Editing Pac-Man (section)

===Perfect scores and other records===
A perfect score on the original ''Pac-Man'' arcade game is 3,333,360 points, achieved when the player obtains the maximum score on the first 255 levels by eating every dot, energizer, fruit and blue ghost without losing a life, then uses all six lives to obtain the maximum possible number of points on level 256.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oafe.net/yo/pacplu.php |title=Pac-Man review at OAFE |publisher=Oafe.net |access-date=November 15, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021153000/http://www.oafe.net/yo/pacplu.php |archive-date=October 21, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Mitchell">{{cite web |last=Ramsey |first=David |title=The Perfect Man |url=http://www.oxfordamericanmag.com/content.cfm?ArticleID=58&Entry=Home |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080229043301/http://www.oxfordamericanmag.com/content.cfm?ArticleID=58&Entry=Home |archive-date=February 29, 2008 |publisher=Oxford American |access-date=November 13, 2012}}</ref>

The first person to achieve a publicly witnessed and verified perfect score without manipulating the game's hardware to freeze play was [[Billy Mitchell (gamer)|Billy Mitchell]], who performed the feat on July 3, 1999.<ref name="Mitchell" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=22&pi=2&gi=3229&vi=3365 |title=Pac-Man at the Twin Galaxies Official Scoreboard |publisher=[[Twin Galaxies]] |access-date=December 28, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726053417/http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=22&pi=2&gi=3229&vi=3365 |archive-date=July 26, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Some record keeping organizations removed Mitchell's score after a 2018 investigation by [[Twin Galaxies]] concluded that two unrelated ''[[Donkey Kong (arcade game)|Donkey Kong]]'' score performances submitted by Mitchell had not used an unmodified original circuit board.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.twingalaxies.com/feed_details.php/1047/billy-mitchells-donkey-kong-and-all-other-records-removed/4 |title=Dispute Decision: Billy Mitchell's Donkey Kong & All Other Records Removed}}</ref> As of July 2020, seven other gamers had achieved perfect ''Pac-Man'' scores on original arcade hardware.<ref>{{cite web |title=Twin Galaxies – Pac-Man (Arcade) – Points [Factory Speed] |url=https://www.twingalaxies.com/game/pac-man/arcade/points-factory-speed/page/1?ref=fbshare |access-date=January 2, 2019}}</ref> The world record for the fastest completion of a perfect score, according to Twin Galaxies, is held by David Race with a time of 3 hours, 28 minutes, 49 seconds.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pac-Man [Fastest Completion [Perfect Game ARCADE – 03:28:49.00 – David W Race |date=August 4, 2015 |url=http://www.twingalaxies.com/content.php/3974-Pac-Man-Fastest-Completion-Perfect-Game-ARCADE-03-28-49-00-David-W-Race |access-date=January 5, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |title=Perfect Pac-Man: May 22, 2013 – 3hrs 28min 49sec (2 of 2) |date=May 30, 2013 |via=[[YouTube]] |first=David |last=Race |publisher=David Race |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyA7LtJzwdc |access-date=January 5, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102123336/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyA7LtJzwdc |archive-date=January 2, 2016}}</ref>

In December 1982, eight-year-old boy Jeffrey R. Yee received a letter from United States president [[Ronald Reagan]] congratulating him on a world record score of 6,131,940 points, possible only if he had passed level 256.<ref name="Mitchell" /> In September 1983, [[Walter Day]], chief scorekeeper at Twin Galaxies at the time, took the [[U.S. National Video Game Team]] on a tour of the East Coast to visit gamers who claimed the ability to pass that level. None demonstrated such an ability. In 1999, Billy Mitchell offered $100,000 to anyone who could pass level 256 before January 1, 2000. The offer expired with the prize unclaimed.<ref name="Mitchell" />

After announcing in 2018 that it would no longer recognize the first perfect score on ''Pac-Man'', Guinness World Records reversed that decision and reinstated Billy Mitchell's 1999 performance on June 18, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-18|title=Retro gaming pariah Billy Mitchell has Guinness records reinstated|url=https://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/29330854/retro-gaming-pariah-billy-mitchell-guinness-records-reinstated|access-date=2020-06-18|website=ESPN.com|language=en}}</ref>