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Pac-Man given voice, full vocabulary

by Ross Miller on Oct 27th 2005 2:30PM

Pac Man (225) For the upcoming Pac-Man World 3, everyone's favorite yellow circle is gaining a new ability: speech. Pro-G news is reporting that Martin T. Sherman will be voicing Pac-Man for the upcoming console game. Who is Martin T. Sherman? He appears to be a character actor for video games, according to IMDb, appearing in Driv3r, Second Sight, and Timesplitters: Future Perfect, among others.

Should Pac-Man be given the ability to speak? After decades of muteness, it seems out of character to give a classic gaming icon, devoid of visual detail, a full vocal range – "wokka wokka" is as fittingly simple as his pizza-shaped design. What other classic gaming character should be given a voice?

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Keep the little guy silent, I say.

Pac-Man could talk in his cartoon series, so this won't be the first time he has the abilitly to speak.

Yeah, I remember that old cartoon, mid-80's I believe. I didn't think it was all that bad then. but it's been about 15-20 years since then.

http://www.classicgaming.com/pac-man/Cartoon/xmas-box.jpg

Does Pac-Man's nose freak anyone else out?

That's it, I quit!!! I'm moving back to my parents basement with my Atari and NES.

What could 3/4 of a pizza say that's so important? I'm on the keep-him-silent side. But give a voice to Qbert, I bet he'd be hilarious to listen to.

i actually have mp3's from a vinyl record called "the pacman album" that my friend lauren owns. i should post them. Pac Man speaks and sings it. This is from a very long time ago from what i gather. Ms. Pacman and him do a duet. Some of the songs are actually pretty catchy. but yea pacman is an odd character on this record indeed. it's really weird but extremely funny/entertaining. if anyone is interested in me posting this, let me know.

we need the pong ball to have some VO

What freak me out is how there's a Mrs. Pacman & Pacman Jr. and yet Mr. Pacman has no genitalia. Or maybe he is like turtles...

Some of the bigger blue dots ...... are special dots..... they make him freak on everyone around....

#7:

Yeah, but then you'd have to give the game an M rating.

Yeah I can hear the dialogue right now..

"If I eat one more freakin' dot I'm going to be sick"

Pac Man speaks?? How does someone speak with his mouth full, that just isn't cool.

I have some Pac Man LP's that I got. He sings Christmas songs with his kids and the ghosts. They all become friends.

I remember that cartoon, came from the glut of generic video-game and toy based cartoons in the 80's. Wow, i wish i could buy it in a DVD box se- no... actually, i don't. As i recall, PM had a rather generic "middle aged guy" voice.

Anyone else remember the Pac-Man skit in the middle of The Bloodhound Gang's song "Mope"?

oh yea this is what the pacman album cover looks like
http://www.odd-company.com/weblog/archive/pacman.jpg
the actual record has graphics on it also. very sweet.

q-bert needs a voice.

$#@%#!

The pac-man skit on the bloodhound gang record was hilarious:

Pac-Man: Yo yo yo yo yo! What it is motherfuckers?
Random Dude 1: Aw shit, here comes Pac-Man.
Random Dude 2: Hey Pac-Man, whats up?
Pac-Man: Me you bitches! Im high on crack! Wanna freebase?
Random Dude 1: No Pac-Man drugs are bad!
Random Dude 2: Nope cant help you man.
Pac-Man: Pussies. Whoa! Holy shit!

Classic I tell ya...classic

Did anyone else find Mrs. Pac-Man totally hot in the cartoon? I mean, come on! Those pink boots! Rowwrr! I think I may have a problem.

IMDB lists Marty Ingles as the voice of Pac-Man in the 80's cartoon. He's still alive, so I say bring him into the game!

im against it, maybe he could talk in his cartoon, but so could mario, and his voice in his video games wants me to hang him, itsa me mario (rrrrr)

uhhh. how about Link!??!!??!

you hear me nintendo?!!?!?1/1 do you hEAR ME!?!?1/1

ok.. im done.. :-p

Was I the only one reminded of

http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=136

by that picture??

Come on. They can't translate what Qbert's saying and give him a voice. What do you think "$#@%#!" was. He was CURSING! Every time he got stomped he would say "$#@%#!".

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