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Super Pac-Man was only a moderate success in the 1980s as an arcade machine, and thus has not been as widely ported to home video game consoles as the original Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man. Still, the game has been revived several times.
- In 1984, a port of Super Pac-Man was made for the Atari 5200 but was never released due to the video game crash of 1983.
- In 1988, DOS and Commodore 64 versions were released by Thunder Mountain.
- In 1996, it also appeared on the second Namco Museum arcade compilation for Sony's PlayStation.
- In 1998, Namco released Super Pac-Man as part of Namco History Volume 3 (a collection of classic Namco games similar to the Namco Museum series) for the PC in Japan only.
- In 1999, Super Pac-Man was included alongside Ms. Pac-Man in Ms. Pac-Man: Special Color Edition for Nintendo's Game Boy Color system.
- In 2006, Jakks Pacific released the Plug and Play Super Pac-Man joystick that contained Super Pac-Man along with Pac-Man, Pac-Man Plus, and Pac & Pal. Super Pac-Man is also featured in TV Games Pac-Man Gold: Edition & Retro Arcade.
- Namco has released a portable version on select cell phone models exclusively on Sprint. .
As a promotion, Sprint and Namco ran a sweepstakes which offered the grand prize winner a Volkswagen New Beetle customized with Super Pac-Man art. The car was on display at major videogame tradeshow E3 in Los Angeles in May 2006. The Sweepstakes began June 1, 2006 and ended on July 31, 2006. Super PAC-MAN Sweepstakes details
- In 2007, it was released for Palm PDA devices. Super Pac-Man at Handango a PDA software retailer.
- Namco has released Super Pac-Man along with Pac & Pal, Pac and Roll, Pac-Mania and other non-Pac-Man games in Namco Museum Remix, which was released in late 2007.
- Namco has re-released Super Pac-Man on mobile phones only this time with a deluxe version with updated 3D graphics and better sound effects.
- On November 4, 2008, Super Pac-Man was released in Namco Museum Virtual Arcade for the Xbox 360.
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