Eatyour way through multiple interconnected mazes chomping Ghosts and other PACs, use Power Items to mix up the action, and do it all in style with a plethora of cosmetic options. Outlast all 64 players in a match to be the Last PAC Standing!
Elimination Mode features arcade style action against players of any rank where you earn Tokens to trade for cosmetics. Ranked Mode features serious competition against players of similar ranking where you earn Rank XP to place on the leaderboards!
Power Items add to the action with shields, speed, and more to give you the upper hand against the GHOSTS as well as other PACs! Some Power Items benefit you, but others ostensibly benefit the GHOSTS...hmm, maybe you can use that to your advantage!?
PAC-MAN Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs is an online-only PAC-MAN eating competition! Eat your way through multiple interconnected mazes chomping Ghosts and other PACs! Use Power Items to mix up the action and do it all in style with a plethora of cosmetic options. Outlast all 64 players in a match to be the Last PAC Standing! Competition never tasted this good!
Taking place this May 25-26, PAC-MAN Shine On is an immersive event blending gaming, music, photo ops, giveaways, PAC-MAN appearances and more. Admission is free based on capacity, with activities and goodies for fans of all ages.
This page details officially licensed Pac-Man games which are designed to promote a specific product or brand. Their main intention is merely to advertise, and are often very basic compared to other Pac-Man titles. They were generally released as mobile or online games, and occasionally as arcade machines with very limited print numbers. Their digital versions often become completely inaccessible once each promotion was over.
In the bottom-right corner of the title screen, there is a giant notice reading "Sponsored by: Journeys" and "Journeys Kidz"; referring to the shoe stores of the same name. Despite this, the game is otherwise completely unrelated to Journeys. It is known that around this same time period, a sweepstakes was held where the Journeys company gave away copies of Pac-Man Party;[1] however, the actual origin of the Party Scramble game is unclear.
Pretz Pac-Man is an HTML game released in 2017 to promote the Japanese snack Pretz. It is based on the original arcade game, but Pac-Man eats Pretz in a maze with a giant capital letter in the center. A code from the Pretz box would be entered to unlock access to the game.
Reese's Pac-Man is an online game released in 2017 (?) to promote Reese's peanut butter cups. It is loosely based on a TV commercial aired around the same time, with Pac-Man and the Ghosts being replaced by Reese's cups. In addition to an HTML5-based release, it was also playable via Snapchat.
PA-3 Pac-Man Special Game is an online game released in 2018 to promote PA-3, a yogurt released by Meiji Dairies. The game is just a recreation of the first level of Pac-Man with food surrounding the maze. In addition to the new maze graphics, there is a form of Stamina bar that decreases over time. The lower the stamina gets, the slower Pac-Man moves. However, eating a fruit (or PA-3 bottle) will restore the meter and Pac-Man's speed to full.
The game was released as an arcade machine, which was distributed in gas stations and department stores. It was also available as a downloadable pack for the iOS and Android version of Pac-Man, accessed via a code which was on actual Red Bull cans.
Another application based on Red Bull Pac-Man was accessible via a 7-Eleven "7Rewards" app; this version was developed by Zappar, and was based on AR technology. Little further information is known, however, and it is unclear if there was a gameplay portion.
Unlike the other titles, million x Pac-Man is considerably different than the original Pac-Man. The maze's dots continuously respawn, and it is impossible to eat them all. Pac-Man charges up a "Snap" meter, and upon eating 28 Pac-Dots, he is able to cause something strange to happen when launched. These abilities include:
In 2019, a promotion was held in mainland China between Namco and KFC. For a limited time, KFC (of China) allowed for home delivery within their mobile app. Orders placed for delivery arrived in "Gaming Buckets", themed after either Pac-Man, Galaga, or Battle City. Scanning a QR code on the bucket allowed the user to play a KFC-themed version of the respective game on their phone.[3][4]
In the Pac-Man game, the player eats fried chicken and burgers instead of Pac-Dots; Galaga has the aliens' formation spell out "KFC", and Battle City has "KFC" written in the game's walls. A high-score ranking table was available for each game. Coupons and other rewards could be won from playing the games.[3]
Kipling x Pac-Man - "Play the Pac" was a Snapchat filter which acted as a loose adaption of Pac-Man. It was published in February of 2020 by Kipling, following the announcement of various Pac-Man-themed suitcases and bags manufactured by the company.
As the game uses Snapchat's camera, the player's face is on screen at all times. The player must open their mouth to eat "dots" flying at the screen, while "dodging" ghosts by closing their mouth. Players who reached high scores were eligible to win free or discounted Kipling products.
Morinaga Pac-Man mini is an online game first published in March of 2020. Released by Morinaga, it promotes their "Hi-Chew Mini" and "Caramel Mini" candies. While defunct, this game is still fully playable via the Internet Archive.
The Hi-Chew and Caramel Mini candies encouraged "flavor mixing" by eating two specific flavors at once, forming a "new" flavor when combined. The game is adapted from the arcade original, though the Power Pellets are replaced with the respective candies; the Ghosts will turn into the actual candy flavors formed by mixing.
There are both "Normal" and "Special" game modes. In a standard game, the maze would be randomly selected to be either a Hi-Chew or Caramel maze. In the special game, the two mazes appear side-by-side, both being played at once. The special game was accessed via the UPC code on an actual candy box; this can still be played today by entering a known code, 166 and 001.
Promotional images from the event show 8-bit renditions of various Chinese company mascots (most of which are owned by Alibaba). However, one game screenshot indicates that the game is just a variant of the original Pac-Man, with presents scattered throughout the maze.[5][6]
Sabritas Pac-Man was released in 2020, in collaboration with Sabritas; effectively the Mexican version of Frito-Lay. During this promotion, Pac-Man Tazos were included in specially-marked potato chip bags, alongside a giveaway promotion and a special online game.
Sabritas Pac-Man is just an HTML port of the original Pac-Man game. There are no true gameplay differences; save for the Power Pellets being the Sabritas mascot, and various inaccuracies with the port itself. Strangely, the game seems to be a modified version of an unofficial "HTML5 Pacman" game, created by Dale Harvey in 2010; it is unknown if the Sabritas reskin was used with permission from Harvey.
Various real-world prizes could be won from playing the HTML5 game, including the Pac-Man Micro Player and Pocket Player from My Arcade (oddly, the former was shown as an entirely different, seemingly bootleg machine in marketing material).[7]
Project ABC was released in collaboration with Astellas Pharma - a Japanese pharmaceutical company. As the game's title suggests, the player must physically "squat"; making the app effectively an exercising tool. In a press release, Namco stated that the app was intended to encourage exercise during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.[9]
While arguably for the "greater good" compared to other promotional games, Project ABC was still heavily promotional in nature. Users would be divided into two "teams", which would be selected by the player. Of the polls held, one promoted Namco's The Idolmaster: Shiny Colors game, while the other (a question about rice) states it was "Provided by Otafuku Sauce Co., Ltd"; oddly, no further polls were held. This may suggest the app was intended to conduct market research through its "teams", though this cannot be entirely confirmed.
Following the PizzaMarzano promotion, a similar tie-in with Pizza Hut was held in North America in 2021. During this promotion, pizza boxes would have an image of the Pac-Man maze on top of them. By visiting a website and scanning the box image, an AR version of Pac-Man - officially titled Pizza Hut Arcade: Pac-Man - could be played on the user's phone.
LOL - Hasse Toh Phasse x Pac-Man (sometimes shortened to just "LOL Pac-Man") was a game released in 2021, based on an Amazon Prime video series. It was a very poor quality version of Pac-Man, where the player controlled one of ten "Hasse Toh Phasse" cast members' heads. The game was, without exaggeration, borderline unplayable; with unresponsive controls, and a bizarre effect where characters' animations would stutter and warp backwards during movement (which is even visible in promotional material).[10] A strange song with lyrics played in-game at all times; notably, its lyrics refer to "[coming] with the white stuff", seemingly insinuating cocaine.
In Pac'N-Watch, two mazes are shown side-by-side: the left maze shows a layout of dots the player must eat, while the right maze is navigated by the player. The player must match the contents of the left maze on their righthand maze, while avoiding eating additional dots. The game is five levels long; upon beating the final level, it is revealed that the eaten dot trails spell out "CASIO" across the five mazes.
In late 2021, a "Pac-Man Edition" Nord 2 smartphone by was released by OnePlus. As part of a 48-hour giveaway campaign (where contestants could win either earphones or the Pac-Man Nord 2 phone itself), a variation of the original Pac-Man was released online. In this variant, the ghosts are replaced with four circular, colored faces - with no other changes whatsoever.
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