Pac-Man flips out and the ghosts better watch it in this fast-paced Pak.

Pac-Man Pinball is the man in yellow's first video pinball game. Here, the big chomper smacks ghost foes Blinky, Inky, Pinky and Clyde. Ms. Pac-Man even rolls in to snack on a few pellets.

You play on four tables, but only two different layouts. Two of the tables show Pac settings, one in a village, the other in a haunted house. The other two tables use a classic pinball art style, but again have the village and haunted-house themes. The two haunted house boards have identical layouts, as do the two village boards; the only difference is the artwork.

You see half of a table at a time. When you shoot Pac-Man toward the top of the board, the table scrolls up. When Pac-Man rolls back down toward the flippers, the screen scrolls down.

Each area of a table has different goals. Some challenge you to spell "Pac-Man", others will let you unlock a door that leads to a house and an observatory.

The haunted house boards give you a chance to exchange pellets you've chomped for power-ups. You can buy fruit for points, grab a Power Pellet so you can chomp ghosts, invite Ms. Pac-Man out for some multiball action, choose to have an extra life and more. When the observatory is unlocked, Pac-Man plays a minigame in which he he needs to avoid ghosts and eat pellets. Those pellets can then be exchanged in the house.

It's no easy task to knock Pac-Man into the haunted house and other areas. You'll need to make precise shots if you want to get Pac-Man into the small openings of the table. In Pac-Man's world, you can't tilt out, so use the L and R buttons to "shake" the table and get more action on the ball.

The classic tables seem to play a bit better than the Pac-World inspired tables, thanks to bright-blue backgrounds that makes Pac-Man easy to see.

Four pinball tables

Power-ups and bonuses

Classic tables

Minigames