Perfect Game of Pac-Man - 3,333,360 Points

This is a perfect game on the MAME emulated original version of Pac-Man from 1980. At the end of the final board I decide to get myself caught in the side of the board rather than give the ghosts the satisfaction of ending my game :) This perfect game attempts to exclusively use patterns rather than grouping. I say attempts because I do go off pattern twice during the game. First, on the board that starts at 1:22:50, and second, on the board that starts at 1:42:16. ============================ = History of the patterns = ============================ Here is, as best as I know, the origin of the patterns used in this perfect game. An important source of these patterns needs to be explained in more detail because it&a bit convoluted. Around 1983, through unknown means (I don&know if it was in a magazine, in-person contact, etc.), Randy Tufts from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada discovered a person who had impressively fast, high-point patterns. These patterns were used by this mystery person in Pac-Man competitions where you would play for a maximum of one hour and try to achieve as high a score as possible. Randy wrote to this mystery person and the guy mailed the details of his patterns to Randy. Then, in 1989, Rick Fothergill, who had known Randy since 1984 and lived in the same home town, started playing Pac-Man and acquired the patterns from Randy. Lastly, I met Rick in 1996 and obtained the patterns from Rick. You can see we are missing a very important...