How to Win at Pacman Part 1 - Patterns for every level

[@michaelsynovetz6093]

I remember always making it to the 9th Key back in 1980. The cops would come marching into the candy store and rip the plug out of the wall and tell me to go to school. I would tell them that I was suspended and that they owed me a quarter.

[@jermallkinley279]

Holy crap!

[@ash27slick74]

Was that you?

[@smaahmouth7998]

@@ash27slick74 no

[@unlisted5474]

They owed you a quarter.

[@dozenoff]

likely story

[@Red-rl1xx]

I bought a booklet back in the early '80's that had all the patterns to each screen in it. I laid on my bed one evening and memorized every pattern and started playing like a pro!

[@cinnamonc4t]

Cool!

[@xavierzavala6181]

Nice I probably couldn't remember even one

[@johnnybrown3664]

You were king back in the day almost like the Grays sports almanac!.....Lol

[@AzCowboyOne]

I picked up the same thing sometime in the mid 80's. Was on the endcap of the checkout lane. Man... wish I still had that.

[@emilskroch6156]

You have a lot better memory than I do than I would forget the first pattern.

[@computerkid1416]

Also, to those saying this doesn't work, some ROMS have slightly different ghost patterns, so some adjustments might be required. This version will work on the original arcade cabinet, MAME, 60-in-1, etc.

[@StevesMagic]

Thank you!

[@ebenpacheco6902]

How about arcade 1up

[@redidloo]

@@ebenpacheco6902Arcade1UP includes Pac Man arcade version, so yeah, it works perfectly fine.

[@ebenpacheco6902]

@@redidloo thanks I'm going to attempt this now

[@soulrelease2069]

I used this to Platinum Pac-Man World Re Pac. It still took me hours to do it, but I probably wouldn't have done it at all without your guide. THANK YOU!

[@josael28tnz]

I'm on the same path trying to both platinums from Pac-Man World and PS5 Classic Pac-Man

[@trudimartin]

I’m trying to do that too. 😊

[@RVW-x2v]

Around 1982 I was in the military and in a small town in South Africa. We could go to church on Sundays in the town and Sunday evening after the service my friend and I went to the one store with a Pacman 1 game and we started to play just after 8. We each put in what was like a quarter. It was our 20cents. At 9 pm the shop owner came to us to tell us to please finish as he needs to lock up the shop. We told him but we are still on our first coin. Everytime we walked into the shop the owner just looked at us like saying not you again because it would be the last games of the day for that machine. I found the patterns in a games book somewhere. Long before internet. It was fun and worth it. Another game I got good at also playing for a long time on one coin was Galaga. I also remember Space invader games in malls and even along pavements in Cape Town and some good players drew a crowd who watched and cheered.

[@computerkid1416]

To those who are complaining, you're right that this doesn't give you a perfect score, and does require a bit of improvising at the end of each pattern. However, they are a heck of a lot easier to learn than the full pattern for each level. So this can be considered the "beginners method", that is good to start out with and should still improve your score.

[@StevesMagic]

Thanks again. Also, I know some players want to get 100%, where others want to race through the first few patterns, so I wanted to give people the choice. It's more to remember if I do a 100% complete route for the first 2 patterns, and nothing can go wrong so early in the game when you have 4 pills in 4 corners.

[@bradens.3125]

It gets really freaking hard to improvise the four corners (especially top left) on boards 12-20, seeing as they eventually stop turning blue

[@JBWiz]

very good 9th key pattern. 52 seconds to complete, so can complete 60 boards in 52 minutes or the game in less than 4 hours. More importantly, no pauses or 180 degree turns, which are what can break a pattern.

[@janX9]

I never knew about the patterns when I played this in my youth, but I'd make a quarter last forever!

[@impulseki9896]

Watching this cause my aunt has a Pac-Man machine and I wanna set the highest score I can 😂

[@notttttttttt-w9d]

i actually learned the first pattern on my own when i first played pac man... so i got pretty good at it

[@noctemluxarmiger]

Learned it as a kid since it was really the inly game i eoukd play and I would playit with a joystick. I remember how into it I really was

[@danielallison402]

I keep trying to figure out how to do this pattern and it will never work 4me????....🤔 Maybe because I am playing it on my NES CLASSIC ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM WITH THE 620GAMES BUILT IN IT????.... IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THIS VIDEO GAME SYSTEM HAS KNOCK OFF FAKE GAMES BUILT IN IT AND MAYBE THAT WOULD BE THE REASON????....

[@topsdaily_productions]

@@danielallison402 it only works on versions of pac man that use the orignal arcade rom the NES version has the ghosts programmed differently hence why the pattern does not work

[@sirmi9868]

@@danielallison402 you mean the cheap china clone nes

[@jondstewart]

I had a book from the early 80’s that helped me and soon afterwards I made it to the keys with no problem. Beforehand, I was lucky to make it to the second peach or first apple!

[@rkede1879]

Ha. I bought a book as well. I actually had the highest score in my town. Need help now. Much older.

[@StevesMagic]

Good luck! Please like and subscribe, thanks!

[@ItsOver9000Productions]

Your pattern two got me the platinum. Thank you!

[@MystiqEevee]

Thank you for this I have a pacman arcade1up and I suck at it after learning these I was able to get to the galaxian icon maze I still have a little bit of troubke learning the apple pattern but I have most of it down and then wing the rest it tends to work most or the time

[@omyyer]

This video helped me pass 50,000 points today! Thanks!

[@StevesMagic]

Nice job!

[@maccliff2115]

THAT WAS EPIC. WHY DOES ONLY HAVE 237,356 VIEWS?

[@FrostyLosty]

Pattern on my Pac-Man is different so I just made my own

[@anitagill3293]

This really helped me improve my game skills

[@carlosarias2011]

Back in my days with Atari I found a pattern after 10,000 points starting with the top left pill.... I repeated this pattern until 100,000 points (which at that time my hands gave up on pain). But pain aside, I could have gone non-stop for eternity.

[@epicMicrowavve]

Thanks. I’ve been visiting a local arcade recently, just wanna show off to my friends I guess lol

[@SausageRollEnjoyer]

I came here because I realised "winging it" wasn't working ☹️

[@ahkiureemshabazz4927]

Man some of you guys must really be great at Pac-Man😁👍🏿 🆒

[@lkmetal1977]

3:30 5:17. For my own personal reference

[@Hotshotter3000]

I never learned how to play pac-man very well. Maybe I might do it with this so I can play a perfect game some day.

[@sandal_thong8631]

I think I read a small paperback book about it, but I still didn't learn it.

[@Scendent]

Works on Pac-Man World Re-Pac. Thanks for the guide.

[@StevesMagic]

Welcome

[@raymondcastillo5320]

My wife doesn't stand a chance!

[@roncarlson7682]

If one is going for high score ignoring the ‘fruit’ is an error. That’s where you ultimately get the most points, especially in the key levels. I learned this strategy from Uston’s book. When you get to the key levels each one - they appear twice per level - is worth 5000 points. Unfortunately in the ROM I play Uston’s ‘Pattern 4’ only partially works before it breaks down. Even though the rom I have shows the game running in ‘slow’ mode none of Uston’s early patterns work like they did on the original arcade machine. I’m wondering if there are other roms available which are closer to the original. The best I can do presently is get to the first or second apple level with a score of only a bit over 24000. Also, if completing the boards are what you’re after, go for it.

[@rhyno1351]

I don’t know why but my ghosts follow a different pattern. I have the Pac-Man that plugs Into the tv so...

[@ec-3163]

Same here bro, I got the Plug & Play.🔥💪

[@StevesMagic]

Yes this is for the arcade machine specifically. Home versions often look the same but are not programmed the same. Google MAME for the PC, see how far you get.....

[@StevesMagic]

Yes this is for the arcade machine specifically. Home versions often look the same but are not programmed the same. Google MAME for the PC, see how far you get.....

[@gabepaul3911]

When I saw the thumbnail I thought it was a "history of the entire world I guess" meme lol

[@jamesavery3559]

jeez after all of these year's, i had forgot the exact pattern was very close but not quite, many thank's!

[@jaredbond7908]

nice apostrophe's there 😆

[@natarthegreatar3515]

just got the pacman world remaster platinum with this!! the apple pattern is life changing

[@andrewknowles8095]

Thanks 🎉

[@zackcarman7845]

Wearing Grunkle Stan's fez while watching this.

[@Xombigod]

How do you get so many lives? The arcade version only gives one extra life the entire game!

[@MystiqEevee]

Lol no it doesn't it givws more just takes a while

[@iceicicle3046]

The ghosts try and corner you in a position where you cannot escape if I am not mistaken

[@StevesMagic]

That's true, there's other videos on my channel that cover the behaviour in detail. Thanks for the comment.

[@NowKnows]

Do these patterns work for the Arcade1up Namco Legacy? I tried using them and they seem to work half the time…but that could be user error also..

[@haikarate4]

Awesome! Thanks for this.

[@DakotahMiskus]

Does anyone know where I can get this rom for mame?

[@Aracaifon]

How does he end the game with 5 lives? Like i know you get another one at 10k points but what are the other milestones?

[@mediasheeple6143]

That's what I was wondering, cheating or something because in the original you only got 1 extra life unless you set the default to 5 in the beginning.

[@Tatsuki_Yuji]

Thank you, this made me complete the level 9 trofee in pacman world repac

[@zenborath6275]

Im using a namco plug and play, the pattern works up untill clyde is supposed to come out. then it goes dowb hill. Is tbere a pattern for my version?

[@jondstewart]

For all you Boomers and Generation X’ers that played this game in the early 80’s, remember when you had cocky peers that talked about a beer can, tennis shoe, ice cream cone, or candy bar when you got past the 9th or 12th key?

[@StevesMagic]

Good luck! Please like and subscribe, thanks!

[@ElijahCote-g2r]

Is using the patterns considered cheating sort of??? Just wondering.

[@k2y434]

where can you play the arcade version of pacman?

[@ebenpacheco6902]

Are you stupid the arcade

[@timothywallace9682]

I Don’t Know if it’s just Me but I tried this pattern and Pinky stays in that corner he doesn’t come down so I find myself improvising!

[@ajmetallord]

This really help me so much.

[@jr-xn4ei]

Just curious, why is "The Kiss" necessary? Why can't we just skip those 2 dots, head to the top left, and start eating power pellets (getting the two dots once we get down again to the bottom left)?

[@LitBoy420]

Pattern only works for round 1 of my Pac-man, every other level that this gets used I lose within the first 10 seconds.

[@StevesMagic]

What are you playing the game on? Search for MAME EMULATOR online and take it from there....

[@Happyking235]

@@StevesMagic hey in the packman pocket player the pattern don't work me why?

[@waltersobchak7275]

@@Happyking235 read what he wrote

[@bobsacamano7637]

What’s better for higher keys. You’re ninth key pattern or Bazos Breaker?

[@Rasengan31907]

Hey I don’t know if your gonna see this but I think it’s just your emulator but my plug n play for board 5 when I use that pattern when I’m at the top and try to come down to work my way to the middle pinky is always there no matter what

[@trroemgaurgaming5772]

Thanks I was able to get to round 17 doing this

[@zombiemosher1139]

Cool video, yours in very similar to a page i found. I have the Jakks Pacific Super Pac-Man TV game. It has Pac Man in it. The first screen works a treat but after that it's completely different. I've been working on slight variations that work but it's frustrating. Any tips?

[@mr.cleanone3900]

I used to get seven keys but my memory fails me now

[@NicholasPaul]

Which version is the Arcade Game Series Pac-Man?

[@christophersmelser5289]

What are you playing on because it’s not pixelized and the patterns don’t work on my Pac-Man plug and play

[@StevesMagic]

arcade machine, being emulated on a PC using the emulator called MAME

[@prestonferry]

On my arcade1up machine, pattern 3 stops working on the 5th key, can someone help?

[@nyxfrostbite9433]

Preston Ferry you need to move at the same speed as he is

[@prestonferry]

Nyx Frostbite what do you mean?

[@nyxfrostbite9433]

Preston Ferry WHEN YOU TURN THERE IS TWO SPEEDS YOU CAN GO YOU MUST TURN THE JOYSTICK AS FAST AS YOU CAN

[@prestonferry]

Nyx Frostbite well you didn’t have to yell, but I see what you mean... I have been doing that without patterns for years, but this pattern doesn’t seem to work on the 5th key...

[@nyxfrostbite9433]

No I did caps so you can see where my sentences are

[@lisamaitland157]

This is not a perfect game pattern: You must nail all ghost every power pill. Using the warp zones to get them to line up. Then saving all your men till the 256 half screen for 90 dot points per left over man. But to just reach 256 it will work...

[@waltersobchak7275]

You’re talking to yourself

[@danielallison402]

And another thing that really sucks that I've noticed about this NES classic edition retro 620 games built in the system is that a lot of the games do seem like they're knock offs and a lot of the games are named differently and there's actually a couple of the same game just a different name so it's really not 620 games cuz they use a different name for the same exact game that already in there so maybe that's why the patterns don't work for me

[@icenesiswayons9962]

That's not the original 1980's programing, I could get to 36 key level and the ghost still turned blue. This particular tutorial must be from a different era as I remember being able to get all 4 ghost on each power pill am the way to the 3rd key then I was only able to get 3 ghost per pill. Our patterns were different too. We were able to get all the dots and both fruits before eating pwr pills and ghost for a maximum point score on each fruit level. Only the first 3 keys were able to score max level points. If anyone knows the original 5 patterns. Let me know!

[@Nephilim2038]

Icenesis Wayons on the “easy/normal” setting the ghosts stopped having any blue time on the sixth key. On the more difficult setting, blue time was gone by the second key.

[@MikeSanseverino]

doesnt work on my mini pacman arcade handheld thing… the ghosts dont go in the same patterns

[@gurizao1]

worked

[@L1mer3nce]

Does this only work on the physical arcade machine?

[@StevesMagic]

Yes, unless the game you are playing is using emulation. If you have a PC, check out an emulator called MAME. I can't link to it here, but Google will tell you everything you need.....

[@L1mer3nce]

@@StevesMagic okay thanks. Great videos btw

[@xziuto]

How to use fruit?

[@mastrossasmonon]

I choose this as the pacman video..!

[@brunobr95]

5 lives? How?

[@scanalesd]

the most difficult pattern for me was "the ninth key"

[@StevesMagic]

Yup! I did a video specifically for that one

[@fretmajik777]

The apple pattern I used at the game room on the original pac-man was different than this.

[@jondstewart]

I own one of those vintage consoles with Pac Man on it and lucky if I get to the first Galaxian or second bell. The patterns aren’t the same on this!

[@StevesMagic]

Sadly no, the only way to be sure is to emulate the arcade game, google "MAME"

[@waltersobchak7275]

@@StevesMagic the arcade and make are the same rom right?

[@kalebredacted3770]

I know this is super old but I'm trying to make an AI to run through automatically each level but would that work or do the ghosts move different every time on the same level

[@rkede1879]

I need help. I’m using the arcade 1 up pac-Man game. The third pattern only works through the second key. My game goes from fruit to something that looks like a bird (2 boards of that) then it switches to something that looks like a pile of gold (also two boards) then it switches to the keys. Your fourth pattern does not work on my third key board either. Any help will be appreciated😃

[@StevesMagic]

Hmm.. I have no idea sorry - wonder what programme code is being used on that?

[@rkede1879]

@@StevesMagic I don’t know I just know it’s a small desktop arcade 1 up.

[@jjackson4754]

Will this work on an Arcade1Up Deluxe Pacman machine?

[@eggbass]

It does.

[@hugh2hoob668]

so thats what buckner and garcia were saying huh lol

[@ultrakool]

does anyone know if these patterns work on plug and play devices that use the original arcade roms?

[@MystiqEevee]

Depends on the ghosts reaction there's a website that explains machine types for the Rom variants if you google around

[@cabomful]

Hey very interesting video ;-D Im playing pac man and think its (1980 version) and playing on PC and notice that you can't use this pattern? The ghosts are just going around totally random all the time.. so its fricking hard reach level 10 !! i thought that all pac man versions was the same, but that's not the case.. For every level the ghosts takes a new route.. And there are no cheating code you can use what so ever.. i was reaching level 13 and got 85K points "that was not easy".. The pac man game was delivered by neave .com #stevepiers are you aware of this version and do you know what version that could be? I Can't find that information on there web pages (neave .com)

[@StevesMagic]

No, the arcade machine has dip switches inside that switches the order of the patterns, and some copy machines look the same but have different ghost logic.

[@ItsMrPurewill]

Is there a way to dm you privately ?

[@vinzabarico3905]

Why the pacman is different in gameboy advanced?

[@kevinjones8467]

VINZ ABARICO are you playing namco museum version?

[@burntbutter155]

I’m guessing remembering the patterns is easy... right?

[@cleetus9838]

1 and 2 are super easy to memorize 3 is a bit harder but 4 is just madness for my brain

[@burntbutter155]

Sage Alexander Sax so it’s challenging :)

[@cleetus9838]

@@burntbutter155 thats an understatement

[@burntbutter155]

Sage Alexander Sax bruh moment

[@StevesMagic]

Try looking at the maze as 4 quarters. Instead of remembering "left, down, left, down, right, try to remember from the start you do a big curve around the bottom left, go all the way across, etc.. it helps!

[@JasonTylerRicci]

Maybe just me, but these patterns seems very difficult to learn. Maybe practice and memorization? It must take hours to commit to memory

[@StevesMagic]

Not really, try to look at the maze as 4 quadrants. Like, instead of trying to remember, "left, down, left, down, right, up" you think, "Ok, so he starts and does all the way left to the bottom then across and up the other side", you know what I mean?

[@Realmasterorder]

This is really cool

[@yinagarcia5743]

Does it work on the nes versión?

[@StevesMagic]

Probably not. Search for MAME EMULATOR online and take it from there....

[@DarkKnightofThrones]

I do have a different pattern for levels 1&2 that work well for me, and my average, after about a month of play, is around 20K. My high is 25K+. Now, with your help, I am going to crash that sombitch!

[@Espik_23]

The perfect score after board 2 is exactly 30,000

[@jebhelsing147]

How is this by any means a coherent pattern? I see what he’s saying but he makes very in the moment decisions several times in the video, which very much lacks any form of ‘pattern.’

[@heinrosteenekamp8790]

For some reason this does not want to work on my pac man. I dont know why

[@shemp815]

Would this work on the 1uparcade Pacman?

[@StevesMagic]

Doubtful, unless the 1up machine uses the actual arcade rom

[@cmcqueen71]

Can't wait to try it out

[@christinethoms2693]

Thanks for the info

[@MelianLimGachaVideos]

Only game genius can memorize the pattern. Except me.

[@StevesMagic]

I have done a new version of this video to help you - kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXyUZ6enaJx6obc

[@teflonswagger9666]

Time to revise this instead of my gcse's

[@DirkieDurky]

How did you get this version of pac-man? I only found pacman like it is now, and not like the original.

[@Jared-by8oq]

maybe on steam but you have to buy it

[@MystiqEevee]

Mame multiple arcade machine emulator it emulates the actual arcade game Google around for roms and download a copy of mame I am not going to supply them as its technically illegal but i really could care less

[@Glemberdin]

There is a bug when i touch the ghost i dint die i just got passed on it nothing happend i dont nkow what happend that was on google

[@rachelbacon2491]

This doesn’t work for me. I have a mini machine so idk if that has something to do with it

[@StevesMagic]

Yes, this is the actual arcade version. These tips work if the game you are playing is using emulation. If you have a PC, check out an emulator called MAME. I can't link to it here, but Google will tell you everything you need.....

[@rachelbacon2491]

@@StevesMagic aight, thanks

[@benjaminmeyer6642]

It’s weird, my ghosts in my Pac-Man behave more different than yours

[@mattrmarshall]

The very first pattern doesn’t even work. If you follow this pattern Inky gets you after the cherry on the way to the first pellet.

[@craighall1805]

I bought a pac man game at the beginning of the COVID shutdown. I made it 12 levels without a pattern to follow. After I watched this and followed the pattern I got bored with the game

[@StevesMagic]

That's a great point. I did other videos that showed the machanisms of the game so you can react, rather than just follow memorised patterns, sounds like you would prefer those

[@lasanfoggy8643]

I did it and won the game'

[@wildmanphil]

Lies.

[@icenesiswayons9962]

The only way to so call "win the game is to crash it on level 256 of the keys.

[@johnnybrown3664]

Thought they were called energizers

[@PIANOvseMyZvezdyHalubtsova]

Давайте поиграем в угадай мелодию! Сможешь угадать самую белую песню?

[@shades360]

I never made it past the first maze . Even with this video I don’t like my chances

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

Pacman point is under the pacman the same one that the kangaroo has on its belly aka pacman point bone fish the the back fin from the pacman fish has a bone body and a aeroplane fin on its back which makes it a police blue pacman point and bone body with a white back aeroplane tail and the kangaroo situation was white and the sky So Hector became the fall guy

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

As this pacman point is classic and the kangaroo point is from Aldi supermarket aka double point

[@sageantone7291]

No pattern on my quarter. Cut your own path.