Why? Because the points stack, whereas most powerups are more about simple survival. If you’ve got a choice between any powerup or the power pill, you should always head for the power pill. Many of them either just allow you to dodge peril, or quickly destroy ghosts with minimal impact on your score. The thing is, they’re nowhere near as powerful, or as high scoring as the classic power pill. The new powerups are cool, and kind of funny the first few times you use them. Pac-Man with frikkin’ laser beams coming out of his head is cool and all - but the classic power pellet is still his drug of choice. You can’t “win” Pac-Man 256, but it’s possible to rack up reasonably solid scores simply by concentrating on keeping Pac-Man’s fruit intake high.Ģ) Power Pill or Powerup? Power Pill, Every Single Time This means eating ghosts whenever you can, and chasing down fruit, not just for its own innate point value, but also that precious, precious score multiplier. In order to ‘win’ within that context, what you need to relentlessly focus on are point scoring opportunities. Surviving for a good long time is satisfying, but it’s perfectly possible to have a lengthy game of Pac-Man 256 (which by its standards might only be a couple of minutes) and only score a few thousand points. Wacky powerups are nice, but the name of the game is scoring big points. Here’s some quick tips to help you make the most of each game. Also, you’re going to die a lot, and sometimes in an unfair manner. It’s worth pointing out that Pac-Man 256 is a randomised endless eater/runner, and as such there’s no such thing as a sure thing. The one thing that playing it relentlessly has done has given me some insight into how to maximise your scoring possibilities. I think it’s fair to say that I’m rather dangerously obsessed with Hipster Whale’s Pac-Man 256.
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