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Pac-Man

1980 · Arcade, Survival · Arcade · Midway Manufacturing

Pac-Man is ranked no. 424 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,722 and 63% of duels won.

World rank

no. 424

ELO score

1,722

Wins

63%

Duels played

124

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About Pac-Man

Pac-Man is a 1980 maze action video game developed and released by Namco for arcades. It is considered one of the classics of the medium, virtually synonymous with video games, and an icon of 1980s popular culture. Players control Pac-Man, who must eat all the dots inside an enclosed maze while avoiding four colored ghosts. Eating large flashing dots called Power Pellets causes the ghosts to temporarily turn blue, allowing Pac-Man to eat them for bonus points.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,722 ELO points over the last 123 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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The games Pac-Man sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 421 A Way Out 1,723
  2. 422 Suikoden 1,723
  3. 423 Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart 1,722
  4. 424 Pac-Man 1,722
  5. 425 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves 1,721
  6. 426 Hearthstone 1,721
  7. 427 Quake 1,720

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