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This project implements the arcade game popular in the 1980s on personal computers such as the Sinclair Spectrum and the Commodore Pet (Ah, I remember them well!) In this game, you take the role of Pacman, a small yellow circle that munches its way round a maze, eating small blue dots (which I call "pills") and gaining points by doing so. Unfortunately, Pacman is continually being chased by three ghosts, which will kill him if they catch him!
The idea of the game is simple - move Pacman around the maze eating as many of the pills as you can without getting caught by the ghosties! If you clear all the pills in the maze, then you win the game. If Pacman is caught before that happens, you lose. It's that simple.
Although this project doesn't implement all the features in the original Pacman arcade game (there are no "power pills" which let you eat the ghosts, for instance), there is still enough to be getting on with, and there is no reason why you can't extend the game to include as many features as you like!
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When you have created the project, feel free to put it on the Internet for all to see - there aren't any problems with copyright, of course. You may well find that it runs more quickly and smoothly if you run it from a hard disc rather than the Internet itself.
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