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Playing as a small yellow circle (with a triangle cut out
for the mouth) you travel through a maze eating up
little yellow dots for points, while avoiding the ghosts to
stay alive.
Eat the large yellow dots
to gain point and make the
ghosts turn blue, which will makes them edible for a short period of time.
Simple art is used with bright colours to catch the eye.
Rated E for everyone
This game is a family friendly game. There is no violence or bad themes. I would rate it E for everyone.
It is simple, yet addicting.
I would recommend this video game to anyone. It is tons of fun and never gets old. A true classic.
If I was a parent, I would
let my children play this game,
but only for a certain amount of time.
The ghosts were all given individual names
The game was mainly
developed by Toru Iwatani
In Japan it was first called paku paku taberu
Paku paku represented
the sound of widely opening and closing your mouth.
In the States, Pac-Man was
originally called Puck Man, but
that was changed to avoid vandalism
of the name.
"Yet games are like good wine or Scotch: They need plenty of time to develop flavor."
"Give others more fun and more kindness than they expect... it's Pac-Man's message."
"The story I like to tell about the origin of Pac Man is that one lunchtime I was quite hungry and I ordered a whole pizza. I helped myself to a wedge and what was left was the idea for the Pac Man shape."
Photographs from...
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20100610jk.html
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Eat the cherries and strawberries to gain extra points