Dot Man

The player navigates Dot Man through a maze containing various dots, and four multi-colored ghosts: Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde. The goal of the game is to accumulate points by eating all the dots in the maze, completing that 'level' of the game and starting the next level and maze of dots. The four ghosts roam the maze, trying to kill Dot Man. If any of the ghosts hit Dot Man, he loses a life; when all lives have been lost, the game is over. Near the corners of the maze are four larger, flashing dots known as Power Pellets that provide Dot Man with the temporary ability to eat the ghosts and earn bonus points. The enemies turn deep blue, reverse direction and usually move more slowly. When an enemy is eaten, its return to the center box where the ghost is regenerated in its normal color. Blue enemies flash white to signal that they are about to become dangerous again and the length of time for which the enemies remain vulnerable varies from one level to the next, generally becoming shorter as the game progresses. There are also fruits, located directly below the center box, that appear twice per level; eating one of them results in bonus points (100-5,000).