Pac - Man Guide 

You simply play as the titular and circular hero as you make your way through mazes, eating dots, fruits, and occasional power-ups that let you eat the ghosts that've been chasing you around. Successfully collecting pills and coin power-ups unlock new power-ups that can be used in new game rounds.Inspired by a bug in the original game, this new version of the arcade classic has our circular hero running around a maze in hopes of eating all the dots while avoiding a glitch in the system that will kill him. As you move upward, you'll also run across fruits that will multiply your score, power-ups that include a laser that destroys any enemies in your line of sight, and the classic power-up that turns the ghosts dark blue and edible  but, unlike in the original game, you don't just have to contend with four ghosts who are constantly running around. There are many more, and some will actually stand still, blocking your path. This also doesn't have a single maze that resets after you've eaten all the dots. Instead, it's an endless maze that constantly adds new passages as you head up and away from the deadly glitch. Eating them in sequence yields more points, but it is not necessary for completing the level. Once all the dots are eaten, the level is cleared, and a new round begins. Unfortunately, other than the game speed increasing and the duration of the energizers decreasing, there is no variation from one stage to the next.

The player navigates Pac-Man through a maze containing various dots, known as Pac-Dots, and four multi-colored ghosts: Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde. The goal of the game is to accumulate points by eating all the Pac-Dots in the maze, completing that 'stage' of the game and starting the next stage and maze of Pac-dots. Between some stages, one of three intermission animations plays. The four ghosts roam the maze, trying to kill Pac-Man. If any of the ghosts hit Pac-Man, he loses a life; when all lives have been lost, the game is over.Near the corners of the maze are four larger, flashing dots known as Power Pellets that provide Pac-Man with the temporary ability to eat the ghosts and earn bonus points. The enemies turn deep blue, reverse direction and usually move more slowly. When an enemy is eaten, its eyes remain and return to the center box where it is regenerated in its normal color. Blue enemies flash white to signal that they are about to become dangerous again and the length of time for which the enemies remain vulnerable varies from one stage to the next, generally becoming shorter as the game progresses. In later stages, the enemies go straight to flashing, bypassing blue, which means that they can only be eaten for a short amount of time, although they still reverse direction when a Power Pellet is eaten; starting at stage 19, the ghosts do not become edible (i.e., they do not change color and still make Pac-Man lose a life on contact), but they still reverse direction. There are also fruits, located directly below the centre box, that appear twice per level; eating it will result in bonus points (100-5,000).

The enemies in Pac-Man are known variously as "monsters" or "ghosts".Despite the seemingly random nature of the enemies, their movements are strictly deterministic, which players have used to their advantage. the red enemy chases Pac-Man, and the pink enemy aims for a position in front of Pac-Man's mouth. The blue enemy is "fickle" and sometimes heads towards Pac-Man, and other times away. Although he claimed that the orange enemy's behavior is random, in actuality it alternates from behaving like the red enemy when at some distance from Pac-Man and aiming towards the lower-left corner of the maze whenever it gets too close to. A perfect Pac-Man game occurs when the player achieves the maximum possible score on the first 255 levels (by eating every possible dot, power pellet, fruit, and enemy) without losing a single life, and using all extra lives to score as many points as possible on Level 256. Earn high scores as you eat fruit and run away from the Ghosts: Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde. Or, gobble a Power Pellet and get the Ghosts before they get you! PAC-MAN is the retro arcade game you know and love, but bigger and better than ever before! Join millions of fans worldwide and compete in Tournaments, experience new Mazes, earn Achievements, and win bragging rights at the top of the Leaderboards.
 

Pac-Man's goal is to eat all 256 dots while avoiding the ghosts. If he succeeds, he'll move on to the next level. The maze always stays the same, but the ghosts get faster each time and the duration of the Power Pellets gets shorter and shorter. Those Power Pellets were the first power-up in video game history. Eat one of the four that appear in each level and the ghosts turn blue for a short time. The more ghosts Pac-Man chomps while the Power Pellet lasts, the greater the score bonus he gets. The ghosts don't stay gone, though; they quickly respawn and resume their hunt for our hero.Pac-Man has always been a challenging game. To do really well, you have to memorize the perfect path for every level. And other than the difficulty, nothing changes from level to level. In the gameplay department, players can set the number of starting lives and the score target for additional lives. You can also choose to start on any level you've reached before, making it so much easier to see higher levels. The Achievements are also quite easy, but they only give a total of 200 Gamerscore. Near the corners of the maze are four larger, flashing dots known as Power Pellets that provide Pac-Man with the temporary ability to eat the ghosts and earn bonus points. The enemies turn deep blue, reverse direction and usually move more slowly. When an enemy is eaten, its eyes remain and return to the center box where it is regenerated in its normal color. Blue enemies flash white to signal that they are about to become dangerous again and the length of time for which the enemies remain vulnerable varies from one stage to the next, generally becoming shorter as the game progresses. In later stages, the enemies go straight to flashing, bypassing blue, which means that they can only be eaten for a short amount of time, although they still reverse direction when a Power Pellet is eaten; starting at stage 19, the ghosts do not become edible (i.e., they do not change color and still make Pac-Man lose a life on contact), but they still reverse direction. There are also fruits, located directly below the centre box, that appear twice per level; eating it will result in bonus points.

Pac-Man has always been a challenging game. To do really well, you have to memorize the perfect path for every level. And other than the difficulty, nothing changes from level to level. In the gameplay department, players can set the number of starting lives and the score target for additional lives. You can also choose to start on any level you've reached before, making it so much easier to see higher levels. The Achievements are also quite easy, but they only give a total of 200 Gamerscore. Near the corners of the maze are four larger, flashing dots known as Power Pellets that provide Pac-Man with the temporary ability to eat the ghosts and earn bonus points. The enemies turn deep blue, reverse direction and usually move more slowly. When an enemy is eaten, its eyes remain and return to the center box where it is regenerated in its normal color. Blue enemies flash white to signal that they are about to become dangerous again and the length of time for which the enemies remain vulnerable varies from one stage to the next, generally becoming shorter as the game progresses.