Pac-Man

Namco's Pac-Man, the 1980 arcade classic, was ported to the Famicom in 1984 and published in Japan by Namco. Players guide the yellow, disc-shaped Pac-Man through a maze, eating every pellet to clear each stage while evading four ghosts — Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde — each with a distinct color and unique AI behavior. Eating a Power Pellet at one of the maze's four corners temporarily turns the ghosts blue, allowing Pac-Man to devour them for bonus points; fruit items appear periodically for additional score. With simple rules and a relentlessly tense pace, Pac-Man remains one of the foundational works of video game culture worldwide.