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129 · PAC-MAN

July 24, 2020 · 50 min

One of the most popular and influential games of the 1980's, Pac-Man stars a little, yellow dot-muncher who works his way around to clear a maze of the various dots and fruit which inhabit the board.

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Pac-Man Championship Edition DX

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Pac-Man TV Show

Pac-Man Fever (song)

Pac-Man Cereal

Show notes

  • Gobble the energizers or get gobbled by ghosts
  • Introductions
    • Pac-Man
  • Overview
    • The objective of the glame is to traverse an enclosed maze to eat all of the dots placed in the maze while avoiding four colored ghosts — Blinky (red), Pinky (pink), Inky (cyan), and Clyde (orange) — that pursue him.
  • Gameplay
    • Do you enjoy Pac-Man? Does it satisfy?
    • Ghost Strategies?
    • Why are there no other games like Pac-Man?
  • Where does Pac-Man go from here
  • Sequels and Spinoffs
    • Ms. Pac-Man
    • Many bad Pac-Man games
    • Pac-World games
      • The 3D attempt
    • Pac-Man Championship Edition DX
  • EGL
    • Essential Arcade Game. One of the few video games everyone should play.
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