Pac-Man Player Techniques

Video Transcript

"Hi! Leo Daniels, world champion of video game and pinball player, here for Expert Village. In this segment, we're going to talk about strategy. Strategy applies to all Pac-Man games, not just for Pac-Man. After learning the patterns that I've taught you, you can make them your own by deviating slightly from the pattern when eating the energy dots to maximize your scoring. By sticking strictly to the pattern, you will only eat 1 or 2 ghost. Sometimes 3 or 4, but not always. You will stay alive to see another maze. Unless you're going for a record or going for a perfect game, the patterns I've shown you will work to your advantage and keep you alive. When you deviate from the patterns, the only times you want to do that is after you've eaten both of your fruit icons or whatever it gives you for the extra bonus. Once you've done that and you're eating the energized dots and you're going for the blue ghosts that gives you the points, that's the only time you ever want to really deviate from the patterns. That should maximize your points."