The goal of the game as the player is to eat all the dots in the maze before he himself gets eaten by any ghosts.
If a ghost catches the player, the game is over and the player looses. If the player manages to eat all the dots, he wins.
If the player eats one of four large dots called energizers, he temporarily gains the ability to eat ghosts, wich sends them back to their spawnpoint and awards the player points.