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Pac-Man's perfect score ends in a glitch

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To achieve absolute perfection, you must consume every single pixelated dot flawlessly until the screen literally collapses into a garbled mess of letters and numbers. It is a grueling test of endurance that ends not with a triumphant victory screen, but with an unceremonious crash.

Pac-Man's perfect score ends in a glitch
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