Product Details

• Actors: Marty Ingels, Barbara Minkus, Russi Taylor, Frank Welker, Peter Cullen
• Format: NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Warner Archive
• DVD Release Date: March 1, 2012
• Run Time: 312 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B006WQUJ16
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #82,864 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Pac-Man! The game that gobbled up a nation's quarters while its hero gobbled up those annoying Ghost Monsters spawned sequels, spin-off, toys, games and more. Taking note of Pac-Man's avid fan base, famed carton studio Hanna-Barbera hit upon the idea of adapting the game for Saturday morning animation - becoming the first video game to make the jump to TV. Kids were immediately enraptured and a score of other arcade favorites soon followed Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man and Baby Pac-Man from the gaming console to the cathode ray tube. In this 2-Disc, 13-Episode collection Pac-Man does battle with Inky, Blinky, Pinky, Clyde and Sue, the Ghost Monster minions of the dreaded Mezmaron, who lusts after Pac-land's precious power spheres. Aided by his plucky and charming wife and son, Pac-Man saves the Pac-President, confronts the vampiric Pacula, discovers the Abominable Pac-Man and more. Pac-Venture awaits - no quarters required!

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The animated world of Pac-Land comes to DVD!! February 14, 2012

By R. Hamilton

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It's here, the original 1980s cartoon based on the then-wildly popular arcade game, Pac-Man!! Produced by Hanna-Barbera, the show brings to life many elements of this game as well as its successors, Ms. Pac-Man and Baby Pac-Man.

All three characters - Pac-Man, Pepper (Ms. Pac-Man), and Pac-Baby - and their pets Chomp-Chomp and Sour Puss pull together as a family as they fend off Pac-Land's five Ghost Monsters: Clyde, Pinky, Inky, Blinky and Sue. (Pinky, Inky and Blinky appeared in both the Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man video games; Clyde appeared in Pac-Man only, replaced by Sue in Ms. Pac-Man.) The Ghost Monsters - each with their own unique mob-like personality - work for Mezmaron, whose mission is to seize the power pellets, Pac-Land's power source. Most of the show's plots center on these battles.

The first season of Pac-Man, which did not feature Super-Pac or Pac-Man's nephew P.J., aired on the ABC network from 1982 to 1983 and contained 13 episodes. Their titles are listed below, along with their original air dates....

Episode 1 (25 Sep 1982)
Presidential Pac-Nappers / Picnic in Pac-Land

Episode 2 (2 Oct 1982)
The Great Pac-Quake / Hocus-Pocus Pac-Man

Episode 3 (9 Oct 1982)
Southpaw Packy / Pac-Baby Panic

Episode 4 (16 Oct 1982)
Pacula / Trick or Chomp

Episode 5 (23 Oct 1982)
Super Ghosts / The Pac-Man in the Moon

Episode 6 (30 Oct 1982)
Journey to the Center of Pac-Land / Invasion of the Pac-Pups

Episode 7 (6 Nov 1982)
Sir Chomp-A-Lot / The Day the Forest Disappeared

Episode 8 (13 Nov 1982)
Neander-Pac-Man / Backpackin' Packy

Episode 9 (20 Nov 1982)
The Abominable Pac-Man / The Bionic Pac-Woman

Episode 10 (27 Nov 1982)
Chomp-Out at the O.K. Corral / Once upon a Chomp

Episode 11 (4 Dec 1982)
The Pac-Love Boat / The Great Power-Pellet Robbery

Episode 12 (11 Dec 1982)
A Bad Case of the Chomps / Goo-Goo at the Zoo

Episode 13 (18 Dec 1982)
The Pac-Mummy / Nighty Nightmares

With Pac-Man: The Complete First Season in your collection, you can relive the days when Pac-Man fever was sweeping the nation. In addition, the cartoon is good clean fun the whole family can enjoy. Read more ›

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Cute, funny, entertaining! March 18, 2012

By Amazon User

This set contains the entire Season 1 of the Pac-Man cartoon series from the 1980s. Watch the adventures of Pac-Man, Ms.Pac-Man, Pac Baby, their dog Chomp Chomp, and their cat Sour Puss. Each episode also features the evil Mezmeron and his Ghost Monsters, who chase Pac-Man and scheme to try to find out where the Power Pellet Forest is.

The set has two discs, and they both come in a standard sized DVD case. Disc 1 contains the following 9 episodes (each episode contains 2 stories):
- Presidential Pac-Nappers, Picnic in Pacland
- The Great Pac-Quake, Hocus-Pocus Pac-Man
- Southpaw Packy, Pac Baby-Panic
- Pacula, Trick or Chomp
- Super Ghosts, The Pac-Man in the Moon
- Invasion of the Pac-Pups, Journey to the Center of Pacland
- The Day the Forest Disappeared, Sir Chomp-A-Lot
- Neander-Pac-Man, Backpackin' Packy
- The Abominable Pac-Man, The Bionic Pac-Woman

Disc 2 contains the following 4 episodes:
- Chomp-Out at the O.K. Corral, Once Upon a Chomp
- The Pac-Love-Boat, The Great Power-Pellet Robbery
- A Bad Case of the Chomps, Goo-Goo at the Zoo
- The Pac-Mummy, Nighty Nightmares

It would have been nice if they listed the episodes on the discs themselves and/or on the back of the case, but they didn't. The only way to know what episodes are on a disc is to play the disc and wait for the main menu (or you can read my review ;) ).

When you insert a disc, the FBI warning is displayed and you can't skip it. That's not a big deal since it lasts about 5 seconds or so. After the FBI warning you are taken to the main menu where you can select to play all episodes or just a single episode....

Each episode consists of the following:
- the opening sequence (30 seconds)
- the first story (about 11 minutes long)
- a 30 second intermission called Pac-Mania that shows either the ghost monsters trying a scheme to get Pac-Man and failing, or Sour Puss trying to pull a prank on Chomp Chomp and having it backfire. I was pleasantly surprised by these intermissions as I had completely forgotten about them - they are short, cute and humorous.
- the second story (about 11 minutes long)
- the credits (30 seconds)

They put chapter breaks after each of the items - so there's a chapter break after the introduction, after the first story, after the Pac-Mania intermission, after the second story, and after the credits. The chapter breaks let you easily skip items if you want by just pressing a button on your DVD player remote.

As far as picture quality goes - it looks pretty good for what it is, although I did notice some scenes that looked a little blurrier than other scenes. Also, I did not see any digital artifacts such as pixelation/blockiness in fast moving scenes (something that has plagued a few other DVDs that I've bought), which means they did not use too much compression in putting the material onto the DVDs. Ideally they would have been able to put all 13 episodes onto one DVD, but if they needed to split the episodes onto 2 DVDs in order to avoid using too much compression, then it's good that they did that.

Overall I'm happy with this set, and hope that they release Season 2 (the final season) soon. Season 2 includes the "Christmas Comes to Pacland" episode.

Finally, there are 2 things that should be noted:
1) These discs are DVD-Rs and not pressed DVDs like most commercial DVDs are. This is due to the fact that they are manufactured-on-demand when you order the set. The top of the discs look very professional though (unlike another manufactured-on-demand DVD-R that I ordered), so some people may not even realize they are DVD-Rs. If you look at the underside of the discs though, you will see the purple tint that is characteristic of many DVD-Rs. There are some DVD players out there that have trouble playing DVD-Rs.

2) Disc 1 is a dual layer DVD (while Disc 2 is a regular single layer DVD). There are some DVD players out there that have trouble playing dual layer DVDs. Read more ›

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Classic 80s Video Game Cartoon! March 26, 2012

By Lita Fan

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I received this Today and watched some Episodes. They did a good Job restoring these episodes I noticed the Boomerang ones are slightly faster than these. the color is Great and All the Pacmania Shorts are here. If your a Retro Gamer Or New to Pac-Man You will Enjoy This Classic show or if you have kids they will as well. Only one Problem Will Season 2 be released as well? I'm really tired of Buying incomplete shows.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Paca-licious!!!!!!! February 20, 2013

By wingy13

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Such memories overwhelm me when watching this series. I was nearly my 13 year old son's age at the time. He thinks its great and really loves it. Even though he is into Xbox 360, blogging and other high-tech activities of 2013, its nice to sit and time-warp with him on the classics of my childhood. To bond with such a fun show. It is so cool. Yea son, I know, please dont use that phrase. He says I sound so silly.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Pac-Man: The Complete First Season January 29, 2013

By retrokid289

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If you love pac-man then you will like the caroon series it has ms. pac-man and the ghost monsters. I watch it because it pac-power time.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars pac man fever January 16, 2013

By A. Zittel

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At Christmas time, we tivo'd the Christmas Pac Man special. We loved it so much I looked into the original cartoon & was very thrilled to discover the first season for sale.

The show is corny, there's barely any plot, and after a while each episode seems the same as the last, but it's Pac Man and his family & it's classic at it's best, and still beats any of today's cartoons by hundred.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars PAC-MAN SEASON 1 December 5, 2012

By Johnathan S. Ryan

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VERY GOOD I LOVE IT THE CARTOON IS GREAT WORTH GETTING YOU WON"T BE SAD.GAME OF THE 80'S PAC-MAN RULES

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars PAC MAN November 18, 2012

By PRN

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I recommend this cartoon. Especially to anyone who grew up watching it Saturday mornings, or loves PAC-MAN in general. I bought this one for myself as I wanted to have a childhood keepsake. I was a little hesitant at first about the DVR- recorded discs and if it would work or not on my cheap $24 DVD player. Fear not, plays perfectly!! Good Quality and menus. PAC-Mania shorts appear in between each 10-12 approx. minute episode in this collection (I assume as originally aired) . There is a play all option or you can watch a specific episode if you want to choose. What you will not find here is "Christmas Comes to PAC-Land" tv special that aired the first season. But, that episode can be found on Season two release. I'm happy with my purchase.