Feature Phone Version of Pac-Man Revived in G-Mode Archives+
This marks the third Bandai Namco Entertainment property to enter G-Mode's feature phone revival line, signaling a sustained pipeline for porting mobile-era arcade adaptations to current platforms.
Reporting from 2 sources: 4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer.
G-Mode Corporation announced on June 17 that it will release the feature phone version of Bandai Namco Entertainment's "Pac-Man" on June 18 as part of its G-Mode Archives+ revival project. The game will be available on Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam for 800 yen (tax included). This is the third Bandai Namco Entertainment title to be revived through G-Mode Archives+, following "Xenosaga Pied Piper" and "Namco Chronicle." The revival was first teased on G-Mode's official X account on May 22, which is Pac-Man's birthday. The feature phone version preserves the original arcade gameplay: players control Pac-Man through a maze, eating all cookies while avoiding four ghosts-Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde. Power cookies allow Pac-Man to temporarily turn the tables and eat ghosts. G-Mode Archives+ is a project that faithfully reproduces feature phone game apps as they were at the time and distributes them on modern consumer game consoles. The project has previously released other titles including "Feature Phone" and "Namco Chronicle."
G-Mode's Archives+ project continues to mine the feature phone era for titles that never saw a wider release. The Pac-Man revival is the third Bandai Namco Entertainment work to receive the treatment, after the RPG "Xenosaga Pied Piper" and the compilation "Namco Chronicle." The port runs on Nintendo Switch and Steam; pre-orders are not available, but Steam wishlisting opened alongside the announcement. The price of 800 yen matches the previous two Bandai Namco entries in the line. G-Mode first signaled the revival on May 22, Pac-Man's official birthday, via a post on its X account. The company has been running the Archives+ project since 2018, starting with Switch releases and later expanding to PC. The feature phone version of Pac-Man adapts the 1980 arcade original for keypad controls, keeping the four-ghost roster and power-cookie mechanics intact. No other platforms or physical editions have been announced.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.