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Arcade Game Series: Pac-Man

First appearing in arcades in 1980, the masterpiece PAC-MAN finally comes to modern platforms! Move PAC-MAN up, down, left, and right to eat all the Pac-Dots, while avoiding the ghosts, to advance to the next…

19 April 2016

Arcade Game Series: Pac-Man is an arcade developed by Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe, released 19 April 2016 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Arcade Game Series: Pac-Man is

Arcade Game Series: Pac-Man is an arcade game developed by Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe and released in 2016. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

First appearing in arcades in 1980, the masterpiece PAC-MAN finally comes to modern platforms! Move PAC-MAN up, down, left, and right to eat all the Pac-Dots, while avoiding the ghosts, to advance to the next stage. Eat a Power Pellet to turn the tables on the ghosts and rack up a huge score! With simple rules but deep gameplay, it's easy to see why the adorable PAC-MAN took the world by storm! PAC-MAN was awarded the Guinness World Record in 2005 for being the most successful coin-operated arcade machine in history. This latest port comes with scanline and sound settings, and the option to play with the Round 256 bug - perfect for PAC-MANiacs! Experience the masterpiece that charmed the…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Pac-Man series

Arcade Game Series: Pac-Man is the 197th of 282 entries we hold in the Pac-Man series. The next entry was Arcade Game Series: Ms. Pac-Man in 2016.

See all 282 Pac-Man games in release order →

What it launched against

Arcade Game Series: Pac-Man launched on 19 April 2016, within three weeks of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition, Ratchet & Clank and Don't Starve Together. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition, Ratchet & Clank, Don't Starve Together.

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When did Arcade Game Series: Pac-Man come out?
Arcade Game Series: Pac-Man was released on 19 April 2016 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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