Games

Pac-Man

Namco

1980•Arcade•PEGI 3•About 1 hours

Taste attributes: actionmonster/alien/supernaturalrobots/ai/spacefastfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginarysimplebig & variedemotionally undemandingfighting evilsolving the riddle/not as it seems

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Boxlist takeA larger-than-life, morally murky arcade game: straightforward and fresh. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

79 / 100

267 ratings

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About This Game

Pac-Man is a 1980 maze action video game developed and released by Namco for arcades. It is considered one of the classics of the medium, virtually synonymous with video games, and an icon of 1980s popular culture. Players control Pac-Man, who must eat all the dots inside an enclosed maze while avoiding four colored ghosts. Eating large flashing dots called Power Pellets causes the ghosts to temporarily turn blue, allowing Pac-Man to eat them for bonus points.

Summary: IGDB

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionMonster/alien/supernaturalRobots/ai/spaceFighting evilSolving the riddle/not as it seems

Keywords

GhostsMascotDeathMazeCompilationHidingArtificial intelligencePixel art

Details

Developer: Namco
Publishers: Midway Manufacturing, Namco
Released: 22 May 1980
Series: Pac-Man
Platforms: Arcade
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Time to beat: 1h rushed, 1h normally, 1h complete
Age rating: PEGI 3
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Source: IGDB

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