Pac-Man is a version of the original arcade game, which Namco released in 1980, and features similar gameplay. The player uses a joystick to navigate the round, yellow titular character, which starts each game at the center of a maze. The goal is to eat wafers scattered throughout the maze by moving Pac-Man over them while avoiding four ghosts. Each time Pac-Man comes into contact with a ghost, he dies, losing a life and reappearing at the center of the maze. When Pac-Man runs out of lives, the game ends. Four of the wafers are larger than the others and temporarily make the character invulnerable to the ghosts. During this time, Pac-Man can eat the ghosts for additional points, after which the ghosts will respawn. Extra points are also awarded when Pac-Man eats special items that occasionally appear. Once the player collects all the wafers in a stage, the level is completed and the player progress to the next level. Differences from the original include a different maze pattern and orientation. In-game items—like the wafers, vitamins, and power pills—differ from their arcade counterparts in name and appearance, but still serve the same functions.

Source.

Platform

Atari

Developer(s)

Atari, Inc

Publishers(s)

Atari, Inc

Genres(s)

Action, Adventure

NA Release Date

October 1, 1980

JP Release Date

May 22, 1980

ESRB Rating

Everyone

CERO Rating

CERO A

MVGL User Score

6.2 by 73 user(s)

MVGL Difficulty

2.0000

Composer(s)

Toshio Kai

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96 User(s)

This game also exists on:
Arcade Atari Atari 8-bit Commodore 64 Apple II Nintendo Gameboy Nintendo 3DS Nintendo 3DS Nintendo Gameboy Advance Sega Game Gear Intellivision MSX Neo Geo Pocket Color Nintendo Wii Nintendo Wii U Nintendo NES Mobile Famicom Disk System PC Xbox 360 PlayStation 4 Xbox One Xbox Series X/S PlayStation 5 Web Sharp X1 Zx Spectrum Sharp X68000 PlayStation 1 Sony PS Vita PlayStation 3 Sony PSP Nintendo Gamecube PlayStation 2 Xbox Nintendo 64 Nintendo Switch Sega Dreamcast

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