I know Pac-Man has no real story, but I always found it weird how he doesn't eat the ghosts' eyes.
Is there some technical reason why he doesn't, or is this just an oversight?
Why does Pac-Man not like to eat eyes
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Best Answer
The further the eyes are from the ghost pen, the longer it takes for them to reach it and regenerate. This means the time it takes for a ghost to respawn after being eaten is variable.
Because it is variable, the eyes give the player a measurable way to determine when the ghosts are going to respawn (when the eyes reach the ghost pen). If Pac-Man ate the ghosts' eyes, the player would have no visual idea when the ghosts would regenerate, which might be hazardous to Pac-Man's health.