Play Pac-Man Online

I remember getting Pac-Man for my Game Boy around 1990. It was a Namco release, and at the time, having a recognizable arcade game you could play anywhere felt like a small miracle. The screen was small and green, but it captured the maze-chase feeling perfectly for a handheld. It wasn't about flashy graphics; it was about having that classic game with you on car trips or at school.

You control Pac-Man, guiding him through a series of single-screen mazes to eat all the dots while avoiding four colored ghosts. The main goal is to clear each stage, but the real strategy comes from the power pellets. Eating one lets you temporarily turn the tables and hunt the ghosts for extra points. The mazes are tight, and the ghosts each have their own slightly different behaviors, which makes their movements unpredictable. The pacing starts deceptively simple but quickly becomes frantic as the ghosts speed up. It feels tense and satisfying, especially when you narrowly slip past a trap you saw coming.