22 Pac-Man Clones and Ripoffs (1983)

Pac-Man clones that were released in 1983. There were a ton of copycats just in that year. All of these games have the same maze and pellet eating mechanics.

0:00 Chomper Man, VIC-20
0:20 Chomps, DOS
0:35 Dot Gobbler, Commodore 64
1:02 Dot Man, VIC-20
1:18 Gnasher, ZX Spectrum
1:39 Gobble a Ghost, ZX Spectrum
1:54 Gobble de Spook, Camputers Lynx
2:15 Grab-a-Crab, Commodore 64
2:45 Jaws, TRS-80 CoCo
3:12 Munch Man, Commodore 64
3:33 Mutant, Apple II
3:53 Nibbler, Atari 800
4:26 Pac-tac II TRS80
5:01 Pac-Man, DOS
5:26 Pactron, Commodore 64
5:42 Plaqueman, Commodore 64
7:37 Scooby Doo’s Maze Chase, Intellivision
7:58 Supercuda, Commodore 64
8:17 Z-Man, ZX Spectrum
8:34 Zappy Zooks, Commodore 64
9:27 Atomic Protector, BBC Micro
9:43 Monster Munch, Commodore 64

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[sa]

0:36 Sounds like my kid ringing the doorbell over and over again. I don't really have a kid, but if I did, that's what it would sound like.

[filiepgeeraert]

I don't see Nibbler as a Pacman derivative. The snake type of game has existed for a long time, and there are no ghosts or monsters whatsoever in it. Some games that are much more derived but are missing from this video: Mouse Trap, in which the mouse can turn into a dog and therefore eat the cats. Ladybug, in which the monsters are insects, and the ladybug can never eat the insects, it can make the doors rotate 90° though, which slows down the insects.

[KCUDX]

The Vic-20 ones *almost* have an excuse for quantised movement. But the C64? Come on...

[IoannisPafos]

5:01 This is not a pac-man clone, and it's not a pac-man ripoff. This is the OFFICIAL port of Pac-Man for MS-DOS and PC-DOS. This port was made by Atari. Once you open this port in the DOS prompt, it says "COPYRIGHT 1981 ATARI, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED" and then shows the menu. Namco allowed Atari to publish Pac-Man to different devices! Please, do research before making a video similar to this one.

[ilovecoffee]

It's a miracle some of these companies didn't get sued.

[sa]

I would have included Sn0ggle for Apple II by Br0derbund, Munchman for TI 99/4a by TI, and Jawbreaker for Apple II by Sierra On-Line.

[KCUDX]

The Scooby Doo one sure doesn't seem anything like Pac-Man

[NamcoFanatic]

Isn't Z-Man a "hacked" version of Pac-Man for the ZX Spectrum?

[BrettAlt]

I'm surprised that the unofficial Pac-Man clone called Munchy that was on commodore 64 wasn't listed on here.

[FunnyTimersChannel]

Gobble a ghost has the same layout as the PAC-MAN maze lay-out but Clyde is funky (green ghost)

[AntyIsBack]

In monster munch. The power plot left is infinity.

[KeterEnglish]

Mistake: Munch Man isn't for the C64, as you can see, that's the VIC-20.

[FUGP]

sigh...the concept of Nibbler existed before PacMan. Again..even with just 800 subscribers, do SOME research.