Pac-Man Fever

Overview

Pac-Man Fever is a 2002 party video game developed by Mass Media and published by Namco Hometek for GameCube and PlayStation 2, and exclusively released in North America. Players move about on a virtual game board, with the object of the game being to reach the end first. It allows for up to four players, featuring six characters from other Namco games to choose from: Pac-Man (Pac-Man), Astaroth (Soulcalibur), Heihachi Mishima (Tekken), Ms. Pac-Man (Pac-Man), Tiger Jackson (Tekken), and Reiko Nagase (Ridge Racer).

There are three different types of game boards to play, Tropical, Space, and Medieval, each with its own set of minigames. After selecting a board, players can also choose to play a short, medium, or long game, each having a different number of tiles that corresponded to the length's name.

On June 20, 2022, a developer confirmed that Namco tried to get the rights to the Pac-Man Fever song for use in the game, but were ultimately unsuccessful.

Pac-Man Fever received mixed reviews. Review aggregator Metacritic gave the GameCube version a 54 out of 100, indicating "mixed or average reviews", while the PS2 version received a 47 out of 100, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".

Official trailer

Gameplay Video. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Card & Board Game

Developer

Mass Media Inc

Publisher

Namco

Series

Pac-Man

Platforms

PlayStation 2

Age rating

ESRB E

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

Yes

Online multiplayer

Yes

Co op

No

Age ratings

ESRB

E

Release dates

Playable today

Credits

Publisher

Namco

Developer

Mass Media Inc

Released

2002-09-03

Age rating

ESRB E

Region

US

Time to beat

about 1.5 hours