PAC-MAN MUSEUM+

PAC-MAN MUSEUM+

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Pac 'N' Roll story
By Lumanator
Considering the omission of a proper story from console releases of the game, this guide will tell the story from the original DS version of Pac 'N' Roll!
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A bit of a little thing.
Pac 'N' Roll was a 2005 Nintendo DS game meant to showcase how gaming can work with the stylus. With that version, Pac 'N' Roll had a story, so it at least had a bit of context as to why Pac-Man is a ball here.

Two years later, Pac 'N' Roll was included in Namco Museum Remix as one of the Remix games. As much as that sounds neat, it removed ALL story content, devoiding it of any context down to "haha what if Pac-Man is a ball." That version would serve as a basis for every future rereleases of Pac 'N' Roll, including the one included in this version of Pac-Man Museum.

This guide is not merely to showcase the story but rather preserve it as a way to follow along.
Characters
All the Pac-People
Pac-Man [Waka] (Also the Narrator)
Pac-Master [PM]
Pac-Mom(?) [Mama] (Apparently a similar design to the Pac-Mom that appears here)
Pac-Baby [PB]
Pac-Dog [PD]
Pac-Girl [PG]

Ghosts
Blinky [BL]
Pinky

Inky [IN]
Clyde [C]
Glovis [G] (The main bad guy)
Jack [J] (The bad guy's sentient guitar)

Other
Krystal [K] The humanoid fairy guardian of Pac-Land

Prologue

My Name is Pac-Man. I'm staying over at Pac-Master, the master ghost hunter's house during the holidays.


[PM] Come on! You'll have to do better than that to become a true Pac-Warrior!
[Waka] Oohh...

There are many mischievous ghosts in Pac-Land.
I'm training hard so that one day I'll be able to fight them myself.


I'm so tired that I sleep like a log every night... but ever since I came here, I always have the same strange dream...


<The dream in question. This served as a tutorial of how to control Pac-Man in the early stages of the game. It never saw the light of day in the Namco Museum Remix release. The dream ends when Pac-Man collides with the strange figure.>


[Waka] Ouch! Oh... the same dream again...
[Mama] Come on, Pac-Man! It's time to get up! Today is the Harvest Festival!

That's Pac-Master's wife. She sounds kinda tough, but deep down she's really nice. Training is tough, but I have two things to look forward to.


The first thing I'm looking forward to is the Harvest Festival!

[PM] What a great harvest of power pellets! We won't have to worry about those ghosts any time soon.
[Waka] I'll bet they're shaking in their boots right about now!


Meanwhile...


[IN] Oh no... we don't stand a chance.
[BL] When those Pacs eat power pellets...
[C] We turn blue and get eaten...

Alright then, we have no choice!


Let's resurrect the legendary ghost!

That's how they decided to summon the evil ghost who, legend has it, was so dangerous it was sent away to space by ghosts themselves.


[BL] Come on, what's taking so long!?
[IN] Is he really coming? Maybe he's on vacation.
[C] I'm feeling kinda hungry...

Come on, you guys! Straighten up!


The other thing I'm looking forward to is seeing Pac-Master's daughter, Pac-Girl ❤️

[PG] Let's walk around the festival together.
[Waka] (Blush) Um, okay!

Staying at Pac-Master's house was fun until...


[PG] What's that?
[Waka] It's the ghost's UFO!


[???] Hahahaha!

It's Golvis! He's finally arrived!
[BL] This will be the end of Pac-Land!
[Waka] ...Golvis?


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[G] Here's what you've been waiting for! Oh yeah! I'm Golvis, the king of rock'n'roll!
[Waka] He's the ghost from my dream!


[IN] ...Is that really Golvis?

Uh... I guess so.
[BL] Are you sure!?

[PM] I'll take you on, Golvis!


[BL] Oh, no! Power pellets! Run!
[G] Gwahahaha!


[PM] What!? It can't be!
[G] One or two measly power pellets won't do anything to me! No way!
[PM] The power pellets aren't working!


[G] Hey Jack! Let's turn 'em into balls with our rockin' beam!
[J] Okay, boss!


[G] Gwahahaha! You don't stand a chance now!
[PM] No!
[G] Pac-Master, the ex-hero isn't so great after all! Now sit back and watch as I take over all of Pac-Land!


[G] We're going to have one heck of a concert tonight!
[PG] AAAAAAHHH!



[K] Stop that!


[K] So you've come back to Pac-Land once again, Golvis!
[G] Oh, it's you Krystal.


[G] I'll take care of you, too!
[K] Go ahead and try!



[G] ARRGH


[G] No! I'm getting sucked in! You'll pay for doing this to me!
[K] You did it to yourself, you fool!


[G] I'LL GET YOU NEXT TIME! JUST YOU WAIT AND SEE!


[K] Hey you! You have to defeat Golvis!
[Waka] WHO ME!?
Even Pac-Master couldn't defeat him!
[K] You're the only one left!


[K] We'll escape from Castle Pac at dawn.
[Waka] O... okay.

And that's how my rolling journey to return peace to Pac-Land began.

<End of Prologue>

TODO
  • Add in the rest of the story
  • Some differences between the DS and Wii versions
  • That's it I think
7 Comments
Cakestial 2 Apr, 2023 @ 5:47pm 
wow, I commend your work op, good job
Lumacos 26 Jun, 2022 @ 8:59pm 
I wish they had the story in the remix, honestly would've made it 10/10 but since I had the DS version its just nice to go back and play the original from time to time
Lumanator  [author] 8 Jun, 2022 @ 1:52am 
I mean in the sense that it's fundamentally a different game, but understandable.
Red Guy 2 Jun, 2022 @ 7:09pm 
Pac-Girl would be the better replacement then Pac-Mom but I can see why they did not go though with it.
Lumanator  [author] 2 Jun, 2022 @ 3:55am 
Yeah considering the differences between the Wii and DS versions I guess it's up to the modders to decide whether or not they'd wanna make the Museum+ version almost faithful to DS version.
Red Guy 1 Jun, 2022 @ 7:34pm 
Someone should mod this in concitering pac n roll is a port and not emulation
Wasabi Alt 1 Jun, 2022 @ 7:26am 
I wish it were possible to put this game on Pac-Man Museum+.