Pac-Man (Tomy water game)

The Pac-Man Water Game (パックマンウォーターゲーム Pakkuman'u~ōtāgēmu), also known as Pac-Man Ring Toss (パックマン輪投げ Pakkuman Wanage), is a toy released by Tomy, predating the video game. The goal of the game is to catch rings into Pac-Man's mouth. It was released sometime in the 1970s (exact year unknown), following the release of the Pac-Man Bank and the Pac-Man board game. It was later released in the U.S. as Waterful Mouthful.
The original models of the game used the same Pac-Man design as the Pac-Man bank, complete with its long "body". Later 1980s reprints use the Japanese arcade design for the character, replace the rings with ghosts, and add a maze background. The second revision was released as Wonderful Waterful Pac Man in the U.S., alongside several other regional variants.
== Regional variants ==
*Tomy Water Game: Pac-Man Ring Toss (197?) - Japanese model, design 1.
*Waterful Mouthful (1977) - U.S. model, design 1.
*Faszination (1978) - Germany and Great Britain model, design 1.
*Wonderful Waterful Pac-Man (1982) - U.S. model, design 2.
*Faszination Puckman (198?) - Germany and Great Britain model, design 2.
*Tomy Whooshers! The Mad Muncher (198?) - U.K. model, design 2.
*Wizard Water Games: Mr. Mouth (198?) - Appears to have been released across the U.K., Italy, France, and possibly North America; based on design 2. Named after the English variant of Tomy's Pac-Man board game. The Italian version was distributed by Giochi Preziosi.
== Gallery ==
=== 1970s design ===
Tomy-merch-JP-1970s-pacman-ring-toss-1.jpg|Japanese Pac-Man Ring Toss with box.
Tomy-merch-US-1970s-waterful-mouthful-1.jpg|U.S. Waterful Mouthful, loose.
Tomy-merch-GER-GB-1970s-faszination-1.jpg|German Faszination, loose.
=== 1980s design ===
Tomy-merch-US-1980s-wonderful-waterful-pacman-0.jpg|U.S. Wonderful Waterful Pac Man, boxed.
Tomy-merch-UK-1980s-tomy-whooshers-the-mad-muncher-0.jpg|U.K. Tomy Whooshers! The Mad Muncher, boxed.
Tomy-merch-M-R-1980s-wizard-water-games-mr-mouth-0.jpg|Multi-region Wizard Water Games: Mr. Mouth model, boxed.
Tomy-merch-M-R-1980s-wizard-water-games-mr-mouth-1.jpg|Multi-region Wizard Water Games: Mr. Mouth model, loose.
Marketing-tomy-merch-GER-GB-1980s-faszination-puckman-0.jpg|German Faszination Puckman flyer.
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