Pac-Man Museum is a compilation of Pac-Man games, developed by Mine Loader Software and published by Bandai Namco Games in 2014.
The game was delisted from digital retailers on July 20, 2020, though it was later followed by a sequel titled Pac-Man Museum +, featuring most of this game's titles.
Games[]
Pac-Man Museum features 9 (10 if Ms. Pac-Man is counted) games from the Pac-Man series. All games except Pac-Man Championship Edition have borders added to each of their displays.
- Pac-Man (1980)
- Ms. Pac-Man (1982) (Namco Museum Battle Collection version [?])
- Ms. Pac-Man was first released as free DLC until March 31, 2014; it later became an additional $4.99 purchase.
- Super Pac-Man (1982)
- Pac & Pal (1983)
- Pac-Land (1984) (Japanese version)
- Pac-Mania (1987)
- Pac-Attack (1993) (Namco Anthology 2 “Classic” version)
- Pac-Man Arrangement (2005)
- Pac-Man Championship Edition (2007)
- Pac-Man Battle Royale (2011)
Stamps[]
Pac-Man Museum features an achievement system in the form of stamps. For each of the games (minus Ms. Pac-Man), there are 8 different stamps that can be unlocked. When the player earns a stamp, an item or character will be unlocked and will be displayed in the Pac Room. For completing a game's full stamp set, the player will earn a medal for said game, appearing in the Pac Room.
Pac Room[]
Through the main menu, a peek of the Pac Room is seen, taking place in one of the Maze High School dorms in Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures. The camera can be rotated across the room while in the main menu, though the player can view the room in full screen by selecting the Pac Room option in the main menu. Features in the Pac Room are unlocked by earning stamps within the games. The player can view their full list of unlocked items and characters via the Item List.
Pals[]
Trivia[]
- Pac-Man Museum is one of the last Pac-Man games to use the Namco publishing label. Following Bandai Namco Games' restructuring to Bandai Namco Entertainment later in 2014, the Namco label was retired and all future Pac-Man games would then exclusively use the Bandai Namco Entertainment labels.
- Wii U and Nintendo 3DS versions were in development for the Nintendo eShop, but were cancelled due to "delayed development".[1]
- Pac-Man Collection and Namco Museum for the Game Boy Advance saw Virtual Console re-releases on Wii U days prior to the release of Pac-Man Museum, likely intended as an alternative for the cancellation of the ports.
- The game's scheduled release date was February 26, 2014, but it released one day earlier on Steam and the North American PlayStation Store.
- The game was delisted from digital stores on July 20, 2020, alongside several Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures games. No official reason was given to the delisting.
- It is assumed that Ms. Pac-Man was made a separate DLC due to the ongoing legal issues regarding the game.
- One of the items in the Pac-Room, the Arcade Machine, is modeled after the Pac-Man's Arcade Party cabinet as it appears in the Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures TV series.
- Somewhat strangely, the Pac-Man's Arcade Party machine is referred to in-game as "a historic arcade cabinet". As Arcade Party was only around four years old when Pac-Man Museum was released, it is believed the labeling of "historic" was to imply that the Ghostly Adventures series takes place in the future.
- As the player earns stamps, the music in the Pac-Room gradually extends with new segments, based on other Pac-Man games. These include the main theme from Pac-Land, the Beginner and Novice mode theme from the Namco Anthology 2 "enhanced" version of Pac-Attack, and the World 1 theme from the 1996 version of Pac-Man Arrangement, despite the latter two games not appearing in the collection at all.