Line #2 Trivia/PacLand


1	* BadExportForYou: Not the game itself, but the PC Engine version had a colorful manual with original artwork. The American [=TurboGrafx=]-16 version just has a generic black and white manual.
2	* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Toru Iwatani, the original creator of ''Pac-Man'', considers this one of his favorite games in the series.
3	* InspirationForTheWork: According to Toru Iwatani, Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto was inspired to create ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'' by this game.
4	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes:
5	** Despite being one of the most influential video games of all time, the original arcade version of ''Pac-Land'' was not readily available for a long time, 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'', which included ''Pac-Land'', was delisted across all platforms in July 2020. The best bet before that was ''Namco Museum Vol. 4'' for the [=PlayStation=] 1, which was available for the [=PlayStation=] 3 (along with the rest of the anthology) as part of the [=PlayStation=] Classics line-up, but ended up being delisted in June 2021. It finally ended up being rescued in 2022 with ''Pac-Man Museum +'', which includes ''Pac-Land'' (and a slew of other ''Pac-Man'' games that never saw re-releases until now), and an Arcade Archives release (though both have minor changes from the original arcade version).
6	** The American arcade version, which is based off the [[WesternAnimation/PacMan 1982 TV show]], has never seen a re-release. Every single port and re-release of the game is based off the Japanese version.
7	* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: As all three were created by Midway, this is the debut of Ms. Pac-Man, Pac-Baby, and Sue in a Namco-developed product.
8	* MeaningfulReleaseDate: The Wii U Virtual Console version was released the same day Pac-Man was announced for ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'', alongside ''Pac-Man Collection''
9	* LateExportForYou: The Famicom version was released in 1985 in Japan, but was not released overseas until 2014 on the Wii U Virtual Console, as part to celebrate Pac-Man's appearance in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU''.
10	* RecursiveAdaptation: A video game based on a cartoon based on a video game.
11	* ScrewedByTheLawyers:
12	** Because of legal issues regarding the [[WesternAnimation/PacMan 1982 TV show]], none of the re-releases are based off the American arcade version, not even the ones released in America.
13	** 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.
14	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Hacking into the Famicom version shows that the cars would have appeared in the game like the arcade version. For whatever reason, they went unused.

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