Pac-Man Cheat Codes

6 cheat codes for Pac-Man on Arcade.

No typed cheat codes exist (Tips)

Pac-Man's 'cheats' are ghost-AI patterns and the famous kill screen.

No setup required — enter the code where described.

Level 256 kill screen (Glitch)

The right half of the board turns to garbage glyphs — the 8-bit level-counter overflow; Level 255 is the practical max.

No setup required — enter the code where described.

Fruit-table overflow (Exploit)

The level counter wraps past 255, corrupting the bonus-fruit table — why 256 is broken.

No setup required — enter the code where described.

Safe-zone patterns (Tips)

Certain tiles (above the ghost house) leave ghosts unable to reach Pac-Man — rest spots for pattern players.

No setup required — enter the code where described.

Ghost AI personalities (Tips)

Blinky chases, Pinky ambushes 4 tiles ahead, Inky is flanked, Clyde scatters — knowing this IS the cheat.

No setup required — enter the code where described.

10,50,30-point ghost ladder (Tips)

Ghost-eating chain: 200/400/800/1600 per power-pellet wave — plan pellets for max chains.

No setup required — enter the code where described.