Pac-Man a Visual History

The Early Years

PAC-MAN hit U.S. shores in October and quickly became a huge hit, selling over 100.000 units its first year.

Ms. PAC-MAN® is born and includes multiple mazes, moving fruit and faster gameplay.

"PAC-MAN FEVER®" grips the US: A top-rated PAC-MAN cartoon is produced by Hanna-Barbera, and Buckner & Garcia's song PAC-MAN FEVER sells over a million copies!

PAC-LAND® was released, the first side scrolling action game in the series.

255 levels The 256th IsUnbeatable

240 dots Each Level

4 power pallets in each stage of the original PAC-MAN

3,333,360 Points

Is the maximum possible score, first achieved by Billy Mitchell after 6 hours of play.

Ghosts

Will usually take the shortest route to you, and tends to follow.

Unpredictable. His random movements can make him dangerous.

Will take a roundabout path to surprise you. Watch out!

Likes to wander off, which makes him less of a threat.

Bonus Items*

Pac-Man's classic dissolving death animation was inspired by the explosion of fireworks.

To honor Pac-Man, Google turned its homepage logo into the first playable Google doodle, inadvertently gobbling up almost five million hours of the world's work time.

PAC-MAN was awarded by Guinness World Records as