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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The Press Says

TalkXbox	Aug 09, 2006	80 out of 100	80
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Aug 09, 2006	8 out of 10	80
GotNext	Sep 05, 2006		70
TeamXbox	Aug 18, 2006	6.9 out of 10	69
IGN	Aug 09, 2006	6.5 out of 10	65
XBox Evolved	Aug 12, 2006	5.7 out of 10	57
X-Power	Aug 20, 2006	5.5 out of 10	55
Video Game Talk	Aug 09, 2006		50
Games Radar	Aug 09, 2006	5 out of 10	50
Game Shark	Aug 16, 2006	D+	33

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Trivia

When Pac-Man was released for the Atari 2600, over a million units were sold.But because of Hardware limitations, it did not look like the arcade one. The ghost were the same color, you had to eat square blocks instead of dots, and the whole image just didn't stand up. Although this helped gained Atari some bucks, it tarnished its reputation, which would follow them for years to come.

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