Pacman vs Pacman Plus: Difference and Comparison

Originally an arcade game, Pac-man is a trend of the 80s. As you play, you consider yourself the Pac-man and continue eating the dots coming your way.

Key Takeaways

1. Pacman and Pacman Plus are classic arcade games, but Pacman Plus includes additional features and levels not found in the original Pacman game.
2. Pacman Plus introduces new power-ups, enemies, and mazes, while the original Pacman game has a fixed set of power-ups and enemies.
3. Pacman Plus is considered more challenging and unpredictable than the original Pacman game, making it a popular choice among hardcore gamers.

Pacman vs Pacman Plus

Pacman is a maze game developed in 1980. The color of the Pacman maze is blue. It is an easy game. Pacman Plus was developed after two years of the release of Pacman. The movements are faster in Pacman plus. The maze color of Pacman plus is green. The maze becomes invisible when Pacman eats a power pellet. 

Pac-man is an excellent Maze Action game. It was developed by Namco, a Japanese video game publisher, in the year 1980.

Pac-man Plus is the third title in the series of Pac-man. It was released two years later than the original Pac-man. The game has faster movements. Yes, the ghosts are more aggressive and fast in this game.

Comparison Table

Parameters of Comparison	Pacman	Pacman Plus
Colour of the Maze	Blue	Green
Power Pellet Action	All the four Ghosts turn blue and vulnerable.	Only 3 out of 4 ghosts turn blue. Also, the ghosts might get invisible in few instances when a power pellet is eaten.
Vulnerable Ghosts	They turn blue and stays the same size as before.	They turn blue or become invisible. If it is visible, the ghosts tend to be shorter than before.
Visibility of the Maze	Always visible throughout the game.	The maze might go invisible as the power pellet is eaten.
Difficulty range	Moderate	Aggressive

What is Pacman?

Pac-man is an adventurous arcade game developed by a video game publisher in Japan. The company named Namco, who released the game, changed the name of the game to Pac-man.

Midway Manufacturing Inc., a company in North America, took the license to release it in other parts of the world. The audience well-received the game as it is the first of its kind in the gaming industry.

Pac-man was developed when the video game series, more importantly, targeted men. Moreover, it was mostly connecting either war or sports. The developers of the game made it a point that both genders must play Pac-man. The fun fact is the appearance of Pac-man is of a Pizza in which a slice is removed.

The game players are available in the Pac-man were purposely made cute to attract the younger crowd too. Pac-man spread across the world in quick time.

Pac-man inspired many, and two television series were made out of this game too. The game’s objective is to eat all the dots on the way, which has made people go crazy while playing the game.

What is Pacman Plus?

Pac-man Plus is the third in the series of Pac-man developed and released by Midway Gaming Inc. in the year 1982. The producers marketed the game extensively as ‘Exciting and ‘New’.

The people felt that the game was competitive compared to the actual Pac-man. The developers were cautious in making changes to the point systems too.

Arcade Express has rated the game 8 out of 10. It is rated high merely because of the graphical content available for the player while playing the game.

Pac-man Plus did not leave away the legacy created by Pac-man. The game plan remains the same but alters the graphical content invariably.

Main Differences Between Pacman and Pacman Plus

1. The appearance of the ghost in Pac-man is bigger compared to the one in Pac-man Plus. Also, the latter’s ghost has a stem and a leaf sticking to its head.
2. The consumption of power pellets has predictable results in the case of Pac-man, while it is unpredictable in Pac-man Plus.

References

1. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/6815300/
2. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-02315-6_23

Last Updated : 13 July, 2023