Ghosts

Ghosts are America First presidents of yore that hunt P.A.C. Man and will send him home if they catch him.

Each ghost deploys a unique historical grievance to corner P.A.C. Man

George Washington

George Washington, the steadfast founder who fought an entire war precisely to escape foreign influence. He will remain sulking in the ghost house (his beloved Mount Vernon retirement plan) until P.A.C. Man has swallowed at least 30 pills—symbolizing the maximum toleration of voter apathy required before foreign meddling becomes unacceptable again. His home corner is the bottom right, facing suspiciously toward Europe.

JFK

JFK is the most aggressive of the four ghosts. John F. Kennedy, who once directed his brother to force AIPAC's predecessor to register as a foreign agent under FARA, thereby threatening the entire post-war lobbying ecosystem. JFK commences pursuit immediately and heads straight for P.A.C. Man with unblinking Cold War intensity. His home is the upper right corner, eternally scanning for unregistered agents.

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt, the trust-busting Rough Rider who declared war on the great corporate trusts that strangled competition and bought political influence. He begins chasing PAC-Man immediately, always aiming four fields ahead and four fields left—positioning himself to intercept any monopolistic PAC that attempts to consolidate power, crush smaller donors, or purchase entire legislative agendas through massive, coordinated spending. His home is the upper left corner, from which he glares at every oversized corporate check and every “dark money” conduit that threatens to turn representative government into a subsidiary of the trusts.

Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson is the populist president who waged ferocious war on the Second Bank of the United States and despised insurance barons, bankers, and their modern PAC descendants who foreclose on widows while collecting lavish campaign tribute. Jackson will loiter in the ghost house until P.A.C. Man has devoured at least two-thirds of all pills—representing the point at which ordinary citizens finally notice their premiums skyrocketing and deductibles approaching lunar orbit. His home is the bottom left corner, perfect for ambushing Wall Street-friendly legislation.

Ghost moods

The ghosts have two different moods that change the way they act during the game.

Scatter mood

This is the default mood. When ghosts are in scatter mood, they will just go to their home corner and stay there.

Chase mood

After a certain time the ghosts change their mood and want to go chasing pacman. This is indicated through the walls turning red.

Items

Pills

The symbology here is pills represent P.A.C. money in units of UnSustainable Democracy (USD).

Powerpills

Freedom is on the run when P.A.C. Man gets a Powerpill! Whether its mainstream media controlled by huge Big Pharma investments, Big Tech censorship, or something as small as Jeffrey Epstien’s Mossad father-in-law Robert Maxwell’s influence in the scientific community through Pergamon Press, these Powerpills allow P.A.C. Man to carry on unimpeded.