Let's get this out the way first, yeah it's £149. And yes i know raspberry pi's and mame exist.
But what does one get for such a pricy price point that will scare away all but the most determined collectors of gaming tat in picking one up. In fact scratch that, tat is not a word i'd ever use on this thing it screams quality the minute you liberate it from it's box no tat to be found here. Officially licensed by ban-nam & limited to 10,000, it's a beautifully made replica.
Numskull have done a stellar job of shrinking down a pacman arcade machine, not entirely convinced they haven't just got a shrink ray and are miniturizing real pacman arcades & slapping them in a box. Standing 17" high and the cabinet is made from wood, the artwork is wonderfully replicated. The joystick is a gated 4 way one and it has a pleasing microswitch click when moving it yeah the original arcade stick doesnt click but at the size it is the click is welcomed to let me know i pressed it as the travel is quite small, however despite it's size pacman is totally playable using the tiny stick which is a good job as that's all you are getting. In the prototypes they sent out to the youtube "lol cough influencers" there were scaling issues noted but they were thankfully all fixed for the final release & are now the correct size the game runs just how it should and it's using the arcade rom, not sure if it will crash at level 256 like the real arcade version or that has been fixed. Not that i have the skill to ever see that myself. It's got a built in battery which is rechargeable via micro usb & lasts about 4 hours, did have an initial charge out the box but have now put mine on to fully recharge before i hammer it with a play session.
The shipping box is quite nice all in itself, the machine inside was well protected with foam. I absolutely love the pacman art.
In all it's glory let the pics commence
Fully replicated screen art and has a screen bezel which the replicade arcades do not. The screen is LCD and in person the viewing angle straight on is good there is no light grey image fading however on my phone i couldn't get a decent pic to show that as my phone made it look really light at the sides. Also the marquee lights up which you would expect, the lighting does not overpower the art it has a nice warm glow.
lets give a moment to the fact they replicated the textured control panel plastic, details like this are impressive along with adding a dust ring to the joystick to keep crud out of the base.
Also comes with a nice pacman commerative coin along with a pleasingly thick numbered certificate of authenticity with your machine number. Not that i can see millions of fakes of these flooding the market lol
All in all i love it, the thing is an extremely well made collectible which is fully functional. Will be picking up the other 3 machines as & when they drop next year. They are a nice thing to go along with the replicade arcade machines & the teeny tiny tiny arcade keychains. In fact look how tiny it is against one hehe.
"don't talk to me or my son ever again"
But what does one get for such a pricy price point that will scare away all but the most determined collectors of gaming tat in picking one up. In fact scratch that, tat is not a word i'd ever use on this thing it screams quality the minute you liberate it from it's box no tat to be found here. Officially licensed by ban-nam & limited to 10,000, it's a beautifully made replica.
Numskull have done a stellar job of shrinking down a pacman arcade machine, not entirely convinced they haven't just got a shrink ray and are miniturizing real pacman arcades & slapping them in a box. Standing 17" high and the cabinet is made from wood, the artwork is wonderfully replicated. The joystick is a gated 4 way one and it has a pleasing microswitch click when moving it yeah the original arcade stick doesnt click but at the size it is the click is welcomed to let me know i pressed it as the travel is quite small, however despite it's size pacman is totally playable using the tiny stick which is a good job as that's all you are getting. In the prototypes they sent out to the youtube "lol cough influencers" there were scaling issues noted but they were thankfully all fixed for the final release & are now the correct size the game runs just how it should and it's using the arcade rom, not sure if it will crash at level 256 like the real arcade version or that has been fixed. Not that i have the skill to ever see that myself. It's got a built in battery which is rechargeable via micro usb & lasts about 4 hours, did have an initial charge out the box but have now put mine on to fully recharge before i hammer it with a play session.
The shipping box is quite nice all in itself, the machine inside was well protected with foam. I absolutely love the pacman art.
In all it's glory let the pics commence
Fully replicated screen art and has a screen bezel which the replicade arcades do not. The screen is LCD and in person the viewing angle straight on is good there is no light grey image fading however on my phone i couldn't get a decent pic to show that as my phone made it look really light at the sides. Also the marquee lights up which you would expect, the lighting does not overpower the art it has a nice warm glow.
lets give a moment to the fact they replicated the textured control panel plastic, details like this are impressive along with adding a dust ring to the joystick to keep crud out of the base.
Also comes with a nice pacman commerative coin along with a pleasingly thick numbered certificate of authenticity with your machine number. Not that i can see millions of fakes of these flooding the market lol
All in all i love it, the thing is an extremely well made collectible which is fully functional. Will be picking up the other 3 machines as & when they drop next year. They are a nice thing to go along with the replicade arcade machines & the teeny tiny tiny arcade keychains. In fact look how tiny it is against one hehe.
"don't talk to me or my son ever again"
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