Ms. Pac-Man

Ms. Pac-Man is a maze-chase game and follow-up to Pac-Man. The player guides Ms. Pac-Man through a series of maze layouts, eating dots and bonus fruit while avoiding four ghosts. A round ends when all dots are cleared, and a life is lost if any ghost touches Ms. Pac-Man. The game has no conventional ending, instead continuing through increasingly difficult rounds until the player runs out of lives.

Core play centers on navigating corridors efficiently, managing risk around corners, and using the maze’s side tunnels to outmaneuver the pursuing ghosts. Four large Power Pellets are positioned near the corners of each maze. Eating a Power Pellet temporarily turns the ghosts blue, allowing Ms. Pac-Man to eat them for points in a progression of 200, 400, 800, and 1,600. The duration of the effect shortens as stages advance, and later rounds reduce or remove the ghosts’ vulnerability.