10 Immensely Satisfying Video Game Moments

9. Four In One - Pac-Man

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The little yellow circle might not have made it as a platforming character (seriously, don't bother) but his pill chomping, ghost dodging antics are the stuff of legend. Hell, Pac-Man even secured himself a cameo in the most recent Guardians of the Galaxy film and you know you've made it when Marvel reference you.

Frankly, Pac-Man itself as a game is pretty irritating to the unskilled player. Leaving that bottom line until last is foolhardy and chomping all the Power Pellets early on in the round is the move of a total no0b - so why so satisfying?

Nothing to do with fruit or speedrunning the map - it has everything to do with getting things done.

Chomping on a Power Pellet and guzzling the ghosts all at once is endlessly gratifying as you see them all rush off to their safezone to regenerate. The bonus points are literally that, a bonus, you just want to get them off your back as quickly as possible.

"Wakka-Wakka", and the ghosts are gone.

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