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Life & fun · September 28, 2026

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Pac-Bench – How well can models one-shot a Pac-Man game?

Pac-Man bench: how well a model and harness can recreate Pac-Man from a single prompt.

Pac-Bench – How well can models one-shot a Pac-Man game? launched on September 28, 2026 with 80 votes, #400 of 8,097 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.

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In plain words

Pac-Bench is a benchmark that measures how well AI models can recreate a working Pac-Man game from a single prompt. It tests both the model's capabilities and the quality of the system prompt or "harness" used to guide code generation. The tool is designed for developers and researchers interested in evaluating large language models' ability to produce functional game implementations in a one-shot scenario.

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