Pac-Man Intro Music Comparison: Almost Every Version!

🎵 Enjoy the iconic intro music and a few seconds of the "Waka Waka" from almost every Pac-Man version ever released 🎵 In this video, we showcase the evolution of Pac-Man's unforgettable starting tune throughout its long history, from the classic 1980 arcade version to more recent adaptations. Discover the subtle—and sometimes dramatic—differences on each platform, from popular consoles like the Atari 2600, NES, and Game Boy, to lesser-known systems like the Sharp MZ-700, PC-80, and Nabu.

🔊 Included versions:

00:00 Intro
00:15 Arcade (1980)
00:23 Coleco Tabletop (1981)
00:31 VIC-20 (HAL Laboratory) (1981)
00:39 Tomy Tabletop (1982)
00:48 Atari 2600 (1982)
00:54 Atari 5200 (1982)
01:02 Atari 8-bit family (1982)
01:10 Apple II (1983)
01:18 VIC-20 (Atarisoft) (1983)
01:26 Commodore 64 / C64 (1983)
01:33 ColecoVision (Unreleased) (1983)
01:41 Intellivision (1983)
01:49 TI-99/4A (1983)
01:57 PC DOS / MS-DOS (1983)
02:04 NEC PC-8801 / PC-88 (1983)
02:12 Sharp X1 (1983)
02:20 Nabu Personal Computer (1984)
02:28 Sharp MZ-700 (1984)
02:36 Sharp MZ-700 (PCG) (1984)
02:43 Sharp MZ-1500 (1984)
02:50 Fujitsu Micro 7 / FM-7 (1984)
02:58 MSX (1984)
03:07 NES / Famicom (1984)
03:14 ZX Spectrum (1984)
03:21 NEC PC-6001mkII (1984)
03:29 NEC PC-8001mkII (1984)
03:37 NEC PC-8801mkII SR / PC-88mkII SR (1985)
03:44 Sharp X68000 / X68K (1988)
03:52 Famicom Disk System / FDS (1990)
03:59 Game Boy / GB (Scroll) (1990)
04:07 Game Boy / GB (Full Screen) (1990)
04:14 Game Gear / GG (Scroll) (1991)
04:22 Game Gear / GG (Full Screen) (1991)
04:29 NEC PC-9801 / PC-98 (1992)
04:37 Sega Genesis / Mega Drive (Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures) (1994)
04:44 Super Nintendo / SNES / Super Famicom (Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures) (1994)
04:52 PlayStation / PS1 (Namco Museum Vol. 1) (1995)
05:00 Windows (Microsoft Return of Arcade) (1996)
05:07 Windows (Namco History Vol. 3) (1998)
05:15 Nintendo 64 / N64 (Namco Museum 64) (1999)
05:23 Game Boy Color / GBC (Scroll) (1999)
05:30 Game Boy Color / GBC (Full Screen) (1999)
05:38 Neo Geo Pocket Color (Scroll) (1999)
05:45 Neo Geo Pocket Color (Full Screen) (1999)
05:53 Dreamcast (Namco Museum) (2000)
06:01 Game Boy Advance / GBA (Pac-Man Collection) (Scroll) (2001)
06:09 Game Boy Advance / GBA (Pac-Man Collection) (Full Screen) (2001)
06:16 Game Boy Advance / GBA (Classic NES Series / Famicom Mini) (2004)
06:24 Game Boy Advance / GBA (Namco Museum 50th Anniversary) (Scroll) (2005)
06:31 Game Boy Advance / GBA (Namco Museum 50th Anniversary) (Full Screen) (2005)
06:39 Nintendo DS (Pac 'n Roll) (2005)
06:41 Nintendo DS (Namco Museum DS) (2007)
06:54 Windows (Namco All Stars Pac-Man) (Enhanced) (2009)
07:01 Windows (Namco All Stars Pac-Man) (Classic) (2009)
07:09 J2ME / Java Mobile (Low res) (2009)
07:16 J2ME / Java Mobile (Mid res) (2009)
07:24 J2ME / Java Mobile (Higher res) (2009)
07:32 Android / iOS (2009)
07:39 Browser (Doodle) (2010)
07:46 Android, iOS (2023)

Let us know which Pac-Man jingle is your favorite! 👻

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[repoversemedium]

I like how the Apple II version just uses the bonus theme for its intro

[repoversemedium]

mm yes, the iconic Pac-Man intro
so iconic that most of Pac-Man World's soundtrack is centered towards it

[victoriamitchell]

Colecovison COKED with that intro, No wonder they canceled it, It would make the gaming console industry burn.

[gamma-xyz]

0:16 let's see how port's can replicate this iconic theme
0:24 this is not good but not terrible
0:31 i think the missing note makes it better
0:40 somewhat better than the coleco tabletop port
0:48 there is no bitting way that THIS is the most seling game for the Atari 2600
0:54/1:03 alright good job 👍
1:11 i have no idea on what to say
1:19 close to perfect
1:27 really close to perfect
1:34 DAM, THIS IS MY JAM DUDE 😎
1:43 same as apple II
1:50 the off-tempo makes this somehow good
1:58 why is this hated so much? it sounds fine to me
2:05 if the hardware had square wave built-in somehow, this would've sounded better. I actually have no idea what are the specs for this computer are
2:21 epic swing tempo moment. Even tho that kinda ruins the last part of notes
2:29 oh god what the hell are those graphics
2:37 okay that's better
2:43 the music is having a panic attack tbh
2:50 sounds off-key but eh
3:15 z-man, is that you?
3:30 okay that painful
3:38 i like the fm 👍
3:45 this is even better
4:30 last fm music 🫡
7:11 i think this is the music that sounds cool in midi

[channel]

Even allowing for the varying capabilities of those early machines, it's amazing how wrong they managed to get some of those attempts at reproducing that tune.

[RavingShapes]

some are good, some are fine, some are ear screeching

[FireofthetigerYT]

Dude that’s actually crazy how they knocked the SFX out of the park right from the beginning, then for a solid year it’s just garbage disposal noises, like I get technological limitations and all that but fax machine noises until the 90’s is wild to me

[FB_Fakebeta]

1:24 why does it sound like the “guh-huh!” From banjo-kazooie

[josephcochranjr]

0:40 If Pac-Man was on a Game and Watch

[Scarletdex]

2:32 was Pacman the first one to ever be bass-boosted?

[therealsandwichman]

1:49 bro fr forgot what he was supposed to play

[therealsandwichman]

3:30 i think bro has the wrong sound chip?

[seancondon]

4:00 - this is the first one I played.

[thomas]

1:16 the forbidden pacman that the creators didnt wanna show you

[McGoomba]

0:48 music to my ears
Edit: and that was before I discovered the even more ear burning ones

[LiamCanal]

3:54 I've played this version more than the original and I don't know why, it just appears

[Gloryzuki]

The Apple II (][) jingle is just the intermission (coffee break) jingle. Creative.






(Also, fun fact-- said version is actually based out of a clone called "Taxman"-- this version, under Atari(soft)'s approval, was re-released officially by themselves with the original Pac-Man branding.)

[Cyberraptor]

We've had bit music, piano, rock and even Printer trying to work

[fefyfona]

Atari 2600 just screamed all in my ear 🫨

[MechaGod]

Man, a few of these are what I imagine having a stroke would sound like