Names of the ghosts or monsters in Pac-Man

Question

Not sure if they're ghosts or monsters, but what are the names of those chasing our beloved and fearless hero, Pac-Man, around the maze?

Do they even have names? Do they also have distinct personalities?

Answer

The Character (Personality), nicknames and behavior for the enemies are:

• Red: Shadow "Blinky" (Chases Pac-Man all the time, Also speeds up after you've eaten a certain amount of dots, which gets less for each level.)

• Pink: Speedy "Pinky" (Fast but random movement.)

• Cyan: Bashful "Inky" (Shy and tries to stay away from pac-man, unless approached too much, after which it will chase Pac-Man too.)

• Orange: Pokey "Clyde" (Slow and Random Movement)

Now, on the ghost vs. monster topic, The arcade cabinet refered to the enemies as "monsters", but the when the Atari 2600 home version was released with pale, flickering enemies, the manual dubbed them "ghosts", to add to the confusion, the TV series refers to them as "ghost monsters" (I personally prefer ghosts.)

Source for the behaviours:
Mateas, Michael (2003). "Expressive AI: Games and Artificial Intelligence" (PDF). Proceedings of Level Up: Digital Games Research Conference, Utrecht, Netherlands.

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