[zepto]

How would PAC-MAN be considered violent?

Ghosts are by definition, already dead.

I could see it being banned for encouraging bulimia, or the use of psychedelic pills, but violence is not so obvious.

[LocalH]

The game cabinet (at least in the US) called them "monsters"

[zepto]

It seems like there is some ambiguous language use, based on the translation of Japanese terms but generally the canon seems to see them as Ghosts.

Presumably this would need to be decided in court, perhaps even the Supreme Court.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghosts_(Pac-Man)

I’m surprised frogger isn’t banned because it encourages suicide.