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History of Pacman:
Pac Man is a maze game. The player maneuvers Pac Man, a yellow circle
with a mouth, to navigate a maze while eating pills and prizes. A level, or
board, is finished when all pills are eaten. There are four power-up items near
the corners of the maze, known as "energizers" or "power
pellets" which provide Pac Man with the temporary ability to eat the ghosts.
The ghosts turn a deep blue and reverse direction immediately when Pac Man eats
an energizer, and they move more slowly while they are vulnerable. The ghosts
are worth 200, 400, 800, and 1600 points, in sequence (the values starting over
again at 200 each time another Power Pellet is eaten), so it is advantageous to
the player to try to eat all four ghosts each time. If a ghost is eaten, his
eyes return to the monster pen where he will be restored to normal. The ghosts
flash white five times before they revert to being dangerous. The amount of time
the ghosts remain vulnerable after a Power Pellet is eaten varies from one board
to the next, but the time period generally becomes shorter as the game
progresses, and after many boards have been completed the ghosts will actually
not turn blue at all when the energizers are eaten (but they will still reverse
direction). Four Ghosts (Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde) also wander the maze in
an attempt to catch Pac Man. Each level begins with three ghosts in their "ghost
pen" and one monster above it, and Pac Man near the bottom of the maze. The
ghosts are released from the pen periodically as Pac Man eats dots.
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