Pac-Man (1980)

Namco

Arcade

3.50 from 1658 ratings

3168 members have it in their collection · 23 playing now · 114 backlogged · 59 wish listed

How long? Main story 11h · 100% 1h (from 3 logged playthroughs)

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 … Read more
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. Read less

Details

Developers
Namco
Publishers
Midway Manufacturing, Namco
Genres
Arcade
Themes
Action, Survival
Franchises
Pac-Man
Series
Pac-Man

Release dates

  • May 22, 1980 (Full Release) (Japan) Arcade
  • Oct 1980 (Full Release) (North_America) Arcade

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5 stars
267
4 stars
481
3 stars
739
2 stars
146
1 star
23

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MrTigglez

Status MrTigglez Jul 25, 2023

An iconic arcade game from my childhood that is still super fun and addicting to this day! Pac-Man is a really easy game to just pick up and play but can be tough to Master. It's also spawned a movie and a T.V Show (I think) as well as multiple spin off titles that shake up the franchise and has …

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An iconic arcade game from my childhood that is still super fun and addicting to this day! Pac-Man is a really easy game to just pick up and play but can be tough to Master. It's also spawned a movie and a T.V Show (I think) as well as multiple spin off titles that shake up the franchise and has been released on just about every device that you can play games on.

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GigaDeathNullGolem

Status GigaDeathNullGolem Nov 9, 2018

Need to try this on MAME again. Its been a very long time since I played on of those sitddown table cabinets to play the classic pacman. This week, I have been playing some 5200 and 7800 stuff as well as 800 versions of Berzerk, And like the improvements. I figure pacman is in that camp but like most the …

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Need to try this on MAME again. Its been a very long time since I played on of those sitddown table cabinets to play the classic pacman. This week, I have been playing some 5200 and 7800 stuff as well as 800 versions of Berzerk, And like the improvements. I figure pacman is in that camp but like most the Arcade emulation is the only definitive version! But still never really enjoyed this game. and the 2600 version was always ugly even among 2600 standards

It feels sinful to talk trash about this game. lol.

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