Pac-Man was a widespread critical and commercial success, leading to several sequels, merchandise, and two television series, as well as a hit single by Buckner & Garcia. The original Japanese title of Puck Man was derived from the Japanese phrase 'Paku paku taberu' which refers to gobbling something up the title was changed to Pac-Man for the North American release. The in-game characters were made to be cute and colorful to appeal to younger players. Although the inspiration for the Pac-Man character was the image of a pizza with a slice removed, Iwatani has said he also rounded out the Japanese character for mouth, kuchi ( Japanese: 口). Iwatani wanted to create a game that could appeal to women as well as men, because most video games of the time had themes of war or sports. Game development began in early 1979, directed by Toru Iwatani with a nine-man team. Eating large flashing dots called 'Power Pellets' causes the ghosts to temporarily turn blue, allowing Pac-Man to eat them for bonus points. The player controls Pac-Man, who must eat all the dots inside an enclosed maze while avoiding four colored ghosts. In North America, the game was released by Midway Manufacturing as part of its licensing agreement with Namco America. Pac-Man, originally called Puck Man in Japan, is a 1980 maze action video game developed and released by Namco for arcades. You can help this wiki by repairing or expanding it.Single-player, multiplayer (alternating turns) The game normally starts at Level 1, however due to an overflow bug, Level 256 is treated as Level 0, causing a bug in the first fruit drawing algorithm to create the infamous Split Screen Glitch.Pac-Man, levels 7 and up will just draw all 7 fruit in those games. In levels 19 and up, the only fruits being drawn at this point are the 7 keys.In levels 8-18 in the orginal Pac-Man, the first fruit drawn is offset by the level counter, pushing out older fruits as the game progresses and new fruits are drawn.In levels 0-7, the fruits are drawn starting from the cherry to the fruit that matches the current level.The way fruits are drawn in the original Pac-Man is through three seperate algorithmns.This section lists the Fruits seen in notable Pac-Man games, as well as their numbered point values. If a fruit (or powerup) is exposed, Miru can take the fruit and carry it to the Ghost House, helping with progression, but not awarding any points. In Pac & Pal the fruits behave the same as in Super Pac-Man, but they are scattered in their own boxes and the gates need to be opened through cards.However, they are in locked gates that need to be opened through Keys. In Super Pac-Man the fruits act like the standard Pac-Dots in prior entries as they are scattered across the maze and all of them need to be eaten to progress to the next round.The dots required to spawn the three toys and what happens if there are no Power Pellets to blow up are unknown. If the targetted Pellet is eaten before the fruit reaches it, it targets another Power Pellet on the fly. When the fruit reaches the Power Pellet, it self destructs and destroys them both. The bonus items no longer bounce in a hardcoded pattern and target a specific Power Pellet instead. Pac-Man but they can appear up to 3 times in each level and as one runs over Pac-Dots, it changes them into larger dots that slow Jr. Pac-Man, the fruits are now toys and bounce around like they do in Ms. They emerge from one of the side tunnels and bounce along a hardcoded path towards the Ghost House where after doing 1 lap around it clockwise, the fruit chooses another hardcoded path and follows it to one of the side tunnels to leave the maze if not eaten. Pac-Man, the fruit appears after 64 dots are eaten and again after 176 dots are eaten unless the first fruit is still there. (Except for Apples and Galaxians) When it is eaten, Ghosts become vulnerable as if a Power Pellet was eaten, but are completely invisible until the effect wears off.

In Pac-Man Plus, the fruit behaves the same as the original game, but they are all different items.They will disappear if they are not eaten after 9-10 seconds.

The fruit appears after 70 dots are eaten and again after 170 dots are eaten unless the first fruit is still there.

In the original Pac-Man, the fruits are located below the Ghost House and won't move at all.

The fruits feature different mechanics in certain games, but across all of them, they can appear twice in every round. While collectively referred to as 'fruits', they can also include general foods, drinks, and sometimes objects (namely Bells and Keys). They are generally featured as bonuses for the player to collect, awarding a set amount of points when eaten. Fruits appear in nearly every game in the Pac-Man series.

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