If Pac-Man is caught by a ghost, he will lose a life the game ends when all lives are lost. In between levels are short cutscenes featuring Pac-Man and Blinky in humorous, comical situations. Levels are indicated by fruit icons at the bottom of the screen. When Pac-Man eats all of the dots, the player advances to the next level. The objective of the game is 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 Pac-Man. Pac-Man is an action maze chase video game the player controls the eponymous character through an enclosed maze. To the bottom left is the player's life count, and to the bottom right the level icon (represented in this case by a cherry). The four ghosts are in the center of the screen with Pac-Man situated underneath them. The game remains one of the highest-grossing and best-selling games, generating more than $14 billion in revenue (as of 2016 ) and 43 million units in sales combined, and has an enduring commercial and cultural legacy, commonly listed as one of the greatest video games of all time. The character of Pac-Man has become the official mascot of Bandai Namco Entertainment. Pac-Man was a widespread critical and commercial success, leading to several sequels, merchandise, and two television series, as well as a hit single by Buckner & Garcia. The original Japanese title of Puck Man was derived from the Japanese phrase "Paku paku taberu" which refers to gobbling something up the title was changed for the North American release to mitigate vandalism. The in-game characters were made to be cute and colorful to appeal to younger players. Although the inspiration for the Pac-Man character was the image of a pizza with a slice removed, Iwatani has said he also rounded out the Japanese character for mouth, kuchi ( Japanese: 口). Iwatani wanted to create a game that could appeal to women as well as men, because most video games of the time had themes of war or sports. Game development began in early 1979, directed by Toru Iwatani with a nine-man team. Eating large flashing dots called "Power Pellets" causes the ghosts to temporarily turn blue, allowing Pac-Man to eat them for bonus points. The player controls Pac-Man, who must eat all the dots inside an enclosed maze while avoiding four colored ghosts. In North America, the game was released by Midway Manufacturing as part of its licensing agreement with Namco America. Pac-Man, originally called Puck Man in Japan, is a 1980 maze action video game developed and released by Namco for arcades. It has 3 cutscenes in total.Single-player, multiplayer (alternating turns) Pac-Man was one of the first games to have cutscenes. There is a Namco Museum Remix for the Wii. The game was also part of Namco Museum games. Hanna-Barbera made a animated TV show airing on ABC in the early 1980s. There were many sequels and remakes based on the game. The game was renamed to Pac-Man in the United States so that nobody could change the "P" to "F". Pac-man gets an extra life once the player gets 10,000 points. The player begins the game with 3 lives, and lose one each time Pac-man collides with a ghost. Even though the game has 256 stages, the last level can not be finished due to a problem with the creation of the game. Beginning at stage 19, the ghosts do not turn blue at all when a power pellet is eaten. The time that the ghosts are blue generally decreases from one stage to the next. When Pac-Man eats a big pellet, the ghosts turn blue for a short period of time and can be eaten. For extra points, fruits that appear can also be eaten. The goal is to eat every yellow pellet ( circles) while not getting caught by the ghosts/ monsters. The ghosts are Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde. In Pac-Man, the player makes a Pac-Man, a yellow disc, move around a maze. It was released in 1980, and became very popular in the history of games. Pac-Man is an arcade video game that was made by Namco and designed by Toru Iwatani.
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