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Pac-Man
| Title | Pac-Man |
|---|---|
| First release | 1980 |
| Developer | Namco |
| Publishers | Midway Games, Namco |
| Platforms | Amiga, Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Commodore VIC-20, DOS, Famicom Disk System, Game Boy Color, Game Gear, Intellivision, MSX, NES / Famicom, PC (Windows), SNES / Super Famicom, ZX Spectrum |
| Genre | maze video game |
| Also known as | Puck-Man · パックマン · Pakku Man |
| Players | 1–2 players |
| Co-op | No |
| ESRB rating | E Everyone |
| Releases | Arcade: 1980-05-22 (NTSC-J), 1980-10-10 (NTSC-U) MSX: 1980-05-22 Atari 8-bit: 1982-01-01 Atari 5200: 1982-05-01 Commodore 64: 1983-01-01 DOS: 1983-01-01 (Other) Intellivision: 1983-01-01 Commodore VIC-20: 1983-12-01 |
| Wikidata ID | Q173626 |
The maze environment requires players to navigate a yellow character through various dots and fruit to clear the board. Avoiding four distinct ghosts—Bashful, Shadow, Speedy, and Pokey—is essential, as contact with any of them results in a loss of life. Success depends on maneuvering through the corridors while dodging these color-coded enemies.
Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0 Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from REG-Vault and TheGamesDB and Arcade Database (ADB). Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.Sources
TheGamesDB
(1440,93874,108651,126693)
· last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
Arcade Database ADB
| MAME romset | puckman |
|---|---|
| Title at ADB | Puck Man (Japan, set 1) |
| Manufacturer | Namco |
| Year | 1980 |
| Genre | Maze / Collect |
| Players | 2 |
| MAME driver status | GOOD |
Artwork: ADB (Arcade Database); artwork © original manufacturer (Namco); snaps by ProgettoSnaps via ADB. Non-free, internal use only (hotlinked, not downloaded).
Scraping using Arcade Database by motoschifo ·
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 ·
romset via Wikidata P2451 (wikidata-qid) ·
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Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork
(21): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Midway Games · internal use only.
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Box art
(1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, NTSC-U release) · © Midway Games · internal use only.
TheGamesDB page
Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork
(6): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Midway Games · internal use only.
TheGamesDB page
Screenshots
(2): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Midway Games · internal use only.
Image: Bandai Namco Entertainment America,
CC BY 3.0,
via Wikimedia Commons (“Pac-Man gameplay (1x pixel-perfect recreation).png”)
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Videos
Arcade Longplay [1000] Pac-Man (World)
NES Longplay [015] Pac Man
