Ms. Pac-Man
Ms. Pac-Man is a 1982 maze video game developed by General Computer Corporation (GCC) and published by Midway Manufacturing for arcades. It is a sequel to Pac-Man (1980), and the first entry in the series to not be made by Namco. Controlling the title character, Pac-Man's wife, the player is tasked with eating all of the pellets in an enclosed maze while avoiding four colored ghosts. Eating the larger "power pellets" lets the player eat the ghosts, which turn blue and flee.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 1982
- Developer
- Midway Games
- Platforms
- 6 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 13 January 1982 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Midway Games |
| Publisher | Midway Games |
| Platforms | Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, iOS, Arcade, iPad |
| Genres | maze video game |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q2141683, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is Ms. Pac-Man? How long to beat it
Total play time for Ms. Pac-Man is about 2.4 hours to do everything, and around 1 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Just the main story: straight through the critical path | 1h | 33 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 1.1h | 8 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 2.4h | 15 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where Ms. Pac-Man sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where Ms. Pac-Man lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 31ahead of 0% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 48ahead of 86% of the catalogue
Percentiles are against the games that carry a reading on that axis, not the whole catalogue: counting a game with no figure as a zero would flatter everything that has one. How the grid works.
What readers say about Ms. Pac-Man
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Common questions about Ms. Pac-Man
What platforms is Ms. Pac-Man on?
Ms. Pac-Man is available on Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, iOS, Arcade, iPad. It first released in 1982.
Who made Ms. Pac-Man?
Ms. Pac-Man was developed by Midway Games and published by Midway Games.
How long does it take to beat Ms. Pac-Man?
about 1 hours for the main story, 1.1 hours with the main extras, 2.4 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.