Pac-Man Pinball

Pac-Man Pinball (パックマン・ピンボール Pakkuman Pinbōru) is a mobile game released in 2003 by Namco. It is a video pinball game themed after Pac-Land. It was followed by a sequel titled Pac-Man Pinball Deluxe.

It was originally released in Japan under the name Pinball NOW! (ピンボール NOW！Pinbōru NOW!),^[1] and was later re-released as simply Pinball Game; while also being sold under the Pac-Man Pinball title.^[3] Some releases appear to feature enhanced, higher-resolution graphics.

Gameplay[]

Pac-Man Pinball plays similarly to the Famicom/NES Pinball game, sharing several of its mechanics. The table layout features an upper and a lower playfield, both of which feature artwork based on Pac-Land.

Hitting a small, rectangular bumper on the righthand side of the top playfield will trigger a slot machine minigame. In the slot machine, lining up two fruits will gain the player more points, or trigger a timed score multiplier.

Trivia[]

Prerelease cover for . — Prerelease cover for *Pac-Man Pinball Advance*.

Prerelease cover art for Pac-Man Pinball Advance - an otherwise-unrelated Game Boy Advance game - uses the title artwork and logo of the Pac-Man Pinball mobile game. It is unknown if this cover was officially produced, or if it was from an unofficial outlet.
Most U.S. releases of the game feature rather poor graphic scaling, likely as a result of the smaller resolution of the original Japanese version. Some releases use poorly-stretched graphics to better fit the screen; other versions use unaltered graphics, while adding a large black border to fill the larger screen space.
Some regional releases of the game are titled Pac-Man Flipper.