Arcade Tahm Kench

I've been thinking with Tahm Kench's whole "Aquired Taste" theme, what other classic, arcade icon must first pick up said taste in order to chomp his enemies? Pac-Man, of course! I think basing most of his design on the classic Pac-man mazes (with a bit more color than yellow, of course) would look interesting and quite humorous! His passive could be the little ghost sprites, and upon reaching full stacks, they begin to flash blue (or red for clarity sake). And when he devours an enemy, it could play the little sound bit that plays when Pac-man eats a ghost. What other arcade references could we throw into this man with a taste for pixels?