IT'S THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF PAC-MAN
And the Google home page has a game you can actually play.
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May 21, 2010
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Dang! got all but one!
Posted by: OC Dolphin | May 21, 2010 at 01:43 PM
I was wondering why they had Pac-man in their logo today. Thanks for clearing that up for me, Dave.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | May 21, 2010 at 01:50 PM
The only video game I ever played.
Posted by: MOTW | May 21, 2010 at 01:54 PM
Hit "Insert coin" twice and it goes into 2 player mode, second player uses the w,a,s,d buttons.
Posted by: wiredog | May 21, 2010 at 01:58 PM
Dang you!
Posted by: Siouxie | May 21, 2010 at 01:59 PM
Just remember to mute your sound if you're at the office so they don't know you're playing!
Posted by: Melanie | May 21, 2010 at 02:01 PM
Pong deserves some love.
Posted by: Nolan Bushnell | May 21, 2010 at 02:02 PM
Even cooler: it isn't a Flash game so I can play it on my iPhone!
Pacman on an iPhone. Sounds so weird.
Posted by: KJP | May 21, 2010 at 02:04 PM
The second player gets to be Miss Pac Man
Posted by: Suzanne | May 21, 2010 at 02:05 PM
It's also the 30th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back, which was much more of an influence on me than Pacman.
Posted by: Guin | May 21, 2010 at 02:10 PM
Gobi-wan has turned Dave into a Google-ite.
Posted by: trustf8 | May 21, 2010 at 02:19 PM
30 years later and I still can't figure out how to play it . . .
Posted by: Mahatma Kane Jeeves aka Brian D. | May 21, 2010 at 02:38 PM
I always sucked at that game. Still do. Bring on Missle Command!!!!
Posted by: random thunking | May 21, 2010 at 03:09 PM
Just killed what little productivity I had left for a Friday.
Posted by: Troy | May 21, 2010 at 03:13 PM
Ya know that point in every working day where you say "F*ck it. I'm done."?
Just reached it.
And I'm right there with ya, random thunking.
Posted by: bonmot | May 21, 2010 at 03:27 PM
It drove me crazy, so I went to Yahoo.
Posted by: billinbossier | May 21, 2010 at 03:31 PM
bon, I have a spoof of one of those "motivational" posters. It's a bird walking on the beach, covered in oil, and the caption reads, "F*ck it. I'm going home."
Posted by: Layzeeboy | May 21, 2010 at 03:32 PM
OK, machines are shutting down, it's 5:30 on Friday. Who needs a cold one?
Posted by: pogo | May 21, 2010 at 05:27 PM
MEEEE!
Posted by: bonmot | May 21, 2010 at 06:25 PM
I played. As the ghosts were flashing back from blue to their normal colors, I passed through Pinky and nothing happened. Blinky got me, though.
Posted by: oneblankspace | May 21, 2010 at 08:58 PM
This is the original Atari code! All the tricks I learned in college back in 1982 to try and beat this game work in this version!
God, I am so pathetic......
Posted by: PirateBoy | May 21, 2010 at 09:16 PM
I've heard that this version is EXACTLY like the original. If you can clear the board 255 times, then just like the original, you really need to get out more.
Posted by: Chris S. | May 21, 2010 at 11:06 PM
At first I just they had a picture, not an actual game, until Dave told me. Then I forgot how to play, and thought Pac-Man was supposed to eat the ghosts, not avoid them.
Yeah, not one of my brightest days.
Posted by: Renee (the First) | May 21, 2010 at 11:21 PM
30 years.... man, I feel old!
Posted by: AlanBoss | May 21, 2010 at 11:46 PM
Won two games this morning! :-)
Posted by: Renee (the First) | May 22, 2010 at 12:11 PM