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• Unlike the previous Pac-Man titles, if Pac-Man eats a Power Pellet then eats another one before the first one wears off, the ghosts' point value does not reset.
• On the later rounds, not all of the ghosts come out of the ghost house at once, so try to eat the pellets at the top half of the maze first before they do.
• Jumping is very important. Pac-Man can jump over at least 3 ghosts in a single jump.
• When a ghost is hot on your tail, a good way to lose him is to turn around and jump over him.
• The US version of the game has a "courage bonus" feature that activates once the player gets past the first Block Town. If you jump over a certain amount of ghosts in a round, you'll get it after the round has been cleared.