Pac Xon

Pac Xon is an arcade game about claiming territory. You move across a playing field, draw a line out from safe ground, and when the line closes you capture the area behind it. The rest of the board is patrolled by enemies that make drawing risky.

The genre goes back to Taito's Qix (1981), where you claim a target percentage of the field while dodging hazards, and to the 1984 DOS game Xonix. Pac Xon belongs to this area-capture family, and the version here is credited to Agame. Exact level counts and power-ups vary between builds, so the steps below describe the general pattern of the genre.

How to play Pac Xon

The key decision each time is whether to draw a short, safe cut or a long one that captures more.

• Move from safe ground and draw a line across the empty field.
• Connect the line back to safe ground to capture the area.
• Reach the percentage target to clear the stage.
• Avoid letting an enemy touch you or your unfinished line.

Tips for Pac Xon

• Make short, frequent captures early on; long lines give enemies more time to hit them.
• Watch enemy paths before starting a line instead of reacting mid-draw.
• Capture the smaller side of a split first so the remaining space stays easy to read.
• As the field shrinks, leave room to maneuver rather than boxing yourself in.
• Slow down near moving enemies; a failed line costs a life or progress in this style of game.

The version on this site is credited to Agame.