This is a hints, tips, and strategey guide to the arcade game Pac-Man. There are color illustrations representing the characters, and the paths they make durring the game, as well as color photographs of the arcade games mentioned. The book was released several times, and had various features added and removed. The first printing had a "Offshoots", which was a review of similar games, and a "Testimonials" section. The "Revised and Updated" version removed these sections, and replaced them with sections on Ms. Pac-Man, Atari Pac-Man, and the pinball game Mr & Ms. Pac-Man. Both versions kept the same page cout of 32 pages. The book's authors are only listed as the "Editors of Consumer Guide", and then only on the title page. The book originally cost $2. 25 in the USA, and the Penguin Books version cost 95p in the U. K. , and $2. 95 in Australia. This book is part of a series of Video Game guides by the "Editors of Consumer Guide". ==Books in the "Editors of Consumer Guide"/Publications International Ltd. video game series, those with * * represent reprinted versions of the books listed above, usually with a different title, but with the same contents. * The Complete Book of Video Games, {1977} ISBN: 0446844493 * How to Win at Video Games, ISBN: 0517381192 {1982, Magazine size}, ISBN: 0671458418 {1982, book size} * How to Win at Pac-Man, ISBN: 0671453610, {1982} {Revised and Updated} ISBN: 0671460722, {Penguin Books version} ISBN: 0140065423 * How To at Win Donkey Kong, ISBN: 067145840X {1982} * How to Win at ET, The Video Game, ISBN: 0517408414 {1982, Magazine size}, ISBN: 0440137675 {1983, Book size} * Pac-Mania: Top Strategies For Home & Arcade Pac-Man, ISBN: 0517389150 {1982} * How to Win at Video Games: Complete Strategies for Top Arcade Games, ISBN: 0517424703 {1983} * How to Win at Home Video Games, ISBN: 0727018205 {1983} ==Nintendo * Nintendo Strategies {1989} ISBN: 0517687348 {Red cover spiral bound, no "Editors of Consumer Guide" on cover. } * * Nintendo Strategies {1989} ISBN: 0881766984 {Red cover, glue spine, with "Editors of Consumer Guide" on cover. } * * Nintendo Strategies {White cover, standard paperback version, glued spine, no ISBN listed, and no "Editors of Consumer Guide" on cover. Cover price $4. 95} * * Strategies for Nintendo Games {Yellow cover, ISBN 0881767212 listed on title page, says "Editors of Consumer Guide" on cover, and price $12. 95. } * More Strategies for Nintendo Games {1989} {Blue cover, spiral bound, ISBN: 0517695774} * * More Strategies for Nintendo Games {Blue cover, glued spine, no barcode} * * 0881767743 {??? } * Winning Tips For Nintendo: Newest Game Strategies, {1990} ISBN: 1561730076. * Winner's Guide to Nintendo, {1991} ISBN: 1561735205 * Winning at Nintendo: Hot Tips for the Coolest Games, ISBN: 0881769959 * * Hot Tips for the Coolest Nintendo Games, {1989} ISBN: 1561730068 * More Hot Tips For Nintendo, {1991} ISBN: 1561731463 * Nintendo Fun: The Book for Beginners, {1990} ISBN: 1561730971 * More Nintendo Fun: The Book for Beginners, {1991} ISBN: 1561733261 * Super Strategies For Nintendo, {1991} ISBN: 0517073307 {Hero being held at door opening cover}, ISBN: 1561733512 {Fox with gun, near field cover}, and the last with ISBN number, instead there is a barcode 07098937935002 {Two kids and cat on flying ship being shot at by missle launcher, marked on cover as "Super Strategies For Nintendo No. 2", but contains the same contents}. ==Super Nintendo * Super Nintendo: PlayAction Strategies, ISBN: 1561738530 ==Sega Mega Drive/Genesis * Hot Tips for Sega Genesis, ISBN: 0451822811 {Signet Special} * * Winning Tips for the Sega Genesis, ISBN: 0785304983 {Publications International, no "Editors of Consumer Guide" on cover. } == Other 'Video Game' themed books by Publications International, without the "Editors of Consumer Guide" on cover. * Winning Game Tips for Sonic the Hedgehog, ISBN: 0785307834 * Official Player's Guide to Sonic the Hedgehog, ISBN: 0874552834 * Sonic The Hedgehog Look and Find, ISBN: 0785308490 {Hardback} * * Sonic The Hedgehog Look and Find, ISBN: 0785311394 {Paperback}