| There is one online game that is known and loved | | | | off his pink self. The final scene is with Blinky, |
| worldwide, and that is Pacman. Pacman was | | | | who has his outfit sewn back together, chasing |
| created in the 1980s, and it continues to be a | | | | Pacman across the board. Blinky comes back |
| perennial favorite among gamers. When you are | | | | running in the opposite direction, with his outfit |
| looking for free online games or flash games, you | | | | completely loosed and dragging behind him. |
| will do well to choose Pacman. | | | | Gamers who are proficient at playing Pacman |
| To play Pacman, the idea is to use the arrow | | | | have discovered a few strategies that help them |
| keys on your computer keyboard to move | | | | earn high points. One suggestion is to practice |
| Pacman through the maze and eat all the white | | | | getting Pacman smoothly around the corners. You |
| dots. The game becomes complicated because | | | | will want to start cornering before Pacman |
| Pacman must avoid the four ghosts, named | | | | actually gets to the corner. It is subtle, but does |
| Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde, who can kill him. | | | | result in quicker cornering. |
| Pacman can, however, eat a power pill, which | | | | Because the ghosts are Pacman's opponents in |
| allows him to eat the ghosts, and he can earn | | | | this game, you will want some strategies for |
| extra points by eating fruit which appears in the | | | | dealing with them. Blinky the ghost is very fast, |
| maze on occasion. Eating the power pills does | | | | especially with directional changes. His domain is |
| have an interesting affect on the ghosts. They | | | | the top right of the gameboard maze. It can help |
| change color to deep blue and change direction, | | | | if you retreat quickly from Blinky and not in a |
| moving slowly. The game ends when all the lives | | | | straight line. Pinky runs quickly in the top left |
| have been lost. It is possible to play all 256 levels | | | | quadrant of the maze after Pacman, while Clyde |
| for maximum points yet not lose a life, but it is | | | | is slower, and can be eluded by taking evasive |
| not quick nor is it easy to do. | | | | action in the bottom left side of the maze. Inky is |
| As long as Pacman still has a life left, you will be | | | | even slower than Clyde, but can shift personality |
| given a board to play. There are several scenes | | | | in an instant in the bottom right portion of the |
| that happen in between board changes that are | | | | game maze. The middle of the maze is the |
| quite funny. For one, Blinky chases Pacman off | | | | safest for Pacman, because of the larger number |
| the board only to have Blinky return, being chased | | | | of escape routes, while the bottom row and the |
| by a huge Pacman. Another features Blinky | | | | corners are the most dangerous. |
| chasing Pacman across the screen, only to have | | | | Trying out these tips will improve your Pacman |
| his outfit hem get caught and rip, which shows | | | | play and enjoyment of this classic game. |