Down the Tubes is the third level of the Factory area & the 18th level overall in Pac-Man World and its remake, Pac-Man World Re-Pac. This level is similar to the previous level, Under Pressure, and can be completed very quickly if Pac-Man does not wish to look for collectibles. However, it is where Pac Jr. is located, and therefore Pac-Man must find the key (also located in this level) and free his son if he wants to defeat Toc-Man. Finding the key and freeing Pac Jr. is not so simple here. The level is filled with obstacles that were found in Under Pressure, but they are more numerous here, so Pac-Man must watch out. If you don't have at least 10 lives, be prepared to restart the level multiple times.
This level, like all the Factory levels, is absent in the GBA remake.
Trivia[]
- The area past the Bell Door in the main area where Pac-Jr. is located, containing the Key needed to free him, has a checkpoint located right after the door; however, for unknown reasons, it disappears once Pac-Man has ventured far enough into the underwater sewers. The only way to be able to access it is to use the Magic Key obtained from reaching 1,000,000 points before venturing into the sewers. This was fixed in the remake.