One of the most popular and influential games of the 1980's, Pac-Man stars a little, yellow dot-muncher who works his way around to clear a maze of the various dots and fruit which inhabit the board.

Pac-Man's goal is continually challenged by four ghosts: The shy blue ghost Bashful (Inky), the trailing red ghost Shadow (Blinky), the fast pink ghost Speedy (Pinky), and the forgetful orange ghost Pokey (Clyde). One touch from any of these ghosts means a loss of life for Pac-Man.

Pac-Man can turn the tables on his pursuers by eating of the four Energizers located within the maze. During this time, the ghosts turn blue, and Pac-Man can eat them for bonus points. This only lasts for a limited amount of time, as the ghost's eyes float back to their center box, and regenerate to chase after Pac-Man again.

Survive a few rounds of gameplay, and be treated to humorous intermissions between Pac-Man and the ghosts.

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Alternate Titles

"Puck-Man" -- Working title
"Pac - Man" -- Intellivision in-game title
"Pac Man" -- Alternate Apple II media spelling
"PacMan" -- Atari 5200 In-game title
"NES Classics: Pac-Man" -- European GBA title
"パックマン" -- Japanese spelling

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Classic NES Series: Pac-Man	Game Boy Advance	$1.95
	Classic NES Series: Pac-Man	Game Boy Advance	$1.95
	Classic NES Series: Pac-Man	Game Boy Advance	$1.95
	Classic NES Series: Pac-Man	Game Boy Advance	$1.95
	Classic NES Series: Pac-Man	Game Boy Advance	$1.95
	Classic NES Series: Pac-Man	Game Boy Advance	$1.95
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The Press Says

GameZone	Jul 08, 2004	7 out of 10	70
Nintendojo	Sep, 2004	6.9 out of 10	69
Portable Review	Nov 30, 2006	24 out of 40	60
GameSpot	Jun 07, 2004	5.6 out of 10	56
IGN	Jun 04, 2004	5 out of 10	50
1UP	2004	C	50
Kombo.com	Jun 06, 2004	5 out of 10	50
Fragland.net	Jan 26, 2005	50 out of 100	50
IC-Games	Sep 08, 2004	40 out of 100	40
Jeuxvideo.com	Jul 13, 2004	3 out of 20	15

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Trivia

As the story goes, one of the Namco's designers (Namco being the company that created the original arcade version) ordered a whole pizza for himself. After eating one of the slices, he looked at the pizza again. And thus, Pac-Man was born.

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