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The stage is a faithful recreation of the 1984 arcade game ''{{s|wikipedia|Pac-Land}}'', a side-scroller where Pac-Man sets off to return a lost fairy to her home. Starting at his house, Pac-Man goes left-to-right through three areas before reaching Fairyland. In exchange for returning the fairy, he receives a pair of Wing Shoes, which allow him to jump indefinitely. He then travels right-to-left through a fourth area to head home, after which the cycle repeats. Every area except the Castle is featured in this stage. While the original game's levels change as the game progresses, the Pac-Land stage has a predetermined layout that always remains the same. Although the game was based on and named after the location of the {{s|wikipedia|Hanna-Barbera}} [[wikipedia:Pac-Man (TV series)|''Pac-Man'' cartoon]], and appears as such in the version published by {{s|wikipedia|Bally Midway}} (publisher of the ''Pac-Man'' titles internationally in the '80s), the level in ''Smash'' is primarily based on the Japanese version, which bases its designs for Pac-Man and his family off of artwork from previous arcade cabinets. This game was also the first official installment to feature the more anthropomorphic designs of the ''Pac-Man'' characters in-game.

''Pac-Land'' is notable for being one of the first games to use {{s|wikipedia|parallax scrolling}} (where the foreground and background move at different speeds to simulate perspective), long before it became a gaming mainstay in the 16-bit era. This is reflected by the parallax scrolling on the stage.

Pushing a fire hydrant to grow is inspired by the Helmet power-up in the game, which could be obtained the same way. The Special Pac was an item found on the return trip that granted an extra life.

Ms. Pac-Man was a character not created by Namco, but by Midway. She would eventually be owned by Namco years later, although legal troubles would eventually lead to her being used more scarcely, unnamed, or outright replaced by look-alikes in some rereleases of ''Pac-Man'' titles that featured her. ''Pac-Land'' was the first appearance of the character in Japan.

The setting of Pac-Land reappears in later ''Pac-Man'' games, but with different designs. Its most notable modern appearances is in the ''{{s|wikipedia|Pac-Man World}}'' games.

This stage is banned in tournaments, due to the stage containing walk-off blast lines, autoscrolling, no grabbable edges, and sections that require precise platforming, which completely disrupts any form of competitive play.

**Pac-Baby (known as Baby Pac-Man at the time), who appears at the end of a trip in the original game, is not featured in the stage as well.