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Postby Silver_Surfer1 » Fri May 21, '10, 6:44 pm

Pac man is having a birthday today!

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2010/05/19/ ... 274299532/

Happy Birthday! :cake:

Google has even decorated their front page for this special occassion!

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Pac Man may be one of the oldest games, but it is still one of the most fun games around!

Any pac man fans here?
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Re: Pac Man birthday

Postby Wolf Bird » Fri May 21, '10, 6:58 pm

Actually, google didn't just decorate their front page, they turned it into a pac-man game! Just hit the insert coin button and you can play. My boyfriend says you can hit it twice to get Mrs. pac-man, and have it be two player! It's pretty fun, if easy. I beat it my first try.
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Re: Pac Man birthday

Postby Thoul » Fri May 21, '10, 8:13 pm

Sweet, that's a pretty cool way to celebrate! I hope that do some more games on other anniversaries.
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Re: Pac Man birthday

Postby Silver_Surfer1 » Sun May 23, '10, 3:27 am

Caged Wolf wrote:Actually, google didn't just decorate their front page, they turned it into a pac-man game! Just hit the insert coin button and you can play. My boyfriend says you can hit it twice to get Mrs. pac-man, and have it be two player! It's pretty fun, if easy. I beat it my first try.



That was fun! I beat it also, but not on the first try. Out of practice I guess, lol. I saw the Mrs. pac-man too.
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Re: Pac Man birthday

Postby Celeith » Sun May 23, '10, 10:06 pm

It would have been nice if they added more levels instead of constantly accumulating points on the same stage over and over.
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Re: Pac Man birthday

Postby Thoul » Mon May 24, '10, 1:45 am

I suppose there's a limited number of ways you can make a level and still have it spell "Google." I agree some variety would have been a greater incentive to play, though.
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Re: Pac Man birthday

Postby Silver_Surfer1 » Tue May 25, '10, 8:40 pm

Google must have got a lot of hits on this Pac-Man tribute as they have found a permanent place for it. Look at this:

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

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Re: Pac Man birthday

Postby Thoul » Tue May 25, '10, 9:36 pm

Google keeps a record of all their logos, going all the way back to 1998. They call them "doodles."
http://www.google.com/logos/
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Re: Pac Man birthday

Postby Silver_Surfer1 » Tue Jun 15, '10, 9:57 pm

Something new in honor of the Pac Man's birthday. A new pac man game....Pac Man Party:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/201 ... 5_ST_N.htm
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Re: Pac Man birthday

Postby Silver_Surfer1 » Thu May 28, '15, 6:18 am

Can't believe I missed this but Pac Man recently celebrated a 35th birthday last week on May 21, 2015:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gami ... /27771695/

And, you can still play the Pac-Man game on the Google page here:

http://www.google.com/logos/


Happy 35th Birthday Pac Man! :cake: :party:
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