How to Get a High Score at Pacman

Last Updated: June 15, 2022

Wanting to score higher or even get a perfect score in Pac-Man? To achieve a perfect score, a player must get 3,333,360 points. Whether you're hoping to score this high or just want to know how to improve your current numbers, this wikiHow will discuss how you can use safe spaces and fruit to get a high score in Pac-Man.

1

Collect Pac-Dots

Try to collect as many Pac-Dots without using the four big ones.

2

Eat fruit and ghosts.

For maximum points, collect the fruit when it pops up, and eat the ghosts when they turn blue.
- Every now and then, the ghosts will change direction and head to a certain corner to circle the corner of the maze. Use this time to grab a fruit if there is one in the middle, or eat as many pellets as possible.

3

Avoid being eaten by ghosts.

Each ghost behaves differently. Red follows Pac-man, Pink and Blue try to travel to where Pac-man seems to be headed and orange takes a random path throughout the maze. This is crucial to obtain very high scores if you know how each ghost acts.
- One way to never get caught by one Ghost is to follow them since they cannot change their direction.
- If you have many ghosts on your tail, try to get to a Blink Dot as quickly as you can.
- If there are ghosts on your tail, go through a section of the maze where there are no pellets because you travel faster when not eating pellets.

4

Maximize your use of space.

Work at one area at a time, then move to the next one.
- Since the maze never changes, try creating a pattern which you will go through to eat the dots. Just keep on repeating the pattern that works best for you.

Community Q&A

Question

How come the ghosts do change direction when the article says they don't?

Community Answer

The ghosts and their abilities may change depending on the level.

Warnings

It's claimed that orange takes a random path through the maze. However, a careful analysis of the game's code reveals that it chases Pac-Man most of the time, but retreats toward the lower-left corner of the maze when it gets too close to Pac-Man.

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This game is highly addictive. Do not play for over an hour straight.

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