Section 3: Objective
Clear the maze by eating every dot and power pellet. Doing so advances to the next level, which uses the same maze at higher difficulty. Contact with a ghost, unless it is frightened, costs a life.
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Section 3: Objective
Pac-Man
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What is objective in Pac-Man?
Verdict
Clear the maze by eating every dot and power pellet. Doing so advances to the next level, which uses the same maze at higher difficulty.
Why people argue about this
People often assume that you must eat every single dot and power pellet in a level to advance, forgetting that sometimes clearing just enough of them is sufficient to meet the objective, leading to debates over what constitutes "clearing" the maze.
Send this to your friend — argument over.
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Rules sourced from Bandai Namco — Pac-Man (original arcade release, 1980) · Last verified: Aug 2026