Pac-Man as a game is relatively simple and easy to jump into, with no lore or any prerequisites to start, beyond a simple quarter. All players know is the maze, to eat the pellets and ghosts ...

Man, not Space Invaders or Donkey Kong, reigns as the highest-grossing arcade game, generating over $3.5 billion in revenue ...

Defeat comes when a ghost catches Pac-Man or when he meets another end ... players are competing against a broad field of foes with all the randomness and chaos that’s part of the genre ...

In the original Pac-Man (released in October 1980 as an arcade game in Japan), the ghosts, also known as the "Ghost Gang," each had unique AI traits that contributed to the game's enduring appeal.

Pac-Man, the bright yellow ... comes from turning the tables by munching a power pellet, and sending the ghosts fleeing in all directions as they suddenly become edible themselves.