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Subscribe to our newsletter Not every TV series based on a game can be a real corker like Fallout or Arcane.

The Halo TV show was a disappointment.

The Witcher series on Netflix started strong but fans found more and more to dislike as time went on.

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Critics and viewers both gave a pretty strong thumbs down to the Resident Evil TV show.But I've been watching the very first TV show ever based on a videogame, and it's given me some perspective.

We're doing real good here in the future of television adaptations.

We're spoiled, in fact.Pac-Man was an animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera from 1982 to 1983, and I probably don't need to explain this part, but it was based on the Pac-Man arcade games.

In the display, Pac-Man and Ms ## Editor's Note The implications of this news could be significant for the industry. Source: [PC Gamer](https://www.pcgamer.com/movies-tv/i-watched-the-first-tv-show-ever-based-on-a-game-and-it-made-me-realize-weve-really-got-it-good-these-days/)