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Pac-Man

Arcade

Released

Oct 1980

Exact day not announced

Platforms
  • Arcade
Ratings

Release dates

North America dates
  1. Oct 1980
    • Arcade

About

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.

Trailers

Screenshots

How long to beat

IGDB · 2 players
Rushed
1 h
Normal
1 h
100%
1 h

Reviews

Critics (IGDB)79/1001 review
IGDB players79/100267 ratings

Game info

Released
1980 · see every game from that year
Modes
Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric

Editions, DLC & expansions

Other versions

Studios

Age ratings

  • ESRBENo content descriptors
  • PEGI3No content descriptors
  • CEROANo content descriptors
  • CLASS INDLNo content descriptors

Languages

1 language
English
LanguageAudioSubtitlesInterface
EnglishEnglish (US)––

Themes & tags

43 more tags

Story & names

Also known as

  • PAC-MANStylized title
  • Puck ManJapanese title - romanization

Release dates by region

2 releases in 2 regions

north america

japan

The Pac-Man series

All 95 games
  1. This gamePac-Man1980
  2. Ms. Pac-Man1982
  3. Super Pac-Man1982
  4. Baby Pac-Man1982
  5. Professor Pac-Man1983
  6. Pac & Pal1983
  7. Jr. Pac-Man1983
  8. Pac-Mania1987
  9. Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures1994
  10. Pac-Man Arrangement1996 · Remake
  11. Pac-Man VR1996 · Remake
  12. Pac-Man World1999

Showing 1–12 of 55 main games, in release order.

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Where to find it

Data from IGDB and Steam. Critic scores from OpenCritic. Dates shown for North America, in your local time zone.