Happy Birthday, Pac-Man!

atari 2600 · 05.21.2010, 10:35 AM

Pac-Man is 30 and has inspired the best Google doodle ever...a playable videogame.

There's sound, a tunnel, intermissions, and even a bonus Pac-Man after the first 10,000 points!

A second player can control Ms. Pac-Man at the same time!

http://www.google.com/pacman

chicka · 05.21.2010, 11:08 AM

Happy Birthday PacMan

demonrail666 · 05.21.2010, 11:14 AM

Happy birthday to the videogame I spent more school dinner-money on than any other.

space · 05.21.2010, 03:17 PM

that's awesome! I didn't even notice the "insert coin" button.

I would like to see more classic videogame birthdays celebrated!

just a few days ago, I was reminiscing over first seeing the pong and space invaders game...

that said, pac man and ms pac man were among my top favorites released on the 2600. I can still remember plugging in ms. pac man and drooling over the MINDBLOWING graphics.

can any videogame released today bring the same amount of joy and awe or have we all (myself included) become too jaded?

demonrail666 · 05.21.2010, 03:44 PM

The decline of the arcades has sort of killed a lot of the excitement around video games. There was something brilliant about the sounds you'd hear in an arcade when fifty different games were being played at the same time. Good times.

shabbray2.0 · 05.21.2010, 03:45 PM

ive spent over 2 hours on it, today.
2player modus!

ploesj · 05.22.2010, 08:01 AM

that is so cool!

nicfit · 05.27.2010, 02:13 AM

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...0-million.html

space · 05.27.2010, 08:30 AM

BURNIN' DOWN THE WALLS O' BABYLON, ONE POWERPILL AT A TIME!

http://www.google.com/pacman/

Rob Instigator · 05.27.2010, 10:44 AM

I used to scavenge for quarters so I could head to safeway supermarket and play Pac man! That shit ruled!

I too miss the arcade sounds. a few malls in Houston still have arcades and when I go in I reminisce. The sounds, the kids millimng about, screaming, the video game killins. such fun.

Rob Instigator · 05.27.2010, 10:51 AM

the sound of Pac Man eating a blue ghost is like the sound of age 8 for me.

stu666 · 05.27.2010, 10:56 AM

GeneticKiss · 05.27.2010, 03:57 PM

I scored 17,990 points on the Google version of that game the other day.

If not for Pac-Man, we wouldn't have video games like we them today, and if not for video games...who knows what my childhood would've been like?

shabbray2.0 · 05.27.2010, 03:59 PM

"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music."

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05.21.2010, 10:35 AM	#1
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	Pac-Man is 30 and has inspired the best Google doodle ever...a playable videogame. There's sound, a tunnel, intermissions, and even a bonus Pac-Man after the first 10,000 points! A second player can control Ms. Pac-Man at the same time! http://www.google.com/pacman
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05.21.2010, 11:08 AM	#2
chicka expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: wormtown MA Posts: 1,549	Happy Birthday PacMan __________________ some men just want to watch the world burn
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demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	Happy birthday to the videogame I spent more school dinner-money on than any other.
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05.21.2010, 03:17 PM	#4
space expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,553	that's awesome! I didn't even notice the "insert coin" button. I would like to see more classic videogame birthdays celebrated! just a few days ago, I was reminiscing over first seeing the pong and space invaders game... that said, pac man and ms pac man were among my top favorites released on the 2600. I can still remember plugging in ms. pac man and drooling over the MINDBLOWING graphics. can any videogame released today bring the same amount of joy and awe or have we all (myself included) become too jaded?
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05.21.2010, 03:44 PM	#5
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	The decline of the arcades has sort of killed a lot of the excitement around video games. There was something brilliant about the sounds you'd hear in an arcade when fifty different games were being played at the same time. Good times.
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shabbray2.0 expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,409	ive spent over 2 hours on it, today. 2player modus! __________________ PLEASE WAIT...BUILDING RAGE DEM DAYS, WHEN EVERYTHING IS HIP HOP "Beat the stage for an extra ending with monkeys"
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ploesj invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: antwerp. Posts: 2,901	that is so cool! __________________ blog flickr
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nicfit invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: banana boat Posts: 15,570	http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...0-million.html __________________ 11:11 11-11-11 I Ascended.
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05.27.2010, 08:30 AM	#9
space expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,553	BURNIN' DOWN THE WALLS O' BABYLON, ONE POWERPILL AT A TIME! http://www.google.com/pacman/
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	I used to scavenge for quarters so I could head to safeway supermarket and play Pac man! That shit ruled! I too miss the arcade sounds. a few malls in Houston still have arcades and when I go in I reminisce. The sounds, the kids millimng about, screaming, the video game killins. such fun. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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05.27.2010, 10:51 AM	#11
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	the sound of Pac Man eating a blue ghost is like the sound of age 8 for me. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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stu666 Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Stowmarket Posts: 13,504	yeha __________________ http://tapewormstu.blogspot.co.uk/
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05.27.2010, 03:57 PM	#13
GeneticKiss expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,666	I scored 17,990 points on the Google version of that game the other day. If not for Pac-Man, we wouldn't have video games like we them today, and if not for video games...who knows what my childhood would've been like? __________________ https://handinthefates.bandcamp.com<--music
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05.27.2010, 03:59 PM	#14
shabbray2.0 expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,409	"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." ... __________________ PLEASE WAIT...BUILDING RAGE DEM DAYS, WHEN EVERYTHING IS HIP HOP "Beat the stage for an extra ending with monkeys"
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