Friday night was the exciting UNIQLO PAC-MAN CHALLENGE. 14 company teams and selected 28 walk-in challengers showed up to battle for the winner spot on the PAC-MAN arcade machines. The UNIQLO PAC-MAN CHALLENGE was held on the mezzanine level at UNIQLO SOHO, 546 Broadway where it was decked out with PAC-MAN graphics and UNIQLO PAC-MAN merchandise. The store was crowded as usual and people passing through were in for a surprise! The event information and live feed was projected on a large screen shot on the corner of the mezzanine. The event wouldn’t be complete without the 4 hour “Special NYT Music Mix” which had select tracks from Namco Classic Collection to YMO. The competitors were an enthusiastic bunch and made the event more fun and exciting. Not to mention that the host, Brian Austin, is one of our favorite all smiles MC that will put anyone in a good mood.

So after all the finger pointing of who’s got it, the winner that made it to the top was Blacksmith for the company division and JCC for the walk-in division. Blacksmith as all of you should know is one of the realest music labels doing their thing right now with acts such as Talib Kweli, Jean Grae, and Strong Arm Steady to name a few. The Blacksmith team has shown that Hip Hop dudes will do what they have to do on the arcades!

Thanks to Namco Networks for all the high level technical support throughout the course of 3 weeks and to all those that came out to support the event including MTV, Biz Bush and other press. Lastly, a very big thanks to UNIQLO for making this fun event happen! The UNIQL PAC-MAN CHALLENGE came and went but the UT Japan Game T-Shirts are still in store for purchase, so go get yours. Check after the jump for the full competition stats, team photos and event photos from the event.

Rules: Gather as much points as possible in 3 minutes.

[A]  Companies:
Semi-Finals (7 Rounds)

• Blacksmith [score: 13590] vs. Vice [score: 11350]
• NY Comic Con [score: 7900] vs. Complex [score: 11370]
• Fusicology [score: 10600] vs. Crispy Gamer [score: 14010]
• Vinyl Pulse East [score: 15230] vs. Josh Spear [score: 11000]
• The Source [score: 13900] vs. Superfuture [score: 14650]
• Giant Robot [score: 18410] vs. Giant Step [score: 12400]
• Trace [score: 7000] vs. Freshness [score: 2870]

Final (4 Rounds)

• Giant Robot [score: 8380] vs. Complex [score: 10200]
• Superfuture [score: 15480] vs. VPEast [score: 6440]
• Giant Step [score: 13060] vs. Crispy Gamer [substitute] [score: 14500]
• Blacksmith [score: 17500] vs. Crispy Gamer [substitute]

Winners

1st Place: Blacksmith
2nd Place: Superfuture
3rd Place: Giant Step
4th Place: Complex
5th Place: Vinyl Pulse East

[B] Walk-in-challengers:

Semi-Finals: (8 Rounds)

• JCC – [score: 22790]
• Dongo – [score: 17200]
• WTS – [score: 12800]
• CompB – [socre: 11630]
• Pac_Beast – [score: 19230]
• BTS – [score: 17200]
• Chiapet – [score: 5450]
• Phire – [score: 13200]
• Creaky – [score: 5710]
• Two_Pac – [score: 12790]
• AngelCloud – [score: 12290]
• Ray – [score: 14010]
• So – [score: 11170]
• Jin_Juice – [score: 13420]
• Zeke – [score: 4240]
• Granger – [score: 4150]
• MOTA – [score: 7790]

Finals Winners

1st Place: JCC – [score: 22320]
2nd Place: Pac_Beast – [score: 19030]
3rd Place: BTS – [score: 18110]
4th Place: Dongo – [score: 17840]
5th Place: Phire – [score: 13200]

 

Team Blacksmith

Team The Source and Team Complex Magazine

Team Crispy Gamer

Team Freshness Magazine

Team Fusicology

Team Giant Robot

Team Giant Step

Team Josh Spear

Team Superfuture

Team NY Comic Con

Team Trace

Team Vice

Team Vinyl Pulse East

1st place Walk-In challenger: JCC

 

photo: Andre Raffington (Binary Kollective) and Jessica Hurtado (Chocolate Lemon)