History Trivia / PacLand

** Because of legal issues regarding the cartoon, none of the re-releases are based off the American arcade version[[note]]which is based off the [[WesternAnimation/PacMan 1982 TV show]][[/note]], not even the ones released in America.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: The ''Arcade Archives'' rerelease of ''Pac-Land'' was originally a one-to-one recreation of the original arcade game, but as of April 2022, Ms. Pac-Man and Pac-Baby have been redesigned in a patch, likely coinciding with the lawsuit Bandai Namco made against [=AtGames=] surrounding ownership of the ''Ms. Pac-Man'' license.

* BadExportForYou: Not the game itself, but the PC Engine version had a colorful manual with original artwork. The American [=TurboGrafx=]-16 version's manual just has a generic black and white manual.

* BadExportForYou: The PC Engine version had a colorful manual with original artwork. The American [=TurboGrafx=]-16 version's manual just has a generic black and white manual.

** The American arcade version, which is based off the [[WesternAnimation/PacMan 1982 TV show]], has never seen a re-release, as every port and re-release of the game is based off the Japanese version.

* CreatorsFavorite: Toru Iwatani, the original creator of ''Pac-Man'', considers this one of his favorite games in the series.
* InspirationForTheWork: According to Toru Iwatani, Shigeru Miyamoto was inspired to create ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'' by this game.

* CreatorsFavorite: One of Toru Iwatani's (the "father" of Pac-Man) favorite games.
* TheDanza: In the cartoon, Sue is voiced by voice actress Susan Silo.
* InspirationForTheWork: According to Iwatani, Shigeru Miyamoto was inspired to create ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'' by this game.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Despite being one of the most influential video games of all time, the game is not readily available, possibly because of licensing issues concerning the game's background music which is lifted straight from Hanna-Barbera's ''Pac-Man'' cartoon. ''Pac-Man Museum'', the most modern re-release of the arcade version, was delisted across all platforms in July 2020. The game was re-released on Nintendo Switch as part of ''Namco Museum Archives Volume 2'', but it's a port of the [[PortingDisaster inferior Famicom version.]] Your best bet is ''Namco Museum Vol. 4'' for the [=PlayStation=] 1, which is available for the [=PlayStation=] 3 (along with the rest of the anthology) as part of the [=PlayStation=] Classics line-up, which (along with the rest of the [=PS1=] ''Namco Museum'' titles) would also end up being this trope in June of 2021.
** KeepCirculatingTheTapes/{{Rescued}} in 2021 when Bandai-Namco announced ''Pac-Man Museum +'' which includes ''Pac-Land'' (and a slew of other ''Pac-Man'' games that never saw re-releases until now), and is available for all modern platforms. And between the announcement of that game and release, the original was released through Arcade Archives.

* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: As all three were created by Midway, this is the Japanese debut of Ms. Pac-Man, Pac-Baby, and Sue.

** KeepCirculatingTheTapes/{{Rescued}} in 2021 when Bandai-Namco announced ''Pac-Man Museum +'' which includes ''Pac-Land'' (and a slew of other ''Pac-Man'' games that never saw re-release until now), and is available for all modern platforms. And between the announcement of that game and release, the original was released through Arcade Archives.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Despite being one of the most influential video games of all time, the game is not readily available, possibly because of licensing issues concerning the game's background music which is lifted straight from Hanna-Barbera's ''Pac-Man'' cartoon. ''Pac-Man Museum'', the most modern re-release of the arcade version, was delisted across all platforms in July 2020. The game was re-released on Nintendo Switch as part of ''Namco Museum Archives Volume 2'', but it's a port of the [[PortingDisaster inferior Famicom version.]] Your best bet is ''Namco Museum Vol. 4'' for the [=PlayStation=] 1, which is available for the [=PlayStation=] 3 (along with the rest of the anthology) as part of the [=PlayStation=] Classics line-up, which (along with the rest of the [=PS1=] ''Namco Museum'' titles would also end up being this trope in June of 2021.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Despite being one of the most influential video games of all time, the game is not readily available, possibly because of licensing issues concerning the game's background music which is lifted straight from Hanna-Barbera's ''Pac-Man'' cartoon. ''Pac-Man Museum'', the most modern re-release of the arcade version, was delisted across all platforms in July 2020. The game was re-released on Nintendo Switch as part of ''Namco Museum Archives Volume 2'', but it's a port of the [[PortingDisaster inferior Famicom version.]] Your best bet is ''Namco Museum Vol. 4'' for the [=PlayStation=] 1, which is available for the [=PlayStation=] 3 (along with the rest of the anthology) as part of the [=PlayStation=] Classics line-up, but the problem there is that no matter how you look at it, you need aging hardware that has been discontinued to play the original version.

* TheDanza: In the cartoon, Sue is voiced by voice actress Susan Milo.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Despite being one of the most influential video games of all time, the game is not readily available, possibly because of licensing issues concerning the game's background music which is lifted straight from Hanna-Barbera's ''Pac-Man'' cartoon. ''Pac-Man Museum'', the most modern re-release of the arcade version, was delisted across all platforms in July, 2020. The game was re-released on Nintendo Switch as part of ''Namco Museum Archives Volume 2'', but it's a port of the [[PortingDisaster inferior Famicom version.]] Your best bet is ''Namco Museum Vol. 4'' for the [=PlayStation=] 1, which is available for the [=PlayStation=] 3 (along with the rest of the anthology) as part of the [=PlayStation=] Classics line-up, but the problem there is that no matter how you look at it, you need aging hardware that has been discontinued to play the original version.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Hacking into the Famicom version shows the cars would have appeared in the game like the Arcade version. For whatever reason, they went unused.

* BadExportForYou: The PC Engine version had a colorful manual with original artwork. The American [=TurboGrafx=] 16 version's manual just has a generic black and white manual.

** KeepCirculatingTheTapes/{{Rescued}} in 2021 when Bandai-Namco announced ''Pac-Man Museum +'' which includes ''Pac-Land'' (and a slew of other ''Pac-Man'' games that never saw re-release until now), and is available for all modern platforms.

%%* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Despite being one of the most influential video games of all time, the game is not readily available, possibly because of licensing issues concerning the game's background music which is lifted straight from Hanna-Barbera's ''Pac-Man'' cartoon. ''Pac-Man Museum'', the most modern re-release of the arcade version, was delisted across all platforms in July, 2020. The game was re-released on Nintendo Switch as part of ''Namco Museum Archives Volume 2'', but it's a port of the [[PortingDisaster inferior Famicom version.]] Your best bet is ''Namco Museum Vol. 4'' for the [=PlayStation=] 1, which is available for the [=PlayStation=] 3 (along with the rest of the anthology) as part of the [=PlayStation=] Classics line-up, but the problem there is that no matter how you look at it, you need aging hardware that has been discontinued to play the original version.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Despite being one of the most influential video games of all time, the game is not readily available, possibly because of licensing issues concerning the game's background music which is lifted straight from Hanna-Barbera's ''Pac-Man'' cartoon. ''Pac-Man Museum'', the most modern re-release of the arcade version, was delisted across all platforms in July, 2020. The game was re-released on Nintendo Switch as part of ''Namco Museum Archives Volume 2'', but it's a port of the [[PortingDisaster inferior Famicom version.]] Your best bet is ''Namco Museum Vol. 4'' for the [=PlayStation=] 1, which is available for the [=PlayStation=] 3 (along with the rest of the anthology) as part of the [=PlayStation=] Classics line-up, but the problem there is that no matter how you look at it, you need aging hardware that has been discontinued to play the original version.

* CreatorsFavorite: One of Toru Iwatani's (the creator of Pac-Man) favorite games.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Despite being one of the most influential video games of all time, the game is not readily available, possibly because of licensing issues concerning the game's background music which is lifted straight from Hanna-Barbera's ''Pac-Man'' cartoon. ''Pac-Man Museum'', the most modern re-release of the arcade version, was delisted across all platforms in July, 2020. The game was re-released on Nintendo Switch as part of ''Namco Museum Archives Volume 2'', but it's a port of the [[PortingDisaster inferior Famicom version.]] Your best bet is ''Namco Museum Vol. 4'' for the [=PlayStation=] 1, which is available for the [=PlayStation=] 3 (along with the rest of the anthology) as part of the [=PlayStation=] Classics line-up.

* CreatorsFavorite: One of Iwatani's favorite games.