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Game » consists of 2 releases. Released October 1981
In Old School, Poindexter the nerd takes revenge on bullies by lobbing chalkboard erasers at them.
A downloadable title designed by Pac-Man creator Toru Iwatani that aims to recreate the experience of the original arcade mega-hit while adding faster-paced gameplay and an updated audiovisual presentation.
An installment in the QIX franchise, featuring an Adventure mode.
Undress women and discover just how moe cows can be in this bizarre Amidar-style puzzle game from Namco.
Slide around a grid to form boxes while avoiding a variety of enemies in this maze game by Discovery Software.
An Amidar style action game.
Drive through five cities painting the road and dodging police cars along the way in this early Jaleco Arcade platformer.
An MSX game that is heavily inspired by Pac-Man. The game was released as 'Oh No!' in certain regions.
A Pac-Man style game made by Nintendo for the Famicom and NES. It is the only NES-era game by Shigeru Miyamoto never to have been released in the US.
The preppie is back, and this time he's coloring in a maze.
A Pac-Man game where you uncover cards to unlock doors to get the fruit and other items locked away. But watch out! Your "pal" will steal your hard earned items if you let her!
A trackball arcade game where you, as the fantasy bear Bentley, must navigate the land of Crystal Castles while collecting gemstones and avoiding the forces of the evil witch Berthilda.
Half video game, half pinball game! In order to earn Power Pellets and other goodies in the "video" part of the game, itself based on the original Pac-Man, Baby must earn them in the integrated pinball table.
Trace the lines of the maze while avoiding enemies in this Kid Grid game.
Zip up all four mazes in this arcade-first release from Exidy.
A copy of Pac-Man, but with various improvements. This game is primarily known for the Atari lawsuit against it which set an important precedent for copyright and lawsuits in videogames.
Carve up the inside of the playfield while dodging the titular Qix in this 1981 arcade game by Taito's American division.
One of the most popular arcade games of all time, Pac-Man was released in arcades in 1980 and became a pop culture icon for the decade.
Gotcha is considered the first maze-based game and served as a precursor to games like Pac Man. Released by Atari in 1973, the game is the fourth title shipped by the company. It's decidedly breast-shaped controllers lead to a fair deal of controversy at the time.
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