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" -- original Japanese version
"NES Classics: Pac-Man" -- European GBA Title
"パックマン" -- Japanese Spelling

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Pac-Man
	Pac-Man	Atari 2600	$0.45
	Pac-Man	Atari 2600	$0.45
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	Pac Man World	Game Boy Advance	$19.99
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User Reviews

Hey look everybody, it's the Anti-Pac-Man	Atari 2600	Black Wolf (36083)
How To Make A Great Game... Anything But.	Atari 2600	Guy Chapman (1673)
It Sucks that it's based on Pac-man, but it's not a bad game.	Atari 2600	Joel Mitchell (12)
Retro game with a central character and simple objective	NES	Black Wolf (36083)
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)
One of the best games of the generation.	PC Booter	Jim Fun (226)
A cool port to the 5200, but it's too slow.	Atari 5200	Joel Mitchell (4)

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The Press Says

Mean Machines	Game Boy	Jan, 1991	80 out of 100	80
TeamXbox	Xbox 360	Aug 18, 2006	6.9 out of 10	69
Game Freaks 365	Atari 2600	2000	6.3 out of 10	63
Portable Review	Game Boy Advance	Nov 30, 2006	24 out of 40	60
IGN	Wii	May 14, 2007	6 out of 10	60
Kombo.com	Game Boy Advance	Jun 06, 2004	5 out of 10	50
Games Radar	Xbox 360	Aug 09, 2006	5 out of 10	50
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	Atari 2600	Dec 10, 2003	3 out of 10	30
The Video Game Critic	Atari 2600	Sep 03, 2001	D	25
Jeuxvideo.com	Game Boy Advance	Jul 13, 2004	3 out of 20	15

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Trivia

The four enemy ghost characters, Oikake, Machibuse, Kimagure and Otoboke, from the original Japanese version of Pac-Man were thoughtfully and descriptively renamed to match their in game behavior. Shadow, Speedy, Bashful and Pokey are the westernized names of the four ghosts. Additionally they also received new nicknames, Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde. Only Pinky has the same nickname in both Japanese and western versions of Pac-Man.

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