I didn't read the thing and was just playing without mines the first time and just trying to get the ghosts to crash into each other. Mines definitely made the game easier, though I found I basically had to play the game like I was before because you can only have so many mines. Was he bleeding from the mouth when he dies?

Interesting. This feels like some sort of mix between Pac-Man and the classic BSD "Robots" game. I feel kind of uncomfortable around the edges of the playfield.