With this project, I wanted to recreate a classic game from scratch using only C++ and SDL. I used an emulator and grabbed the graphics and sounds from memory (and I added some touch using Aseprite). I was once addicted to this game on the NES, and I coded the rules from what I remembered and with some help from Wikipedia. For me, coding this project is a hobby, a sort of kata, or a way to prove to myself that I can code games without having to look at tutorials, big commercial engines, or YouTube videos.

The controls are the same as the defaults used on most emulators for NES controllers.

LEFT and RIGHT arrows : move Pac-man in the maze to avoid Ghosts.

ENTER : start the game

If you would like to see the end result before having a look at the code, I've included a build in the release section. Download the zip file and double-click the exe file.