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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Part of the Following Groups

Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Classic NES Series: Pac-Man	Game Boy Advance	$1.95
	Pac-man	Atari 5200	$0.01
	Pac-Man	Neo Geo Pocket Color	$2.70
	Pac-Man	NES
	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
	Pac-man	NES	$3.00
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User Reviews

Hey look everybody, it's the Anti-Pac-Man	Atari 2600	Katakis (37451)
How To Make A Great Game... Anything But.	Atari 2600	Guy Chapman (1747)
It Sucks that it's based on Pac-man, but it's not a bad game.	Atari 2600	JohnLennon224 (16)
A cool port to the 5200, but it's too slow.	Atari 5200	Joel Mitchell (3)
One of the best games of the generation.	PC Booter	Jim Fun (222)
A decent game on it's own, but needs work.	Atari 2600	Joel Mitchell (8)
Simple fun, but not worth your money anymore	NES	Pixelspeech (928)
Terrible Version of Pac Man	Xbox 360	Cody Cooper (6)
Retro game with a central character and simple objective	NES	Katakis (37451)

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The Press Says

Mean Machines	Game Boy	Jan, 1991	80 out of 100	80
GotNext	Xbox 360	Sep 05, 2006		70
All Game Guide	Game Boy	1998		70
GameZone	Game Boy Advance	Jul 08, 2004	7 out of 10	70
TeamXbox	Xbox 360	Aug 18, 2006	6.9 out of 10	69
The Atari Times	Atari 5200	Mar 23, 2006	63 out of 100	63
Pixel-Heroes.de	Commodore 64	Jan, 2007	6 out of 10	60
X-Power	Xbox 360	Aug 20, 2006	5.5 out of 10	55
Video Game Talk	Xbox 360	Aug 09, 2006		50
HonestGamers	Atari 2600	Jun 21, 2012	3 out of 10	30

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Trivia

Pac-Man's name is derived from the Japanese adverb 'paku' used to describe gaping, biting or snapping mouths. 'Paku' is also an onomatopoeia modelled after the smacking sound of lips. This could explain the sound Pac-Man emits when moving around.

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This entry was contributed by Corn Popper (69587), Trixter