MpaulZ
@mpaulz26.bsky.social
Mellow fellow & procrastinator extraordinaire. Please check out my attached IA link for occasional PAC-MAN related archives.
https://archive.org/details/@mpacz
https://archive.org/details/@mpacz
People don’t even say “bless you” anymore, they just look at you like this.
November 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
People don’t even say “bless you” anymore, they just look at you like this.
Still one of the funniest stories I’ve ever heard come out of Namco lol.
October 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Still one of the funniest stories I’ve ever heard come out of Namco lol.
This is from one of the former heads from Namco Network’s development division. The use of the character and doesn’t appear to require any royalties to be exchanged, they appear to have been pertained to aspects like game code (I.e. “hello nakamura”) and elements like the bouncing fruit.
September 29, 2025 at 1:15 AM
This is from one of the former heads from Namco Network’s development division. The use of the character and doesn’t appear to require any royalties to be exchanged, they appear to have been pertained to aspects like game code (I.e. “hello nakamura”) and elements like the bouncing fruit.
Legend says Miyamoto was not good enough masher to get past the springboards in stage 6, you hate to see it.
September 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Legend says Miyamoto was not good enough masher to get past the springboards in stage 6, you hate to see it.
My civic duty has been performed lol.
August 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
My civic duty has been performed lol.
I was at this place back in 2023; it’s so nice to see that Jr was added at some point!
July 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I was at this place back in 2023; it’s so nice to see that Jr was added at some point!
My next-next scan is on its way lol, short nose Yamashita PAC’s days are numbered.
May 31, 2025 at 1:14 AM
My next-next scan is on its way lol, short nose Yamashita PAC’s days are numbered.
My best score is still on Dimensions of all versions; for the longest time I didn’t even know the port ran at 30 lol.
May 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
My best score is still on Dimensions of all versions; for the longest time I didn’t even know the port ran at 30 lol.
Before a certain wheel of cheese ages to 45 tomorrow, I’d really like to share some scans of a highly underrated manual related to him. The water-color look is really pleasing and cute, it’s a shame it never resurfaced in any way; link: archive.org/details/PCEl....
May 21, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Before a certain wheel of cheese ages to 45 tomorrow, I’d really like to share some scans of a highly underrated manual related to him. The water-color look is really pleasing and cute, it’s a shame it never resurfaced in any way; link: archive.org/details/PCEl....
I always thought this specific piece from Greg Martin’s 90’s style guide was really cute; now I know why lol.
May 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I always thought this specific piece from Greg Martin’s 90’s style guide was really cute; now I know why lol.
Takumi Yokooka’s PAC-MAN artwork my beloved. Genuinely my favorite pac artist, the shading adds so much charm to the art; and I have unending respect for Yokooka’s commitment to having pac and the ms be inseparable lol. Really hoping one day these can be scanned and preserved for everyone.
May 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Takumi Yokooka’s PAC-MAN artwork my beloved. Genuinely my favorite pac artist, the shading adds so much charm to the art; and I have unending respect for Yokooka’s commitment to having pac and the ms be inseparable lol. Really hoping one day these can be scanned and preserved for everyone.
The prototype poster is even better I feel lol.
May 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The prototype poster is even better I feel lol.
And the rest rest (2/2) lol. The only NAMCO artist I know for certain that was involved in the creation of these pieces was You Shino of Tower of Druaga fame.
April 25, 2025 at 5:04 AM
And the rest rest (2/2) lol. The only NAMCO artist I know for certain that was involved in the creation of these pieces was You Shino of Tower of Druaga fame.
Here's the rest lol (1/2).
April 25, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Here's the rest lol (1/2).
Tried to make a small upscale of the highest quality screencap I could find of the 84 calendar back in 2022 (it's so crumby I'm sorry lol), hopefully one day a listing for this'll go up, and PAC-MAN's ™️ family will finally tickle us pink.
April 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Tried to make a small upscale of the highest quality screencap I could find of the 84 calendar back in 2022 (it's so crumby I'm sorry lol), hopefully one day a listing for this'll go up, and PAC-MAN's ™️ family will finally tickle us pink.
A lil tease into my next scan; this manual has a really cute watercolor aesthetic that never got reused, can’t wait to archive this thing lol.
April 12, 2025 at 12:44 AM
A lil tease into my next scan; this manual has a really cute watercolor aesthetic that never got reused, can’t wait to archive this thing lol.
They can finally enjoy purgatory together, you love to see it.
April 1, 2025 at 11:56 AM
They can finally enjoy purgatory together, you love to see it.
I'm happy to finally share these scans of PAC-MAN's JP Game Gear release. I've always loved how snazzy the presentation of this port was for as long as I can remember; only to learn a few years back this was the last ever PAC-MAN release to use Tadashi Yamashita's original illustrations (1/2).
February 23, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I'm happy to finally share these scans of PAC-MAN's JP Game Gear release. I've always loved how snazzy the presentation of this port was for as long as I can remember; only to learn a few years back this was the last ever PAC-MAN release to use Tadashi Yamashita's original illustrations (1/2).
I know this year marks the 45th anniversary of PAC-MAN, but I’d like to give a quick happy 43rd birthday to Ms.PAC-MAN; the first video game I ever played. It’s thanks to this game that I would quickly become invested in this medium and PAC-MAN, so it holds just a little sentimental value lol.
February 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I know this year marks the 45th anniversary of PAC-MAN, but I’d like to give a quick happy 43rd birthday to Ms.PAC-MAN; the first video game I ever played. It’s thanks to this game that I would quickly become invested in this medium and PAC-MAN, so it holds just a little sentimental value lol.
A slight tease into what I’ll be scanning next; I’ve been holding low quality screenshots of this game’s manual for nearly 6 years now. For a simple port, Namco made the presentation of this release unreasonably snazzy lol.
January 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
A slight tease into what I’ll be scanning next; I’ve been holding low quality screenshots of this game’s manual for nearly 6 years now. For a simple port, Namco made the presentation of this release unreasonably snazzy lol.
