Pac-Man Championship Edition

Pac-Man Championship Edition (NES/Famicom) is a demake port of the 2007 arcade classic, featuring improved 8-bit pixel art graphics, enhanced Namco N163 sound, and new features added by M2 after it started as a homebrew by coke774. Gameplay involves navigating Pac-Man through maze halves where eating all dots on one side reveals a bonus item on the other; eat power pellets to turn ghosts blue and eat them for points, collect extra power pellets, and avoid the four pursuing ghosts. The Championship Mode is a 5-minute time-limit mode with Pac-Man speed increasing on score and extra lives after 20,000 points; Challenge Mode 1 has alternating power pellet mazes with 10-minute limit, while Challenge Mode 2 covers the maze in darkness with illuminated Pac-Man, ghosts, and power pellets plus a slow start. Extra Mode 3 uses alternate mazes for shorter play. Characters include Pac-Man and the four standard ghosts; it stands out for its faster-paced, skillful pathfinding in a compact 8-bit form with modern enhancements.