''Pac-Man'' is a 1992 EP by

electronic music Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroac ...

artist Richard D. James (Aphex Twin), released under the pseudonym Power-Pill. The tracks on the album are

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of the musical themes in the

Pac-Man originally called ''Puck Man'' in Japan, is a 1980 maze action video game developed and released by Namco for arcades. In North America, the game was released by Midway Manufacturing as part of its licensing agreement with Namco America. Th ...

and

New Rally-X is a maze chase arcade video game released by Namco in 1981. It is a lightly tweaked version of 1980's ''Rally-X'', with slightly enhanced graphics, easier gameplay, a new soundtrack, and a "Lucky Flag" that gives the player extra points for r ...

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. The tune consists, apart from a

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and a few vocals, mainly of samples from the ''

'' game.

Track listing

CD version

Vinyl version

References

External links

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