GTV Japan | Pac-Man Day: Why the Atari 2600 Version Release Date Got Lost (…and How it was Found Again) @GTV-Japan | Uploaded June 2017 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
Atari's Pac-Man for the 2600 (VCS) has had its release date FINALLY confirmed! But there's a long trail to follow and misleading info to sort through. (Chapter Markers and More Below!)
0:00 Opening
0:20 Credits
1:09 Chapter 1: Release Dates Matter
2:33 Chapter 2: The Heyday of Pac-Man Fever
4:35 Chapter 3: Not Looking for "What", Looking for "When"
7:23 Chapter 4: The Status Quo is a Mess
10:10 CM Break: Pac-Man (Atari 2600, U.S., 1982), Arby's Pac-Man Glasses (U.S., 1982), Chef Boyardee Pac-Man Pasta (U.S., 1983), Pac-Man Cereal (U.S., 1983)
12:19 Chapter 5: Waiting for Pac-Man
14:26 Chapter 6: Brian Doyle-Murray Saves the Date!
17:09 Chapter 7: Pac-Man is Here!
20:48 Chapter 8: Correcting the Record
21:09 Easter Egg!
Episode information
GTV 29 "When was Pac-Man Released?" Season 2 Episode 8
Original Airdate: June 15, 2017
Produced April 24-June 12, 2017
Recorded at Butsudan Studios and edited on my new (at the time) MacBook Pro
with, of course, pirated versions of Final Cut Pro and Photoshop.
Gameplay recorded with OpenEmu, which is also free!!
Here’s some other videos from the Pac-Man / Atari / Pre NES era I know you'll like!
Super Pac-Man Memories youtu.be/StJEkjMU024
Game On: Video Game Museum youtu.be/u4NQxSy1FlE
Atari In Japan youtu.be/y4SU5mJMYQ0
The More You Know: Cassette Vision youtu.be/MaNbvyCluDw
Pac-Land Fever youtu.be/QDO9ynkxa7k
Pac-Man Mini youtu.be/gQ--3BZEz-g
Big thanks to the following who helped out in some way:
Howard Scott Warshaw hswarshaw.com Truly the coolest ex-Atari employee you'll ever meet.
Duane Alan Hahn randomterrain.com Cool database of 2600 releases
8bitcentral.com Awesome site run by a great guy named Pete!
atariprotos.com Really good info about Atari protos and eproms
Panicked Pixel youtube.com/user/PanickedPixel She gave a helluva performance and has a great channel
Conso youtube.com/user/vgamesperspectives Good info about many racing games and the scene in Italy
Brian Doyle-Murray... well.. I don't have his info... sorry!
Atari's Pac-Man for the 2600 (VCS) has had its release date FINALLY confirmed! But there's a long trail to follow and misleading info to sort through. (Chapter Markers and More Below!)
0:00 Opening
0:20 Credits
1:09 Chapter 1: Release Dates Matter
2:33 Chapter 2: The Heyday of Pac-Man Fever
4:35 Chapter 3: Not Looking for "What", Looking for "When"
7:23 Chapter 4: The Status Quo is a Mess
10:10 CM Break: Pac-Man (Atari 2600, U.S., 1982), Arby's Pac-Man Glasses (U.S., 1982), Chef Boyardee Pac-Man Pasta (U.S., 1983), Pac-Man Cereal (U.S., 1983)
12:19 Chapter 5: Waiting for Pac-Man
14:26 Chapter 6: Brian Doyle-Murray Saves the Date!
17:09 Chapter 7: Pac-Man is Here!
20:48 Chapter 8: Correcting the Record
21:09 Easter Egg!
Episode information
GTV 29 "When was Pac-Man Released?" Season 2 Episode 8
Original Airdate: June 15, 2017
Produced April 24-June 12, 2017
Recorded at Butsudan Studios and edited on my new (at the time) MacBook Pro
with, of course, pirated versions of Final Cut Pro and Photoshop.
Gameplay recorded with OpenEmu, which is also free!!
Here’s some other videos from the Pac-Man / Atari / Pre NES era I know you'll like!
Super Pac-Man Memories youtu.be/StJEkjMU024
Game On: Video Game Museum youtu.be/u4NQxSy1FlE
Atari In Japan youtu.be/y4SU5mJMYQ0
The More You Know: Cassette Vision youtu.be/MaNbvyCluDw
Pac-Land Fever youtu.be/QDO9ynkxa7k
Pac-Man Mini youtu.be/gQ--3BZEz-g
Big thanks to the following who helped out in some way:
Howard Scott Warshaw hswarshaw.com Truly the coolest ex-Atari employee you'll ever meet.
Duane Alan Hahn randomterrain.com Cool database of 2600 releases
8bitcentral.com Awesome site run by a great guy named Pete!
atariprotos.com Really good info about Atari protos and eproms
Panicked Pixel youtube.com/user/PanickedPixel She gave a helluva performance and has a great channel
Conso youtube.com/user/vgamesperspectives Good info about many racing games and the scene in Italy
Brian Doyle-Murray... well.. I don't have his info... sorry!
