Pac-Man Pinball Advance received mixed to negative reviews from critics, who felt that its gameplay was limited.

[2] The plot of the game focuses on the kidnapping of all the residents of Pac-Land by the four ghosts from the Pac-Man series, Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde.

[3] The plot is secondary to the gameplay of the game though, and mostly exists just as a premise to explain why Pac-Man is playing on a pinball table.

[2] Pac-Man Pinball Advance received mixed reviews from critics, who thought that there was a lack of content and sub-par graphics; it received a 52% and a 50.40% from review aggregate websites Metacritic and GameRankings respectively.

[4] A sequel titled Super Pac-Man Pinball for the Nintendo DS by Rubik Interactive (now Zen Studios) was scheduled for release in fall 2005.