Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Ms. Pac-Man

Title	Ms. Pac-Man
First release	1982
Developer	Midway Games
Publisher	Midway Games
Platforms	Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, Commodore 64, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Mega Drive / Genesis, NES / Famicom, PC (Windows), SNES / Super Famicom, ZX Spectrum
Genre	maze video game
Also known as	Miss Pacman
Players	1–2 players
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	E Everyone
Releases	Arcade: 1982-01-13 (NTSC-U) Atari 2600: 1983-02-17 (NTSC-U) Atari 5200: 1983-05-04 DOS: 1984-01-01 (Other) ZX Spectrum: 1984-01-02 (PAL) Commodore 64: 1984-04-01 Atari 7800: 1987-07-07
Wikidata ID	Q2141683

Consume dots and moving fruit within mazes to clear levels while evading Blinky, Inky, Pinky, and Sue. Consuming power pellets turns the four ghosts blue, allowing Ms. Pac-Man to eat them for bonus points. Players use warp tunnels to traverse the screen quickly and must avoid contact with any ghost to prevent losing lives.

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Sources

Wikidata (Q2141683) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

REG-Vault (atari2600/ms-pac-man) · last updated 2026-10-30 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (15079) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

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Arcade Database (ADB) (mspacman) · last updated 2026-10-04 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · internal use only

Arcade Database ADB

MAME romset	`mspacman`
Title at ADB	Ms. Pac-Man
Manufacturer	Midway / General Computer Corporation
Year	1981
Genre	Maze / Collect
Players	2
MAME driver status	GOOD

Artwork: ADB (Arcade Database); artwork © original manufacturer (Midway / General Computer Corporation); 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) · fetched 2026-10-04 17:01 UTC · no fields filled (other sources take precedence)

Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Midway Games · internal use only

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Image credits

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (7): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Midway Games · internal use only. REG-Vault page

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 (1): 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 (“Ms. Pac-Man gameplay Screenshot.png”)

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Videos

Arcade Longplay [1045] Ms. Pac-Man (US)

World-of-Longplays · Arcade version · longplay · 20:32auto-matched
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Arcade Game: Ms. Pac-Man (1981 Midway)

Old Classic Retro Gaming · Arcade version · longplay · 31:15auto-matched
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