Atari and Bandai Namco announced a variety of Pac-Man-inspired products and DLC, celebrating Pac-Man’s 45th anniversary.
Waka waka waka these brand new products, but do not put them in your mouth or consume them. Atari and Bandai Namco announced a variety of Pac-Man-inspired products, celebrating Pac-Man’s 45th anniversary. The special console is the Atari 2600+ Pac-Man edition, a rerelease of the iconic console in bright yellow. It is available for pre-order now for $169.99. A new DLC was also announced, The Namco Collection.
At San Diego Comic-Con 2025, attendees will have the chance to snag one of 1,000 exclusive Golden Box editions of Pac-Man: Double Feature. Each $99.99 collector’s set includes a 2-in-1 cartridge in one of five ghost or Pac-Man colors (red, blue, pink, orange, or yellow), plus a limited-edition patch and pin. If you are a major Pac-Man fan, both partnered companies brought the heat!
“Working with Atari once again and helping reignite our history of collaborating to bring joy to video game fans worldwide is an incredible honor,” said SVP, business innovation and licensing, Bandai Namco Entertainment America Karim Farghaly. “Together, we’ve built a legacy filled with groundbreaking milestones, and the Atari x Pac-Man Collection perfectly honors the timeless spirit of Pac-Man, blending nostalgia with fresh experiences to reconnect new and existing fans with one of gaming’s most iconic characters.”
The collab console bundle includes Pac-Man: Double Feature, which includes Pac-Man 7800, a brand new, arcade-style version of the original game, and Pac-Man 2600, the first home console release of the game. On April 3rd, 1982, Atari brought Pac-Man to home consoles for the first time with the release of Pac-Man for the Atari 2600. With this release, a legendary gaming romance was born. Pac-Man 2600 became the console’s best-selling title ever.
Alongside the console, the collection will include the CX40+ Wireless Joystick in 5 colors to represent Pac-Man, Inky, Pinky, Blinky, and Clyde. The joysticks cost $39.99 each. All packaging includes exclusive new Ghost art from the original Pac-Man artist, Hiro Kimura.
Atari’s new DLC, The Namco Collection, will be released for $7.99 later this year, will include Pac-Man 2600, Galaga, Dig Dug, Xevious, Galaxian, and more. The 2600+ Pac-Man Mega Collector Bundle is currently listed at around $440 USD. This huge bundle includes the console, the Pac-Man: Double Feature game, all 4 Ghost Edition Joysticks, the individually-packaged Pac-Man Edition Joystick, and all the additional game cartridges: Galaga, Dig Dug, Xevious, Galaxian
The whole collection is available to pre-order now on the official Atari website. Join the waitlist, as the pre-orders go live on July 23rd. Every special product can be viewed on the pre-order page.
