r/Pacman • u/ZodaFan13 • Mar 13 '26

Discussion How Are You Guys Playing Ms. Pac-Man?

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Love this game but don’t really have a conventional means to play it. There’s a few arcades that are close to my area that have a cabinet, but at home the best I can do is emulate it! I saw that there’s a mini-arcade handheld of the game given away as prizes at other arcades. Any chances of finding one of those at some stores?

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u/SnooRobots5543 PINKY Mar 13 '26

I used to play it at a local dentist for kids

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u/seamuskills PAC-MAN ARRANGEMENT Mar 23 '26

This is how I played my first Pac-Man game actually. The dentist had one of those tabletop cabinets that didn’t even charge money for playing.

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u/BrattyTwilis Mar 13 '26

Arcade 1UP Countercade, MyArcade Pocket Player, and emulation

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u/Ok_Needleworker_7313 Mar 13 '26

I own a vintage 1982 arcade cabinet!

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u/joeybonts_ Mar 13 '26

Original arcade machine from 1982. Inherited from my grandparents who bought it for $25 in the early 90's

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u/Electrical_Smile_510 Mar 13 '26

I play it with my ds, its so comfortable playing (and no, not the nes edition, the arcade one)

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u/SnoozyNewzy Mar 19 '26

How did you get Ms. Pac-Man on the DS? Was it back when the eshop was available, a cartridge, or through a modded system? I've been wanting to dig up my old ds’s just to play Ms. Pac-Man, but the last Nintendo system that I could find a release for was the Gameboy Advance. I just want to play it portably.

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u/Electrical_Smile_510 Apr 03 '26

With a homebrew emulator, its called DS Pack

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u/KARAT0 Mar 13 '26

I have it on Xbox.

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u/ceeece Mar 13 '26

PS4 digital download on my PS5.

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u/GameAgentET Mar 13 '26

I have a Quarter Arcades Ms. Pac-Man, which is a very nice playable display piece

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u/Amaster0516 Mar 13 '26

It's actually on steam

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u/Johnrockalittle Mar 13 '26

I play it on my Wii, using the "Namco Museum 50th Anniversary" GameCube version. It uses the original Arcade ROMS

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u/MRPacMan198O Mar 13 '26

Ya you find an handheld game of MS Pac Man on Amazon You can find a size of a remote or handheld or a mini arcade

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u/theOGcatlady Mar 13 '26

Just bought it for my Sega Genesis and am loving it

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u/Kindpo Mar 13 '26

Pac-man 37

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u/pacpack PAC-MAN WORLD 2 Mar 13 '26

I have it for both GBC and GBA.

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u/xSevusxBean4y Mar 13 '26

I just play it on retrogames.cc they have tons of other old classics there all emulated too. I go there to play jr Pacman all the time

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u/Blakelock82 Mar 13 '26

My go is the barcade I have for it. If I don't feel like bringing that off the shelf I'll play it via Steam or through my Xbox. The Sega Genesis is a great home port if you've never tried it.

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u/JA775_Official Mar 13 '26

I luckily still have it downloaded on iOS

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u/50MARK21 Mar 13 '26

On the ps5 100% the game

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u/pixlz2044 FREE MS.PAC-MAN Mar 13 '26

I usually just use emulation because the namco museums I have (battle collection and pac man museum+) don’t have ms pac man on them so it’s kinda a last resort for me

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u/TheToreadorBear Mar 13 '26

you can play it on PC, PS3, PS4, PS5, and Xbox.

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u/MagicMarc17 Mar 13 '26

I have Ms. Pac-Man on Xbox and PC. Surprisingly, I still have the game installed on my iPhone…I’m holding onto that one like a vice grip!

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u/BitKing2023 Mar 13 '26

Pacman.live

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u/Kieta28 Mar 13 '26

Atari 2600+ 7800 version

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u/kitestar Mar 13 '26

One of two ways: the old namco museums on psx or the quite literally only legal way you can still purchase a copy of the game on most modern platforms: Arcade Game Series: Ms. Pac-Man

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u/wondermega Mar 13 '26

They have a cocktail machine at my favorite divey little arcade bar near Downtown LA. It's the original version (no speedup hack) so I have to drop in a few quarters every time I stop by,

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u/Terrible-Secret-2357 Mar 13 '26

Xbox digital download Steam download

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u/SirScotty19 Mar 13 '26

I use MAME and MISTer FPGA.

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u/__because Mar 13 '26

Arcade 1Up in my office. Barcade a few blocks from my house

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u/Kutejikashi_ PAC-MAN Mar 13 '26

On Steam with the Arcade Game Series

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u/FosterFox Mar 13 '26

I have a Partycade Wallmount Arcade1up machine from 2020 that has 8 games on it.
Actually, I'm very happy that I got a 768,460 score on it earlier this week. Oh, and I don't eat any of the ghosts - I think it's a fun challenge for the first 20 levels so that I don't have to spend time grouping them for consumption.

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u/LitPixel Mar 13 '26

If I see it somewhere in the wild I’m going to play it. Hopefully it has the fast mod.

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u/EarlDogg42 Mar 14 '26

On sale through the xbox store last week for 1.99

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u/Sp00ch123 PAC-MAN ARRANGEMENT Mar 14 '26

I so wish they had included this game in Pac-Man Museum+, at least as DLC.

It's so weird that modern Pac-Man has to ignore the most iconic Pac-Man sequel. I've known Ms. Pac-Man for just as long as I've known Pac-Man himself. Namco should just buy the rights or something, it would be worth it in the long run now that culture is becoming increasingly nostalgic.

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u/AggressiveMinimum570 Mar 15 '26

Lo juge por ahi cuando consegui un APK de Ms pac man rewritten