<s>
Controlling	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
make	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
each	O
stage	O
to	O
return	O
a	O
lost	O
fairy	O
back	O
to	O
its	O
home	O
in	O
Fairyland	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pac-Man	B-Application
will	O
need	O
to	O
avoid	O
obstacles	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
falling	O
logs	O
and	O
water-spewing	O
fire	O
hydrants	O
,	O
alongside	O
his	O
enemies	O
,	O
the	O
Ghost	O
Gang	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eating	O
large	O
flashing	O
Power	O
Pellets	O
will	O
cause	O
the	O
ghosts	O
to	O
turn	O
blue	O
,	O
allowing	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
to	O
eat	O
them	O
for	O
points	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pac-Land	B-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
Namco	O
Research	O
and	O
Development	O
1	O
programmer	O
Yoshihiro	O
Kishimoto	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
tasked	O
with	O
creating	O
an	O
arcade	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
American	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
cartoon	O
television	O
series	O
by	O
Hanna-Barbera	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
control	O
scheme	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
Konami	O
's	O
Track	B-Application
&	I-Application
Field	I-Application
(	O
1983	O
)	O
,	O
using	O
buttons	O
instead	O
of	O
a	O
traditional	O
joystick	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
stand	O
out	O
among	O
other	O
games	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
Namco	O
Pac-Land	B-Application
arcade	O
system	O
was	O
created	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
easier	O
to	O
develop	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
was	O
used	O
for	O
several	O
later	O
Namco	O
games	O
,	O
including	O
Baraduke	B-Application
(	O
1985	O
)	O
and	O
Metro-Cross	B-Application
(	O
1985	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pac-Land	B-Application
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
in	O
arcades	O
,	O
becoming	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
top	O
five	O
highest-grossing	O
arcade	B-Application
games	I-Application
of	I-Application
1985	I-Application
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
cited	O
as	O
an	O
important	O
and	O
influential	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
platform	O
genre	O
,	O
paving	O
the	O
way	O
for	O
many	O
games	O
to	O
follow	O
such	O
as	O
Super	O
Mario	O
Bros.	O
,	O
Ghosts'n	O
Goblins	O
,	O
Alex	O
Kidd	O
and	O
Wonder	B-Application
Boy	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
several	O
home	O
consoles	O
and	O
computers	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Family	O
Computer	O
,	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine/TurboGrafx	I-General_Concept
-16	I-General_Concept
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
Lynx	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
platform	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
series	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
New	I-Application
Adventures	I-Application
(	O
1994	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Controlling	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
tasked	O
with	O
reaching	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
each	O
level	O
while	O
avoiding	O
enemies	O
and	O
other	O
obstacles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stages	O
are	O
known	O
in-game	O
as	O
"	O
trips	O
"	O
and	O
are	O
broken	O
into	O
four	O
sections	O
—	O
the	O
first	O
three	O
have	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
running	O
to	O
return	O
a	O
lost	O
fairy	O
back	O
to	O
"	O
Fairyland	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
last	O
having	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
return	O
home	O
to	O
his	O
family	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pressing	O
either	O
of	O
the	O
directional	O
buttons	O
will	O
make	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
walk	O
in	O
that	O
direction	O
,	O
and	O
repeatedly	O
tapping	O
either	O
button	O
will	O
make	O
him	O
run	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pac-Man	B-Application
can	O
also	O
jump	O
over	O
pits	O
and	O
obstacles	O
by	O
pressing	O
the	O
jump	O
button	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
each	O
stage	O
,	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
will	O
encounter	O
the	O
four	O
ghosts	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
—	O
Blinky	O
,	O
Pinky	O
,	O
Inky	O
,	O
and	O
Clyde	B-Application
—	O
alongside	O
a	O
purple	O
ghost	O
named	O
Sue	B-Application
,	O
originally	O
a	O
replacement	O
for	O
Clyde	B-Application
in	O
Ms.	B-Application
Pac-Man	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eating	O
large	O
flashing	O
Power	O
Pellets	O
will	O
cause	O
the	O
ghosts	O
to	O
turn	O
blue	O
for	O
a	O
short	O
time	O
,	O
allowing	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
to	O
eat	O
them	O
for	O
bonus	O
points	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ghosts	O
are	O
often	O
seen	O
driving	O
vehicles	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
airplanes	O
,	O
buses	O
,	O
cars	O
,	O
pogo-sticks	O
,	O
and	O
flying	O
saucers	O
,	O
and	O
will	O
sometimes	O
drop	O
miniature	O
ghost	O
enemies	O
from	O
the	O
air	O
to	O
try	O
and	O
hit	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
section	O
of	O
a	O
trip	O
gives	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
a	O
special	O
pair	O
of	O
boots	O
that	O
will	O
allow	O
him	O
to	O
jump	O
infinitely	O
into	O
the	O
air	O
,	O
and	O
tasks	O
the	O
player	O
with	O
returning	O
home	O
to	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
'	O
s	O
family	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
can	O
find	O
hidden	O
items	O
by	O
pushing	O
against	O
specific	O
objects	O
in	O
certain	O
stages	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
helmet	O
that	O
protects	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
from	O
falling	O
mini	O
ghosts	O
,	O
an	O
item	O
that	O
makes	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
temporarily	O
invincible	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
Galaxian	B-Application
flagship	I-Application
that	O
awards	O
the	O
player	O
a	O
large	O
sum	O
of	O
points	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
the	O
theme	O
song	O
from	O
the	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
cartoon	O
series	O
,	O
which	O
plays	O
in	O
a	O
constant	O
loop	O
throughout	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
North	O
American	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
by	O
Midway	O
features	O
the	O
characters	O
being	O
re-designed	O
to	O
more	O
closely	O
resemble	O
the	O
designs	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
show	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
Japanese	O
Namco	O
version	O
has	O
the	O
characters	O
modeled	O
after	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
marketing	O
material	O
and	O
cabinet	O
artwork	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pac-Land	B-Application
was	O
programmed	O
by	O
Yoshihiro	O
Kishimoto	O
of	O
Namco	O
Development	O
Division	O
1	O
,	O
who	O
would	O
later	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
Family	B-Application
Stadium	I-Application
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
seeing	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
the	O
American	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
cartoon	O
series	O
,	O
Namco	O
requested	O
Kishimoto	O
that	O
he	O
create	O
an	O
arcade	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
show	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kishimoto	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
hardest	O
part	O
of	O
development	O
were	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
'	O
s	O
animations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pac-Man	B-Application
himself	O
was	O
given	O
24	O
different	O
frame	O
patterns	O
,	O
alongside	O
several	O
facial	O
expressions	O
and	O
clothing	O
swaps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kishimoto	O
cited	O
Konami	O
's	O
sports	O
video	O
game	O
Track	B-Application
&	I-Application
Field	I-Application
(	O
1983	O
)	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
number	O
one	O
influence	O
"	O
on	O
Pac-Land	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
controls	O
were	O
heavily	O
influenced	O
by	O
Track	B-Application
&	I-Application
Field	I-Application
,	O
a	O
game	O
that	O
allowed	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
become	O
faster	O
by	O
constantly	O
tapping	O
the	O
button	O
in	O
succession	O
;	O
Kishimoto	O
thought	O
the	O
idea	O
was	O
interesting	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
make	O
it	O
stand	O
out	O
among	O
other	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
allow	O
for	O
two-layer	O
scrolling	O
backgrounds	O
,	O
more	O
sprites	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
colors	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
created	O
the	O
Namco	O
Pac-Land	B-Application
arcade	O
board	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
used	O
for	O
several	O
later	O
Namco	O
games	O
including	O
Baraduke	B-Application
(	O
1985	O
)	O
and	O
Metro-Cross	B-Application
(	O
1985	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
home	O
port	O
of	O
Pac-Land	B-Application
was	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Family	O
Computer	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
November	O
21	O
,	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
for	O
the	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
were	O
published	O
by	O
British	O
company	O
Grandslam	O
Entertainment	O
in	O
1988	O
,	O
and	O
developed	O
by	O
Gannon	O
Designs	O
and	O
Mr.	O
Micro	O
(	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
version	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Namco	O
released	O
a	O
PC-Engine	B-General_Concept
version	O
in	O
June	O
1989	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
TurboGrafx-16	B-General_Concept
by	O
NEC	O
in	O
January	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atari	O
Games	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
an	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
Lynx	I-General_Concept
portable	O
version	O
in	O
1992	O
,	O
and	O
Dempa	O
Softworks	O
released	O
an	O
X68000	B-Device
conversion	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pac-Land	B-Application
is	O
in	O
the	O
1996	O
compilation	O
Namco	B-Device
Museum	I-Device
Vol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
4	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
alongside	O
five	O
other	O
Namco	B-Application
arcade	I-Application
games	O
from	O
the	O
1980s	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
in	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
game	O
Namco	B-Application
Arcade	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
PC	B-Device
as	O
part	O
of	O
Pac-Man	B-Device
Museum	I-Device
,	O
and	O
the	O
Famicom	O
version	O
was	O
digitally	O
re-released	O
for	O
the	O
Wii	O
U	O
Virtual	O
Console	O
and	O
Namco	B-Device
Museum	I-Device
Archives	O
Volume	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aside	O
from	O
the	O
Namco	B-Application
Arcade	I-Application
version	O
,	O
all	O
home	O
ports	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Japanese	O
Namco	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
31	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
arcade	O
version	O
of	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
would	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
as	O
part	O
of	O
Hamster	O
Corporation	O
's	O
Arcade	B-Application
Archives	I-Application
lineup	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
7	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
game	O
being	O
a	O
direct	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
arcade	O
game	O
,	O
this	O
re-release	O
has	O
been	O
modified	O
to	O
exclude	O
the	O
Ms.	B-Application
Pac-Man	I-Application
and	O
Baby	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
characters	O
,	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
the	O
Pac-Mom	O
and	O
Pac-Sis	O
characters	O
seen	O
in	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
Museum	I-Application
+	I-Application
;	O
likely	O
to	O
avoid	O
legal	O
conflicts	O
regarding	O
Ms.	B-Application
Pac-Man	I-Application
'	O
s	O
ongoing	O
AtGames	O
dispute	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
Museum	I-Application
+	I-Application
game	O
compilation	O
,	O
which	O
released	O
on	O
May	O
27	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
version	O
in	O
this	O
collection	O
uses	O
the	O
same	O
edited	O
version	O
as	O
seen	O
in	O
the	O
Arcade	B-Application
Archives	I-Application
release	O
,	O
which	O
replaces	O
Ms.	B-Application
Pac-Man	I-Application
and	O
Baby	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
for	O
Pac-Mom	O
and	O
Pac-Sis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pac-Land	B-Application
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
in	O
arcades	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
ended	O
the	O
year	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
top	O
five	O
highest-grossing	O
arcade	B-Application
games	I-Application
of	I-Application
1985	I-Application
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
called	O
it	O
an	O
"	O
interesting	O
game	O
"	O
where	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
is	O
an	O
"	O
animated	O
character	O
that	O
moves	O
along	O
a	O
horizontally	O
scrolling	O
landscape	O
"	O
while	O
praising	O
the	O
"	O
very	O
colouful	O
"	O
graphics	O
and	O
stating	O
it	O
is	O
"	O
easy	O
to	O
play	O
once	O
you	O
've	O
got	O
the	O
hang	O
of	O
it.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Japanese	O
publication	O
Famitsu	O
praised	O
the	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
version	O
's	O
graphics	O
and	O
overall	O
challenge	O
,	O
awarding	O
it	O
the	O
"	O
Silver	O
Hall	O
of	O
Fame	O
"	O
badge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
+	O
Video	O
Games	O
called	O
the	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
version	O
a	O
"	O
marvelous	O
conversion	O
"	O
for	O
its	O
vibrant	O
visuals	O
,	O
stage	O
layouts	O
,	O
gameplay	O
,	O
and	O
accuracy	O
to	O
the	O
coin-op	O
game	O
;	O
they	O
had	O
a	O
similar	O
response	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
Lynx	I-General_Concept
version	O
,	O
claiming	O
its	O
accuracy	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
would	O
entice	O
fans	O
of	O
the	O
arcade	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
Lynx	B-General_Concept
conversion	O
,	O
IGN	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
colorful	O
graphics	O
,	O
controls	O
,	O
and	O
faithfulness	O
to	O
the	O
arcade	O
original	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Raze	O
disliked	O
the	O
Lynx	B-General_Concept
port	O
's	O
limited	O
amount	O
of	O
lives	O
and	O
lack	O
of	O
continues	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
the	O
high	O
difficulty	O
would	O
repel	O
younger	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AllGame	O
was	O
particularly	O
critical	O
of	O
the	O
TurboGrafx-16	B-General_Concept
version	O
,	O
lambasting	O
its	O
poor	O
graphics	O
,	O
bland	O
stage	O
layouts	O
,	O
and	O
lack	O
of	O
challenge	O
,	O
jokingly	O
saying	O
it	O
was	O
only	O
recommended	O
to	O
collectors	O
interested	O
in	O
"	O
the	O
most	O
morbidly	O
poor	O
games	O
in	O
existence	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
retrospective	O
review	O
for	O
the	O
TurboGrafx-16	B-General_Concept
conversion	O
,	O
IGN	O
disliked	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
difficulty	O
for	O
lacking	O
any	O
real	O
challenge	O
,	O
and	O
said	O
the	O
game	O
seems	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
made	O
simply	O
to	O
keep	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
relevant	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
instead	O
of	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
real	O
deal	O
"	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
considered	O
an	O
important	O
and	O
influential	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
platform	O
genre	O
,	O
paving	O
the	O
way	O
for	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Ghosts'n	O
Goblins	O
,	O
Alex	O
Kidd	O
,	O
and	O
Wonder	B-Application
Boy	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pac-Man	B-Application
creator	O
Toru	O
Iwatani	O
has	O
since	O
labeled	O
it	O
as	O
his	O
favorite	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
sequel	O
for	O
its	O
interesting	O
concept	O
and	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
said	O
Shigeru	O
Miyamoto	O
told	O
him	O
it	O
had	O
a	O
profound	O
influence	O
on	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
Shigeru	O
Miyamoto	O
himself	O
also	O
says	O
that	O
Pac-Land	B-Application
had	O
an	O
influence	O
on	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
,	O
but	O
to	O
a	O
lesser	O
extent	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
while	O
he	O
was	O
in	O
Tokyo	O
seeing	O
Namco	O
has	O
developed	O
a	O
platforming	O
game	O
he	O
decided	O
that	O
he	O
should	O
follow	O
suit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
only	O
feature	O
of	O
Pac-Land	B-Application
Miyamoto	O
cites	O
as	O
a	O
direct	O
inspiration	O
was	O
the	O
blue	O
background	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
the	O
black	O
ones	O
he	O
typically	O
would	O
put	O
in	O
his	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
'	O
s	O
moves	O
in	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Smash	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
series	O
are	O
directly	O
based	O
on	O
Pac-Land	B-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
his	O
fire	O
hydrant	O
attack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Super	B-Application
Smash	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
for	I-Application
Wii	I-Application
U	I-Application
and	O
Super	B-Application
Smash	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
