The original dot-eating arcade legend
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One of the most studied games in history for a reason — the ghost AI creates genuinely different threat patterns on every maze run, making it more than pure memorization.
Blinky (red), Pinky (pink), Inky (cyan), and Clyde (orange). Their Japanese names are Oikake, Machibuse, Kimagure, and Otoboke — meaning 'chaser', 'ambusher', 'fickle', and 'feigning ignorance', which describe each ghost's AI behavior.
Yes — 3,333,360 points on level 255 (the 'kill screen' where the right half of the maze corrupts). Billy Mitchell was the first to achieve it in 1999. The kill screen on level 256 makes the game unplayable beyond that point.
On the Google Doodle page, click Insert Coin a second time to add Ms. Pac-Man. Player 1 uses arrow keys; Player 2 uses WASD. Both characters navigate the same maze simultaneously.