19 and still have it.
I got this myself as a gift (birthday, I think) back in the day. Pity the ghost monster sound on there had to make like a siren and the unit didn't have an already-built-in sound control. Despite all that, I've been a Pac-Man fan to this very day.
Your dad added a volume switch! Ha ha ha! When my kids were little, I "modified" their annoying electronic toys with a piece of gauze and packing tape over the speaker holes.
I always wanted one of these as a kid, but never did get one. A few years back, I found one at a toy show and bought it. I must have received a dozen offers for it as I carried it around the show for the rest of the day!
Interesting, I never realized you could play different games on those things. They were just about the ultimate in personal electronics back when they were released. Thanks for another great classic game review.
Willie man my thank you for almost making me cry, my best two Christmas years was 81', the year the coleco mini arcades released (I got Pac-Man on Christmas day,and galaxian on January 3rd my birthday a week later ,and 82 the year the Atari 5200 released and Pacman was number one reason ,I was gonna do one on this and you did it for me, this coleco mini is the reason I had to get the Numskull Quarter Arcades Pac-Man,I look at this and remember the Mr arcade commercials when he would shrink them arcade units down,and this is what we got,but to be honest the Numskull was what we imagined ,that being said thank you Willie for loving our childhood 80's years as much as I do great vid I post a few update vids on the numbskulls if you get a chance let me know what you think I'm just a novice but I hope you approve lol.
Nice vids on the Numskull Pac Man! I am loving mine still, I was 13 when Pac Man originally came out, it took a lot of my allowance money :P Keep up the cool vids, I subbed and will be watching :)
@@SVT512 Will do on the group ,and thank you for the support,now I feel encouraged to make more vids,I been watching you, and Glen, and John Hancock a long time ,and all are great,but yours give me the most nostalgia and that's what this is all about smiling and remembering a better time in life .
Still have one buried in the back closet somewhere. Guess I knw what I'm doing for jollies tonight. According to your autocaption the noise from this annoyed your "parrots" a lot...
Love your pop’s non-destructive, concealed mute mod. Very considerate of him! I was watching thinking how you could do it without drilling any holes. Maybe with a magnet or moving a stick on power up. Then I was thinking where is the switch at on yours?! Nice one!
I had this one and Donkey Kong back in the day. The lack of a volume control made it tough for my parents on those long car rides, and while trying to play the game in bed past my bed time. You could muffle the speaker with your leg a little, but this game is LOUD. It did the job back then, and the little cabinets are beautiful.
I didn’t have this when I was a kid but one of my friends did. I had Galaxian, Donkey Kong and Frogger. I liked the Pac-Man but Frogger and Galaxian were my favorites.
I have never had any of the Coleco mini arcades bit a buddy of mine had a few. Thinking about it now after watching this, his Pac-Man had no sound at all. I wonder if it was because of his father also. Lol Great video bro.
What in the WHAT?! Who's gutting these for RPIs?! I want names and addresses!! There are plenty of other tabletop options out there, all the 3D-printed designs out there, bartop kits...that's just abhorrent!
@@SVT512 Impressive! Sounds like your dad was performing system mods long before that was really a thing! A pioneer, if you will! You might have the most unique version of Coleco Pac-Man here in existence!
modding has been around for a long time, my grandfather back in the 30's built his own windmill generator to charge batteries to supply lights in the house before they had access to electrical lines. he used a generator from a model T ford in the windmill. Modding is nothing new :P Plus I had friends that had switches mounted on them as well back then.
The worst Pac-Man game ever made doesn’t sound the same has a red board I don’t play with this Pac-Man anymore it’s to expensive to play anyways 4 C batteries I’m glad it doesn’t have the arcade rom cause 4 C batteries cost a lot of money go and buy yourself the quarter arcades 1/4 scale Pac-Man instead
Yes I totally understand what you’re saying my parents got so annoyed with it too! It still is my favorite Christmas present of all time! I begged my mom in 1982 for it! Great review my friend!
I got this game for my 10th birthday in 1982. I used to play it for hours!
Got Galaxian for Xmas and it was the best gift I’d ever received. The sights and sounds felt were amazing and it was so loud. Eventually I’d get the Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man & Frogger which would end up being my favorite. Amazing tech at the time and I still have them to this day.
my friend let me borrow his for a few days when i was a kid. loved it. now i got one from ebay because of nostalgia.
My friend got it for Christmas. We played it forever! I always wanted one!
Wanted one of these badly as a kid but they were expensive. I finally got one yesterday, bought it a week ago on eBay, still works too. Yes the sound effects are irritating, but it’s still a cool piece of gaming history and the 8-year-old boy in me is very happy.
I had one of those which I got for Christmas in 1982, was a lot of fun playing it. I wouldn't have minded the sound if it had a volume control and it didn't have one and it was rather loud. I opened it up and disconnected the sound disc but it was a cool game to have.
Yep, my parents regretted getting me one :P
Loved pac man in the arcade and was really pumped to buy this...but yeh the damn sound near drove a person insane.
I agree with your dad after 1 second of listening to that. Wow.
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When I was four that Pac Man game despite the sound was annoying to my dad was a relief to him when we went on long trips he found it useful as it reduced the are we there yets.
My Pac had a sad story. Some time after getting it, I was at the kitchen table playing. My mom was on the phone. I kept lifting it to get her to tell me score. I couldn’t read large numbers yet. She would ignore me, so I would have to hold it longer and longer. You can imagine what eventually happened...I dropped it and it smashed on the kitchen floor. My parents refused to get me another one. I bought one used when I was 19 and still have it.
I got this myself as a gift (birthday, I think) back in the day. Pity the ghost monster sound on there had to make like a siren and the unit didn't have an already-built-in sound control. Despite all that, I've been a Pac-Man fan to this very day.
Your dad added a volume switch! Ha ha ha! When my kids were little, I "modified" their annoying electronic toys with a piece of gauze and packing tape over the speaker holes.
I always wanted one of these as a kid, but never did get one. A few years back, I found one at a toy show and bought it. I must have received a dozen offers for it as I carried it around the show for the rest of the day!
The first game I ever owned. Santa brought it when I was 4. :)
I recently bought a reasonably priced one on eBay, and it looks so cool sitting on my bookcase with my other Pac-Man merch
Unbelievable how soon after the arcade game this was released.
Oh man I loved The Coleco mini arcade games so much!
Interesting, I never realized you could play different games on those things. They were just about the ultimate in personal electronics back when they were released. Thanks for another great classic game review.
This one is seen in the second to last episode of Knight Rider for the first season, “Nobody does it better.”
Had Donkey Kong, too.
Always on the lookout for one this of these. Great video Willie!
Willie man my thank you for almost making me cry, my best two Christmas years was 81', the year the coleco mini arcades released (I got Pac-Man on Christmas day,and galaxian on January 3rd my birthday a week later ,and 82 the year the Atari 5200 released and Pacman was number one reason ,I was gonna do one on this and you did it for me, this coleco mini is the reason I had to get the Numskull Quarter Arcades Pac-Man,I look at this and remember the Mr arcade commercials when he would shrink them arcade units down,and this is what we got,but to be honest the Numskull was what we imagined ,that being said thank you Willie for loving our childhood 80's years as much as I do great vid I post a few update vids on the numbskulls if you get a chance let me know what you think I'm just a novice but I hope you approve lol.
Nice vids on the Numskull Pac Man! I am loving mine still, I was 13 when Pac Man originally came out, it took a lot of my allowance money :P Keep up the cool vids, I subbed and will be watching :)
Oh, if you are on Facebook. Head over to the group Arcade USA Bits n Bytes and share your gaming vids there :)
@@SVT512 Will do on the group ,and thank you for the support,now I feel encouraged to make more vids,I been watching you, and Glen, and John Hancock a long time ,and all are great,but yours give me the most nostalgia and that's what this is all about smiling and remembering a better time in life .
Still have one buried in the back closet somewhere. Guess I knw what I'm doing for jollies tonight. According to your autocaption the noise from this annoyed your "parrots" a lot...
Love your pop’s non-destructive, concealed mute mod. Very considerate of him! I was watching thinking how you could do it without drilling any holes. Maybe with a magnet or moving a stick on power up. Then I was thinking where is the switch at on yours?! Nice one!
I had this one and Donkey Kong back in the day. The lack of a volume control made it tough for my parents on those long car rides, and while trying to play the game in bed past my bed time. You could muffle the speaker with your leg a little, but this game is LOUD. It did the job back then, and the little cabinets are beautiful.
NAMCO'S PAC-MAN!
From Coleco!
Ghost Monsters Can Run, But They Can't Hide From Pac-Man!
I didn’t have this when I was a kid but one of my friends did. I had Galaxian, Donkey Kong and Frogger. I liked the Pac-Man but Frogger and Galaxian were my favorites.
Your dad wasn't kidding it is annoying I had Donkey Kong it got boring real fast. I had the Atari 5200 and it came with Pacman.
My dog Roxy does not like that Siren sound! Really neat game though. The 2 player mode seems really cool.
1:16 lol I'm glad my mom is a gamer to this day (GALAGA) HER FAV 😊
I have never had any of the Coleco mini arcades bit a buddy of mine had a few. Thinking about it now after watching this, his Pac-Man had no sound at all. I wonder if it was because of his father also. Lol Great video bro.
Wow Remeber C battries... good times.
I heard these were being reissued but not vfd. Now, not a word...
I had this. I've brought the updated version, but it doesn't beat the original.
I was so disappointed when I received this game. I thought it was going to be just like the arcade, but it was just an LED game.
What in the WHAT?! Who's gutting these for RPIs?! I want names and addresses!! There are plenty of other tabletop options out there, all the 3D-printed designs out there, bartop kits...that's just abhorrent!
Hey Willie I have the original battery pack. Its urs.I'm not doing anything with it.
Lol even in 1982 these were so disappointing
Huh. Was your dad some kind of mechanical genius or something?
Yep, he used to repair and build radar systems for the military when he was younger, then went into repairing various electronic devices as a business
@@SVT512 Wow. He has some mad skills--a system mod before that was even a thing.
@@SVT512 Impressive! Sounds like your dad was performing system mods long before that was really a thing! A pioneer, if you will! You might have the most unique version of Coleco Pac-Man here in existence!
modding has been around for a long time, my grandfather back in the 30's built his own windmill generator to charge batteries to supply lights in the house before they had access to electrical lines. he used a generator from a model T ford in the windmill. Modding is nothing new :P Plus I had friends that had switches mounted on them as well back then.
The worst Pac-Man game ever made doesn’t sound the same has a red board I don’t play with this Pac-Man anymore it’s to expensive to play anyways 4 C batteries I’m glad it doesn’t have the arcade rom cause 4 C batteries cost a lot of money go and buy yourself the quarter arcades 1/4 scale Pac-Man instead
Missing animations.