You’ve dodged them for decades, but what are the Pac-Man bad guys actually supposed to be? Known as Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde, these colorful chasers have more lore than you might think. From ...

In Ms. Pac-Man, the orange ghost was replaced by Sue, who had similar behavior to Clyde but was later differentiated by being purple. Jr. Pac-Man introduced Tim, another orange ghost with behavior ...

In 1982, another circle rolled onto the scene and upped the ghost-chasing ante—and, as Ms. Pac-Man herself sang out during 1982 TV commercials, she was “more than Pac-Man with a bow.” ...

The ghosts now ran from you ... but they were merely the foundation of what makes Ms. Pac-Man iconic. Henry Gilbert is a former GamesRadar+ Editor, having spent seven years at the site helping ...

fruits were omitted and the speed of Ms Pac-Man and the ghosts were identical. Entrants to the competition weren't allowed to use screen captures to navigate. They were required to directly ...

Ms. Pac-Man proves that women can eat ghosts just as well as men can. Most of the achievements are easy to earn because of the game's built-in level skip, which lets you start a game at any level ...

The Ms Pac-Man vs Ghost Team Competition serves to redress the balance by putting AI controllers in charge of video game characters in an effort to see which plays the game best. Competitors could ...

as well as the ghosts Pinky, Inky, and what appears to be Clyde. Blinky doesn’t appear. Also, Clyde is yellow, rather than orange. Pac-Man and, presumably, Ms. Pac-Man are dressed as Dear Daniel ...

with street grids becoming mazes that Ms. Pac-Man can explore as she chomps pellets and avoids ghosts. Eating a Power pellet turns them blue, just like at the pizza parlor where you played “Ms ...

Ms. Pac Person is a clone of Pac Man (or Ms. Pac Man to be more specific ... collect all the pills while staying away from the four ghosts that chases her. By eating special power pill things ...

Perhaps that map’s greatest advantage over the first game’s is that it’s only the first of four. Unlike the single map that more than satisfied Pac-Man players, Ms. Pac-Man kept upping the ...