Pac-Man

Game Boy Advance 1980

3.8 / 10

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Rating Breakdown

Gameplay 18% weight

6/10

Depth 12% weight

1/10

Challenge 15% weight

6/10

Graphics 8% weight

3/10

Music 8% weight

2/10

Story 11% weight

2/10

Multiplayer 8% weight

—/10

Impact 9% weight

9/10

Nostalgia 11% weight

9/10

            Score history
            
                3.91 → 3.84

2026-05-22 3.84

2026-05-05 3.99

2026-05-03 3.91 Initial rating

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About

Pac-Man, originally titled Puck Man in Japan, is a 1980 maze video game developed and published by Namco for arcades. It was released in Japan on May 22, 1980 and by Midway Manufacturing in North America in August 1980. The player controls 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 and vulnerable, allowing Pac-Man to eat the ghosts for bonus points.

Source: Wikipedia

Highlighted Credits

Tōru Iwatani ↗ Designer
Namco ↗ developer
Midway Games ↗ publisher

Reviewed January 1, 1980 · Last updated May 22, 2026