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Baby Pac-Man Restoration with the 8-Bit Guy

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Follow along as David ‪@The8BitGuy‬ restores a Baby Pac-Man with the help of Time Rift employee Ashton Cole, and Mike Woods from ‪@ElectricStarshipArcade‬!

Baby Pac-Man," released by Bally Midway in 1982, is a unique arcade game that blends traditional video game mechanics with a pinball machine. Players navigate Baby Pac-Man through a maze, collecting dots and avoiding ghosts. When Baby Pac-Man exits the maze, gameplay shifts to the pinball section, where players can earn fruit, energizers, and other bonuses to help in the video game portion. This hybrid design set "Baby Pac-Man" apart from other arcade games of its era, offering a distinct and challenging experience.

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20 Comments

@Innovictos 2 years ago

You should put a QR code with a link to the restoration video on each of the cabinets you do, so players can check it out if interested.

@sethfrommaine 2 years ago

I knew Baby Pac-Man existed but had no idea it was a hybrid video game/pinball machine. I feel a new obsession coming on.

@Toonrick12 2 years ago

I'm surprised the machine was cosmetically decent looking considering that no one had done maintenance in it since leaving the factory.

@PrismaNotTerra 2 years ago

"And, to quote Technology Connections, through the magic of owning two of these"

As a Technology Connections viewer, I approve.

@christmas6666 1 year ago

3:36 A moment of silence before sending them to Great Beyond...

@evamiaou 2 years ago

It's interesting how this series is literally the same thing every time and yet it doesn't get old. Fantastic work

@christmas6666 1 year ago (edited)

Mailing out the customer card was hilarious! 😅

@mobreck2420 1 year ago (edited)

Interesting thing there was a cheat in at least some units of this game: if you restarted the machine while holding down both player start buttons it would boot up in Free Play mode. My dad did maintenance on the arcade machines at our local Six Flags at the time. So many customers knew about the cheat he had to modify their copy of the machine to have only one of the start button inputs register at a time.

@chubbista 2 years ago

I think the bolt on the side was to attach some kind of a coin door security bar. We had these over here in Germany on almost every machine back in the day.

@deejaymalta 2 years ago

I can watch David diagnose, repair, and retrobright things all day. It's such a fascinating and satisfying thing to watch

@TheXtremeBoltGuy 1 year ago

This is literally my holy grail arcade machine to own. The level of jealously i have right now is immense

@clubargentinodearcades 2 years ago

Drilling holes for screws was a common sight in Argentina, my country, and the operators did it to keep the machines together so they wouldn't move or get stolen! I don't know if that was a real scenario in the USA, but in Argentina it was. Big hug from here and a very good video!

@adventureoflinkmk2 10 months ago

1:28 the greatest arcade owner that's ever lived. 😎

@Adder0130 10 months ago

1:03 that is a new one...a wasp nest inside a pinball machine lol

@juxxtapoz 2 years ago

8:03 the dirt dauber nest going flying had me cracking up 😂

@Micael-cinefreak 2 years ago

Always enjoy these arcade restoration videos. Hope they never stop!

@gordontaylor2815 1 year ago

7:25 Based on the address on the mailing card briefly visible in the video, Google Maps shows a fitness equipment store at that address now, so most likely the card went straight to the dead letter office or was returned to sender.

@ByronLumley2009 11 months ago

Incredible. Ive got to say, the fact that this machine had, had so little work done on it prior if any almost made it better.

@Krimson-Steele 1 year ago

I got to play Baby Pacman at Time Rift back in July. I had a blast playing it. I didn't realize how small the pinball portion of the game was until I started playing it.