I need help w/ PacMan Arena

I have most of the triggers done, I just need some general help with the map (mostly ideas)

I so far have the Characters:
The four ghosts from old arcade version
Inky-Green
Pinky-Pink
Blinky-Red
Sue-Brown
Pac-Man
Ms. Pac-Man
And a brand new character I made up: Pac-Dog!

I am having trouble coming up with ways to make characters distinct. Here is how the game goes so far.

You choose a hero (only one player for each hero, so not two green ghosts at a time). You run around the maze, which is complete with the warp to one side from another at that one part), and then you pick up items that randomly drop every ten seconds. Right now, I have the Mine, which is where you drop a Land mine and it blows up when an enemy hero comes close, fairly simple), and I plan to have a lazer blast/bazooka/whatever you want to call it where it will release a straight line in the direction you are facing (like the ball in Dodge Ball if you ever played Dodge Ball on BNet)

EDIT: If anyone could help me figure out how to make the Ball-type weapon described above, I would be much obliged.


As well as a homing missile thing where using the item releases a sapper-like summon that can run faster than heros and hit the enemy heros (of course with a different model than sapper, hopefully a missile or something.

The heros have no attacks, they might have skills, but as of now, have no skills.

Originally peasants were going to be the items, loaded and unloaded from a transport (unload=use) and the items would contain the lives (ankhs--Easy stuff there) but the units-as-items idea was cancelling the possibility of the heros having skills. So I just made the lives with variables.

So I am just looking for suggestions about the following:
--Ways to make the heros distinct (running speed, more hp/regen, etc)
--New Item/weapon ideas
--Money/Shop Ideas (none as of now)

I'll give you a plug in my map if you want one.

Well, thanks, and hopefully I will release this map soon, and it won't be left to rot unfinished like such greats I made like AFRICA: The Scenario, GTGunners, and 2 Team Castle D.

Someone told me i should have Tu-Pac and/or X-Pac as special heros, like Morbazan sort of. what do you think