Now Pac-Man Championship Edition Is in Volkswagen Cars

Bandai Namco announced that a version of Pac-Man Championship Edition is now playable on select kinds of Volkswagen cars that use AirConsole. People who have a Volkwagen ID account, the app, and a supported car can it while parked and connected to the internet.

Volkwagen started by explaining which systems are capable of using it. If someone has a 2025 Golf, Golf Variant, Passat, Tayron, or Tiguan model or a Volkwagen ID.3, ID.4, ID.5, or ID.7, the game is supported. You will need VW Connect Plus, an ID user account, have downloaded AirConsole, and be online. If you meet all those criteria, then when you park you’ll find the game there.

Now, this isn’t the exact Pac-Man Championship Edition seen on consoles and PCs, as it features iconography inspired by Volkwagen. Instead of Power Pellets, Pac-Man needs to eat the car logo to power up and be able to eat Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde. In original games, you could collect fruit for points. Here, there are silhouettes of the company’s wheels and cars to collect instead. 

It isn’t uncommon for there to be variants of iconic games playable on cars in the last few years. For example, you can play Cuphead in a car now.

Pac-Man Championship Edition is available on AirConsole on the Volkswagen ID.3, ID.4, ID.5, ID.7, and Golf, Golf Variant, Passat, Tayron, and Tiguan models released after 2025. You can also find the game and variants of it on the PS3, PSP, Xbox 360, PC, and mobile devices.