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Nov. 11th, 2006 at 12:47 AM

Poll #865130 Did you know...?

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In Pac-Man, you move slower than the ghosts when eating dots, and faster than them when running in a cleared area. Did you know that?

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Yes

25(53.2%)

22(46.8%)

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forgotten_aria

Nov. 11th, 2006 06:21 am (UTC)

I answered "I knew that" because I think if you'd given me a true false question I would have got it right, but I don't think it was something that I could have told you if you had asked me to write an essay on Pac-Man

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zkzkz

Nov. 11th, 2006 01:14 pm (UTC)

I said "Yes" then changed my answer because I realize I had misread your statement. I thought what controlled the speed was whether you were on a power pill or not.

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rifmeister

Nov. 11th, 2006 02:07 pm (UTC)

In at least some variants of the game (I'm fairly sure the original arcade game had this property), the relative speed of Pac-Man and the ghosts is level dependent. I don't think your statement is universally correct.

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rjpb

Nov. 11th, 2006 05:11 pm (UTC)

Right, I think the actual speeds depend on the level, but that Pac-Man moves relatively faster when moving through clear space than when chomping. He also moves a bit faster around corners, which can be useful. Although, I doubt I have played Pac-Man in the past two decades, so I might be misremembering.

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