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== Characters ==

=== Ms. Pac-Man ===

[[Image:MPM MsPacman.png|right|Ms. Pac-Man]]

While still primarily a giant mouth like her male predacessor, Ms. Pac-Man incorporates a little more style in to her appearance, including lip stick, eye shadow, a red bow, and even a beauty mark. Her one and only goal is to gobble up every dot (and power pellet) in the maze. She must avoid contact with the four ghosts unless they are temporarily afraid of Ms. Pac-Man as a result of eating one of the four power pellet. Ms. Pac-Man moves faster when she's not eating dots than when she is. She is also capable of turning around corners faster than the ghosts, so make as many turns as possible when the ghosts are on her tail.

[[Image:PM Blinky.png|left|Blinky]]

He's dropped the name Shadow in favor of his nickname Blinky, but he's still the most likely of all of the ghosts to be on your tail. When he's not in a random movement phase, He will attempt to traverse the shortest path between him and you, and will usually lead the pack when persuing you.

[[Image:PM Pinky.png|right|Pinky]]

Formally known as Speedy, Pinky retains much of the same joystick reading ability that she has in Pac-Man. Pinky will attempt to move to the position that Ms. Pac-Man will arrive at shortly, in an attempt to head you off at the pass. Her ability is not in effect during the brief random movement phases.

[[Image:PM Inky.png|left|Inky]]

Inky is still the bashful ghost of the group. If Ms. Pac-Man and Inky are about to collide head on, Inky may very well be the one who veers off course first. Don't count on him to do this every time however. He still may have no choice but to collide with you if he ends up on the opposite side of a tunnel from you.

[[Image:PM Clyde.png|right|Sue]]

Poor Clyde has been replaced by a new female ghost by the name of Sue. Even though Sue is depicted as the sassy purple ghost in the cartoon and the Pac-Land video game, orange Sue is pretty much the same as Clyde, doing pretty much whatever she pleases with little regard to the rest of the pack.

[[Image:PM Blue.png|left|Scared ghost]]

[[Image:PM White.png|right|Flashing ghost]]

When Ms. Pac-Man eats one of the four power pellets positioned near the corners of each stage, the ghosts will turn blue for a short period of time. The higher the level, the shorter that time becomes, until the ghosts don't turn blue at all (but they do change direction.)  Eating consecutive ghosts while they're scared can earn you 200, 400, 800, and 1600 points if you nab all four. But watch out when they start flashing because they're about to change back to their former ghostly selves.

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== Scoring ==

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* Bonus fruit

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See Stages below.

 

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!Bonus

|[[Image:PM Cherry.png]]

|[[Image:PM Strawberry.png]]

|[[Image:PM Peach.png]]

|[[Image:MPM Pretzel.png]]

|[[Image:PM Apple.png]]

|[[Image:MPM Pear.png]]

|[[Image:MPM Banana.png]]

|[[Image:MPM Banana.png]]

!Stage

|7-9

|Lt. Blue

|Lt. Blue

|Lt. Blue

Like the intermissions found in Pac-Man, these cut scenes give players a break from the action, as well as providing fans with a glimpse of what the characters lives are like outside of the game. Ms. Pac-Man's intermissions tell the story of how Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man met, fell in love, and had a baby. Ms. Pac-Man's intermissions are also preceded by a sign and a title.

*'''Act I - They Meet''': Pac-Man enters the screen being chased by Inky. Ms. Pac-Man enters from the other side being chased by Pinky. As the two of them are about to collide, they quickly move upwards, causing the two ghosts behind them to collide. They face each other at the top of the screen, and a heart appears above them.

*'''Act II - The Chase''': Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man are seen giving each other a playful chase. One chases the other in one direction, and they take turns alternating who chases who and in what direction. After three turns, they chase each other twice more at a faster speed.

*'''Act III - Junior''': Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man anxiously await the arrival of a stork, who flies overhead with a bundle. As the stork is about to pass over them, he releases the bundle, which drops to the ground in front of Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man, and opens up to reveal a baby Pac. This intermission would later serve as the introductory sequence to [[Jr. Pac-Man]].

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