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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User Reviews

Hey look everybody, it's the Anti-Pac-Man	Atari 2600	Black Wolf (37274)
How To Make A Great Game... Anything But.	Atari 2600	Guy Chapman (1718)
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 (37274)
One of the best games of the generation.	PC Booter	Jim Fun (226)

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The Press Says

The Video Game Critic	Atari 5200	May 26, 2003	A-	91
TalkXbox	Xbox 360	Aug 09, 2006	80 out of 100	80
GotNext	Xbox 360	Sep 05, 2006		70
GameZone	Game Boy Advance	Jul 08, 2004	7 out of 10	70
GameSpot	Wii	May 15, 2007	6.1 out of 10	61
UOL Jogos	Xbox 360	Aug 09, 2006		60
Portable Review	Game Boy Advance	Nov 30, 2006	24 out of 40	60
Video Game Talk	Xbox 360	Aug 09, 2006		50
Kombo.com	Game Boy Advance	Jun 06, 2004	5 out of 10	50
The Video Game Critic	Atari 2600	Sep 03, 2001	D	25

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Trivia

The Xbox Live! Arcade version stays true to the original gameplay and look, with the addition of improved graphics and sounds, leaderboards and achievements. The game itself was already included as a secret in Ridge Racer 6.

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This entry was contributed by Corn Popper (66128), Trixter