The walkthrough will give you all the relevant information regarding all the achievements and tactics for the various game modes in Pac-Man Championship Edition. With the walkthrough's guidance, a bit of practise and a little luck, you should hopefully be able to obtain all 12 achievements.
There is an achievement for clearing each of the game modes. There are two basic tactics that will allow you to do this. You can either rack up points to earn more lives, or try to avoid scoring points to keep the game slow. As more points are earned, the gameplay speeds up, making it increasingly difficult to avoid losing lives. Experienced Pac-Man players will enjoy this addition of gameplay and should be able to cope. Inexperienced players may find it a little overwhelming, as planning your routes ahead is essential. With little time to react in some cases, the added gameplay can be very difficult.
Clearing all stages will not earn you all achievements. There are also achievements for collecting a certain amount of points, eating specific bonus items, and eating 8 successive ghosts. The walkthrough will give information on which game modes you should use for each of these achievements.
Good luck, and enjoy!
How to Play
- Move Pac-Man around the board, and eat all Pac-Dots and items within the maze.
- Pac-Man loses a life when contact is made with a ghost.
- Once all lives have been lost, or time is up, it is game over.
- Extra lives are awarded for every 20,000 points earned.
- Eat all Pac-Dots on either side of the maze to reveal a bonus item.
- Eat the bonus item to reveal a new maze of Pac-Dots.
- Eat a Power Pellet to turn ghosts blue, allowing them to be eaten.
Hints & Tips
- Press the D-pad in the direction you want to turn before you reach the corner to make Pac-Man turn the corner faster than usual.
- Game speed increases with higher scores, and decreases with lives lost.
- Points earned by eating the bonus items increases with each successive (new) bonus item.
- Eat successive Pac-Dots without losing a life to increase your score.
- Eat successive blue ghosts to earn high scores. The eighth ghost and any ghosts eaten after that are worth 3200 points.
This walkthrough will take you through each of the different game types in the order that they appear in-game. Note that this may not be the order you wish to play the game, as the difficulty for each mode varies depending on your ability and understanding.
Unlike Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man, you cannot edit the settings to give you more lives. In each of the different game-types, you have a set amount of lives and a set amount of time to play the game. An extra life is awarded every 20,000 points, so aim to score high. For tips on scoring, please see the Hints & Tips page, but essentially, you will want to collect as many bonus items as you can and eat as many ghosts as you can.
Championship Mode
The very easiest achievement in the game is "Sparkster". This is obtained by moving along a wall for one second or whilst trying to turn towards it.
The second easiest achievement that can be obtained on this level is "8 Ghosts". To eat ghosts, eat a Power Pellet and then chase after the blue ghosts. Eat another Power Pellet to extend your power. Aim to eat a Power Pellet, 4 ghosts, another Power Pellet, and then another 4 ghosts. This becomes easier once there are more than two Power Pellets on the board at one time. Each successive ghost eaten is worth an extra 400 points. Therefore, the second ghost is worth 800 points, the fourth is 1600 points, and the eighth is 3200 points.
Each time you clear a single side of the board of pellets, a bonus item appears on the other side of the board. Collect this bonus item to respawn pellets on the side you cleared. The "Key" achievement unlocks once you have eaten the Key. The Key will spawn as the 10th bonus item for each side of the board. If you are having trouble obtaining the key, focus on one side of the board.
KeyEat the Key!
You begin Championship mode with 3 lives. Survive for 5 minutes by scoring lots of points to earn extra lives to complete Championship Mode to unlock the "Championship Mode" achievement.
Challenge Mode 1
In Challenge Mode 1, you have to survive for 10 minutes, starting with 3 lives. As before, earning 20,000 points will award you with an extra life.
If you are a good Pac-Man player, play as you normally would, clearing the board efficiently, eating as many ghosts as you can to increase your score. If not, aim to collect as few pellets as you can. The speed of the ghosts increases with the amount of Power Pellets eaten. As such, staying alive is much easier if you play cautiously. After 10 minutes using the tactic of your choice, you will unlock "Challenge Mode 1".
Challenge Mode 2
In Challenge Mode 2, you once again have to survive for 10 minutes, starting with 3 lives. The difference between this and Challenge Mode 1 is that the maze is in darkness. You can only see the walls that are directly next to Pac-Man.
I will offer the exact same advice as above. If you are a good Pac-Man player, play naturally, clear the board, collect bonus items, and eat as many ghosts as you can to inrease your score (and your lives). If not, try to play conservatively. One of the many suggestions is to keep moving back and forth between the teleporter on the side of the board. Either way, you will unlock the "Challenge Mode 2" achievement after 10 minutes.
Extra Mode 1
In Extra Mode 1, you must survive for 5 minutes. As always, you start with 3 lives, and are awarded with more for every 20,000 points earned. Continue clearing the board, collecting bonus items and eating ghosts to obtain extra lives. After 5 minutes, you will unlock the "Extra Mode 1" achievement. Note that in this mode, the speed is increased substantially compared to all of those above. As before, eating more Power Pellets will increase the speed of the ghosts even further. If you having trouble with surviving, avoid eating too many Power Pellets.
Extra Mode 2
As with Extra Mode 1, Extra Mode 2 is much faster than the other game modes. You have to clear the 10 minutes to earn the "Extra Mode 2" achievement. If you are struggling to clear the 10 minutes, avoid eating too many Power Pellets to prevent the speed of the ghosts overwhelming you. If you are confident, continue to clear the board, collect bonus items and eat ghosts to obtain extra lives.
Extra Mode 3
Extra Mode 3 is very similar to Extra Mode 2. Clear the 10 minutes for the "Extra Mode 3" achievement.
Extra Mode 2 and Extra Mode 3 are also good levels for the remaining achievements. There are two point scoring achievements, awarded for obtaining 200,000 and 400,000 points. As you might expect, these are easily obtained by collecting as many bonus items as you can and eating as many ghosts consecutively as you can. Some of the boards generated allow for a dozen or so ghosts to be eaten in a row. The eighth ghost eaten within a short space of time, and any after this, is worth 3200 points. The later bonus items can also be worth lots of points too.
Each time you clear one side of the board, a new bonus item appears on the other side. Collect this bonus item to spawn more pellets on the first side. The Crown is the 22nd item for each side, and is worth 7650 points. To speed up this process, focus on collecting pellets on one side of the board, instead of alternating. Collect the Crown for the "Crown" achievement.
Congratulations, you have completed Pac-Man Championship Edition!