After reading a few strategy tips I’ve now got to just over 13,000 points, including getting the bonus life! Learned a new trick that in all these years I’d never suspected and that was there is a “safe” area you can stand in that the ghosts won’t go to! Turning this into a 50k score still seems a long way off.
Pac-Man was originally called Puck-Man in the US, or Fuck-Man as the vandals changed it to. This was one of the first games I played as a kid, Space Invaders probably being the first that I can remember. It is brilliantly addictive, the simplicity of the gameplay and the iconic sound effects make you want to keep playing to beat your best score.
I’ve just had my first game for a while in MAME and scored a miserable 5060pts, not even clearing the first board. The completion challenge I’ve set is 50,000 so I’ve got a long way to go.