Pacman Blog
Strategy, ghost behaviour, arcade history and mode-by-mode tips.
Everything here is written to make your next run last longer: how the four ghosts actually choose their targets, how to plan a sweep that never strands pellets, and how each mode on this site changes the maths. New to the maze? Start with the rules hub or the glossary, then put it to work in Pacman Classic or the daily challenge.
Pac-Man Strategy
Patterns and the Kill Screen: Why Pac-Man Is a Memory Game
The best players of the early eighties were not the fastest. They had the best memory - because a deterministic game can be beaten by a script.
Pac-Man Strategy
The Four Ghosts Run Four Different Algorithms
They look identical apart from colour. They are not - and the feeling of being surrounded rather than chased comes entirely from four routines interacting.