<s>
is	O
a	O
cavalier	O
perspective	O
maze	B-Application
game	I-Application
that	O
was	O
developed	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Namco	O
for	O
arcades	O
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
Pac-Man	O
as	O
he	O
must	O
eat	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
dots	O
while	O
avoiding	O
the	O
colored	O
ghosts	O
that	O
chase	O
him	O
in	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
ninth	O
title	O
in	O
the	O
Pac-Man	O
video	O
game	O
series	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
one	O
developed	O
for	O
arcades	O
up	O
until	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
Arrangement	I-Application
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pac-Mania	B-Application
gained	O
a	O
highly-positive	O
critical	O
reception	O
for	O
its	O
uniqueness	O
and	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
nominated	O
for	O
"	O
Best	O
Coin-Op	O
Conversion	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
Golden	O
Joystick	O
Awards	O
in	O
1987	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
lost	O
to	O
Taito	O
's	O
Operation	B-Application
Wolf	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pac-Mania	B-Application
was	O
ported	O
to	O
several	O
home	O
consoles	O
and	O
computers	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
MSX2	B-Operating_System
,	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
and	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
,	O
the	O
last	O
of	O
which	O
being	O
published	O
by	O
Tengen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
for	O
the	O
Wii	O
Virtual	O
Console	O
,	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
mobile	O
phones	O
were	O
also	O
produced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pac-Mania	B-Application
is	O
a	O
maze	B-Application
game	I-Application
viewed	O
from	O
an	O
oblique	O
perspective	O
and	O
with	O
a	O
gameplay	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
franchise	O
's	O
original	O
installment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
levels	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
introduce	O
two	O
new	O
ghosts	O
,	O
Funky	B-Application
and	O
Spunky	B-Application
,	O
who	O
also	O
have	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
jump	O
while	O
in	O
Sandbox	O
Land	O
and	O
Jungly	O
Steps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Pac-Man	O
can	O
still	O
barely	O
jump	O
over	O
Funky	B-Application
,	O
it	O
is	O
impossible	O
to	O
jump	O
over	O
Spunky	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
player	O
makes	O
Pac-Man	O
stay	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
stage	O
for	O
too	O
long	O
,	O
his	O
jump	O
strength	O
weakens	O
until	O
he	O
cannot	O
jump	O
at	O
all	O
,	O
making	O
him	O
unable	O
to	O
jump	O
over	O
Funky	B-Application
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pac-Mania	B-Application
arrived	O
on	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
major	O
8	O
-	O
and	O
16-bit	O
systems	O
in	O
Europe	O
in	O
1988	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
in	O
October	O
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
later	O
that	O
year	O
,	O
and	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
in	O
December	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
same	O
company	O
developed	O
an	O
Acorn	B-Device
Archimedes	I-Device
port	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Domark	O
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sharp	O
Corporation	O
developed	O
and	O
released	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
its	O
X68000	B-Device
in	O
early	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Namco	O
also	O
released	O
an	O
MSX2	B-Operating_System
port	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
mid-June	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pac-Mania	B-Application
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
in	O
late	O
1990	O
and	O
the	O
Master	O
System	O
and	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
in	O
1991	O
by	O
Tengen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
three	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
Master	O
System	O
port	O
published	O
by	O
TecMagik	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Genesis	B-Operating_System
port	O
was	O
outsourced	O
to	O
Sculptured	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Pac-Mania	B-Application
on	O
their	O
December	O
15	O
,	O
1987	O
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
fifth	O
most-successful	O
table	O
arcade	B-Application
unit	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
Atari	O
sold	O
1,412	O
arcade	B-Application
cabinets	O
in	O
1987	O
,	O
earning	O
about	O
$2.82	O
million	O
( $	O
million	O
adjusted	O
for	O
inflation	O
)	O
in	O
cabinet	O
sales	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Entertainment	O
Weekly	O
gave	O
the	O
Genesis	B-Operating_System
version	O
a	O
B−	O
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
runner-up	O
in	O
the	O
category	O
of	O
Best	O
Coin-Op	O
Conversion	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
at	O
the	O
Golden	O
Joystick	O
Awards	O
,	O
behind	O
Operation	B-Application
Wolf	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
arcade	B-Application
version	O
of	O
Pac-Mania	B-Application
appeared	O
in	O
Namco	O
Museum	O
Volume	O
5	O
,	O
the	O
2001	O
Namco	O
Museum	O
release	O
,	O
Namco	O
Museum	O
:	O
50th	O
Anniversary	O
and	O
Namco	O
Museum	O
Virtual	O
Arcade	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
games	O
included	O
in	O
Pac-Man	B-Device
Collection	I-Device
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
,	O
in	O
2002	O
,	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
version	O
was	O
re-released	O
and	O
included	O
as	O
an	O
unlockable	O
bonus	O
in	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
World	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
Pac-Mania	B-Application
was	O
also	O
released	O
in	O
Namco	B-Application
Museum	I-Application
Remix	I-Application
with	O
Pac	B-Application
&	I-Application
Pal	I-Application
,	O
Pac	B-Application
'	I-Application
n	I-Application
Roll	I-Application
,	O
Super	B-Application
Pac-Man	I-Application
and	O
other	O
non-Pac-Man	O
games	O
and	O
was	O
re-released	O
in	O
2010	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
follow-up	O
compilation	O
Namco	B-Application
Museum	I-Application
Megamix	I-Application
,	O
along	O
with	O
17	O
other	O
Namco	O
arcade	B-Application
games	O
and	O
six	O
remix	O
games	O
,	O
five	O
of	O
which	O
appeared	O
in	O
Namco	B-Application
Museum	I-Application
Remix	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
Pac-Man	O
and	O
the	O
ghosts	O
from	O
Pac-Mania	B-Application
appear	O
in	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
Championship	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
DX	I-Application
and	O
the	O
game	O
itself	O
is	O
released	O
as	O
an	O
app	O
in	O
the	O
App	O
Store	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pac-Mania	B-Application
was	O
also	O
re-released	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Pac-Man	O
'	O
s	O
Arcade	B-Application
Party	O
arcade	B-Application
machine	O
in	O
2010	O
for	O
Pac-Man	O
'	O
s	O
30th	O
anniversary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2014	O
it	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Pac-Man	B-Device
Museum	I-Device
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	O
3	O
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
360	O
and	O
PC	O
via	O
Steam	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Pac-Man	O
'	O
s	O
Pixel	O
Bash	O
arcade	B-Application
cabinet	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
other	O
Pac-Man	O
,	O
and	O
different	O
Namco	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
2022	O
compilation	O
title	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
Museum	I-Application
+	I-Application
,	O
released	O
for	O
PC	O
via	O
Steam	O
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
8	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
Pac-Mania	B-Application
was	O
also	O
included	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Arcade	B-Application
Archives	I-Application
by	O
Hamster	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
music	O
from	O
Pac-Man	O
'	O
s	O
Park	O
was	O
later	O
used	O
in	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
and	I-Application
the	I-Application
Ghostly	I-Application
Adventures	I-Application
as	O
the	O
"	O
power	O
up	O
"	O
theme	O
for	O
"	O
Pac	O
"	O
(	O
the	O
show	O
's	O
version	O
of	O
Pac-Man	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
same	O
theme	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
Block	O
Town	O
's	O
music	O
,	O
was	O
remixed	O
and	O
used	O
in	O
Super	B-Application
Smash	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
for	I-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
3DS	I-Application
and	I-Application
Wii	I-Application
U	I-Application
and	O
later	O
Super	B-Application
Smash	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
