Pac-Man

Pac-Man Game Introduction
Pac-Man is a classic arcade game developed by the Japanese company Namco (now Bandai Namco) and first released in 1980. It was created by designer **Tōru Iwatani** and is a groundbreaking and influential maze-style bean-eating game. Pac-Man is not only a popular arcade game, but also one of the symbols of global culture.

Gameplay
The player controls a yellow round character, Pac-Man, to eat all the dots (beans) in a maze and avoid being caught by the chasing ghosts. The game has the following basic elements:

• Maze: The player moves in a closed maze with scattered dots (beans) distributed in the maze. Eating all the dots is the goal of each level.
• Ghosts: There are four ghosts in the maze (Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde), who will chase Pac-Man and try to catch him. Each ghost behaves differently, which makes them add complexity and challenge to the game.
• Energy beans: There are “energy beans” in the four corners of the maze. Eating them will turn the ghosts blue. At this time, Pac-Man can eat these ghosts and get extra points. The effect of energy beans is temporary.

Goal

• The player needs to eat all the dots (beans) in the maze and try to avoid collisions with ghosts. After completing each level, the player enters the next more challenging level.
• The goal of the game is to survive as long as possible and try to get high scores.
  Behavior patterns of ghosts

The four ghosts in the game do not act randomly, they have their own behavioral strategies:

• Blinky (red): always chases Pac-Man.
• Pinky (pink): tries to predict Pac-Man’s next move.
• Inky (cyan): combines the behavior of Blinky and Pinky, which is more complicated.
• Clyde (orange): The behavior is uncertain, sometimes chasing Pac-Man, sometimes staying away from him.

Game features

• Easy to understand but full of challenges: Pac-Man’s operation is simple, and players only need to use the direction keys to control the movement of the character. However, as the levels progress, the speed and intelligence of the ghosts gradually increase, and the difficulty of the game gradually increases, which greatly increases the challenge.
• Innovative design: Unlike most popular shooting or fighting games at the time, Pac-Man created a new game experience based on escape. The bean-eating process, energy bean mechanism, and different chasing strategies of the ghosts in the game are all very innovative.
• Global cultural influence: Pac-Man is not only a classic in the history of video games, it has also become one of the symbols of global culture. Its influence covers many fields such as television, movies, comics, and merchandise.

Conclusion
Pac-Man is not only a classic arcade game, it represents the development of video games from simple entertainment to more in-depth and strategic directions. To this day, it is still one of the most influential works in the history of video games, and the design of many modern games has been influenced by it.