QB64 Pac-Man Clone

[SMcNeill]

funny fact, the ghost in Pac-Man are not ghost; in the original PuckMan game they where identified as monsters. 

- RedAfro

Puckman (the original version of Pac-Man, before its name was changed) was created in Japan where they evil doers were called "yokai".  Yokai is one of those words which doesn't translate 100% to English,and can be considered to reference any of the spooky things that go bump in the night.  Boogeymen, ghosts, demons, ogres, trolls, and goblins... All are yokai.

It's a lot like how they define anime -- anything animated is basically anime.  Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny are anime according to the Japanese usage of the term, while for us they're called "cartoons".  We somehow consider anime to be more mature cartoons with some stylistic differences, but they don't make that distinction.

So Puckman's foes could've been ghosts, demons, or monsters -- all would've been a true translation of "yokai".