Student Driver Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 In 2001, Playskool released simple handheld games in a "My First Video Game" line, Li'l Hungry Hungry Hippos and Li'l Pac-Man. Both played the same-- slow Kaboom!-like games-- and the Li'l Pac-Man game featured sound effects from the original Pac-Man. So, now, 2008, a friend had her first child, and the father is a huge video game fan. I joked that I'd find the newborn a Li'l Pac-Man for its first birthday, to help ease it into an early life of gaming. Problem is, I can't find one anywhere... and oddly enough, outside of a few references from 2001, no mention of it anywhere, either. None on eBay, even. I recall that in 2001, they were in KMarts, and were reportedly seen in Big Lots! as well; did Playskool just make a few, test market them, and dump them at Big Lots! when they didn't sell? Did adult game fans pick them up and pack them away? Did children get them and destroy them all? What happened to all of the Li'l Pac-Men? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigO Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 At least one went to the Goodwill near my house where I found it today. I'd never heard of or seen one until now. It has Pac-Man sounds and images, but actually plays more like Kaboom! I thought it would be an interesting curiosity item sitting on a shelf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monzamess Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 I was curious and found: http://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/Li%27l_Pac-Man.pdf http://classicgaming.gamespy.com/fullstory.php?id=123006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigO Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 I was curious and found: http://www.hasbro.co...27l_Pac-Man.pdf http://classicgaming...y.php?id=123006 Yep, that's it. There seem to be relatively few pictures of these things on the internet. Will try to post pics/cheap-webcam-video/audio later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigO Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Video added. Poor quality, PC+mic+webcam video, but video. LilPacMan3.wmv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindog Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 My youngest niece was too young for these when they were first released, and when I went back the following xmas to look for them, they had evaporated. I don't know any kids of an appropriate age to buy this for now, but I'm still pretty curious. Thanks for the video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigO Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Forgot to post the picture: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wccw mark Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Forgot to post the picture: we got my son one of those when he was little.big lots had a ton of those back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simbalion Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 I just received one of these Li'l Pac-Man games today, Dec. 9, 2010, as an early Christmas gift: My Mom found it for me. It's in great condition and works great. And, since I collect Pac-Man games, this is right up my alley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigO Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Just ran across mine in the closet. Having no good place for it since I moved I thought "I should just sell this." Or I could just leave it sitting in the closet, annoying me every time I accidentally press a button on it and have to listen to it. Or I could just leave it sitting in the closet and take the batteries out so it doesn't annoy me every time I accidentally press a button on it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomberpunk Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 if anyone finds one of these online, i would like to get it for my 5-month old nephew.. i would obviously wait until he was a bit older to pass it down, i would play it until then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigO Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 if anyone finds one of these online, i would like to get it for my 5-month old nephew.. i would obviously wait until he was a bit older to pass it down, i would play it until then! I'm pretty sure you'd tire of the game play before your 5 month old nephew was ready to play it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Wow, 2 years later the guy gets replies then nearly 3 years later Funny. Wonder if he ever ran across one in time for the kid's 1st birthday? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigO Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 (edited) Wow, 2 years later the guy gets replies then nearly 3 years later Funny. Wonder if he ever ran across one in time for the kid's 1st birthday? There's very little on the internet about "Li'l Pac Man". This thread is pretty much the most active discussion about this thing on the web. That's how I ended up commenting on this thread in the first place: trying to figure out if anybody collected them and what they might be worth. Edited December 13, 2010 by BigO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Yeah, I know, it's still pretty funny to me. Seems hardly anyone knows about these things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigO Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 (edited) Yeah, I know, it's still pretty funny to me. Seems hardly anyone knows about these things. Agreed on both points. They are apparently either fairly rare or so uninteresting that almost nobody puts them up for sale (or even talks about them) on the web. I vote for rare... and I vote for "rare" to "magically" equate to "valuable". Edited December 13, 2010 by BigO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulBlazer Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Yeah, strange how this worked -- the guy posted his note in 2007, he hasn't been back since 2008, and then FIANLLY three years later in 2010 someone comments on it. I love seeing how these necro threads get restored time to time, usually long after the OP is gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuppicide Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 I've never heard of this either until this thread was ressurected, so I say good job for that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Wouldn't mind having one of these for my collection! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Let's do the time warp again...I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchoolRetroGamer Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Let's do the time warp again...I guess It's just a jump to the left. And then a step to the right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigO Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 A link to a pdf scan of a magazine article that shows the original packaging: (note: it's a pdf if this upsets you for some reason) http://www.digitpress.com/library/magazines/cgm/cgm_lil_pacman.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomberpunk Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 that was very upsetting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpmaul69 Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 hmm a pacman game that plays rally x music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simbalion Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 I still have mine. It's sitting on the shelf beside a few antque table radios right now. Yeah, it's simple but I like it once in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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