Initially, the game sold very well, and 7 million copies were shifted, making it Atari's best-selling title. When it was finally ready, Atari produced 12 million ROM cartridges, expecting a high number of sales. The worst aspect of the game, though, is the flickering ghosts, due to the game rendering one ghost on screen per frame. The Pac-Man sprite also never faces up or down.
The graphics are simplified (there isn't even any fruit!) and the maze layout is also modified - there is only one maze throughout the whole game. The result was a disastrous conversion that is drastically different from the original to meet the console's limitations. The technical differences between the Atari system and the original arcade hardware (especially the memory!) proved to be extremely challenging. What seemed liked a simple piece of programming became a bit of a nightmare for Frye. However, he was given a limited amount of time by Atari to complete the project.
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