Talk:Ghosts (Pac-Man)
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Wild adjectives with no substance
[edit]IMHO this article is terrible. Almost every line needs a Citation Needed. As a example this is the first ghost described
"Blinky
A red Ghost that is bad-tempered, bossy, crude, bratty, grouchy, dangerous, sarcastic, wimpy, and greedy. In the "Pac-Man World"-games this ghost is Clyde.
Blinky receives an speed boost after a number of pellets have been cleared. This mode has been informally referred to as "Cruise Elroy".[6][7]"
Red - good. Called shadow or blinky - good. Both supported by the article.
bad-tempered, bossy, crude, bratty, grouchy, dangerous, sarcastic, wimpy, and greedy. This is a sprite from a 1980s 8 bit video game but the adjectives listed are way beyond current AI technology. In the article the statement from the actual game designer is 'the red enemy chases Pac-Man' - that is a believable claim.
None of the references back up these anthropomorphized descriptions. Mtpaley (talk) 23:09, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
- As far as personality goes, the writer may have been referring to the Pac-Man cartoon TV series. Equinox ◑ 18:56, 6 May 2023 (UTC)
Use free image?
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Should we start using this free image of the ghosts? I believe it conveys the same information as the non-free one, except for the edible ghost appearance due to a power pellet. I believe that could be extracted from the video in the same way that the ghosts image was. (I believe it does appear there.) Thanks, 1isall (he/him) (talk | contribs) 01:11, 8 November 2025 (UTC)
- Yes, we should use the image. In-fact it's a better infobox image than what we have now at present anyways. There's definitely no reason to justify using the non-free one over the free use one. I'll add it shortly. λ NegativeMP1 06:28, 8 November 2025 (UTC)
- Great! Thanks, 1isall (he/him) (talk | contribs) 12:11, 8 November 2025 (UTC)