The players move throughout a maze, avoiding ghosts and attempting to eat dots and power pellets scattered throughout.

In addition; if any player eats a bonus item that appears next to the ghosts' cage, all remaining dots and pellets are immediately removed and replaced.

During this time, the un-powered Pac-Men turn blue but retain an outline of their original colour, and they cannot eat ghosts.

[4][5] Namco also took the unusual step of throwing a party prior to the launch of the game at the Whiskey River Saloon in Madison, Wisconsin.

[1] The game was ported to Pac-Man Museum for a digital release (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Windows) in 2014.

The game is included in the compilation title Pac-Man Museum+ (Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch) released in 2022.