10 Best Opening Levels In Video Game History

10. Pac-Man

The reach of Pac-Man's simple maze-based setup is so wide, literally almost every single person who has ever played a video game is familiar with it. The first stage is the most forgiving of all (though still no cakewalk), but instantly, players know what the objective is, the dangers that are present and how to play.

Everything you need to know is contained on that first screen. Later levels use the same maze, but the ghosts become faster and more dangerous, ramping up the challenge considerably.

Fun? Definitely. Iconic? Absolutely. Will you want to play more after the first level? Well, the dozens of ports to every game system imaginable - along with the millions of coins spent in arcade machines - certainly suggest so.