Pac-Man

Description

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.

Alternate Titles

• "Puck-Man" -- original Japanese version
• "NES Classics: Pac-Man" -- European GBA title
• "パックマン" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Famicom Mini series
• Games made into TV series
• Games referenced in film
• Pac-Man games (licensed)
• Video games turned in to board/card games

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User Reviews

Hey look everybody, it's the Anti-Pac-Man	Atari 2600	Black Wolf (37232)
How To Make A Great Game... Anything But.	Atari 2600	Guy Chapman (1722)
It Sucks that it's based on Pac-man, but it's not a bad game.	Atari 2600	Joel Mitchell (14)
A cool port to the 5200, but it's too slow.	Atari 5200	Joel Mitchell (4)
Terrible Version of Pac Man	Xbox 360	Cody Cooper (6)
A decent game on it's own, but needs work.	Atari 2600	Joel Mitchell (8)
Retro game with a central character and simple objective	NES	Black Wolf (37232)
One of the best games of the generation.	PC Booter	Jim Fun (226)

The Press Says

The Video Game Critic	Atari 5200	May 26, 2003	A-	91
The Video Game Critic	Atari 8-bit	Jan 28, 2003	B+	83
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Xbox 360	Aug 09, 2006	8 out of 10	80
Mean Machines	Game Boy	Jan, 1991	80 out of 100	80
Portable Review	Game Boy Advance	Nov 30, 2006	24 out of 40	60
XBox Evolved	Xbox 360	Aug 12, 2006	5.7 out of 10	57
Fragland.net	Game Boy Advance	Jan 26, 2005	50 out of 100	50
The Video Game Critic	Neo Geo Pocket Color	Apr 07, 2004	C	50
Games Radar	Xbox 360	Aug 09, 2006	5 out of 10	50
Game Shark	Xbox 360	Aug 16, 2006	D+	33

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Trivia

During the height of its popularity, Pac-Man had a Saturday morning TV cartoon that focused on Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, and (in later seasons) Super Pac-Man. The show lasted for several seasons, and also had a Christmas special. The later game, Pac-Land, based its visual style off of this series.