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Google Celebrates Pac-Man’s 30th Birthday with Playable Pac-Man Logo
May 21, 2010 by Nick Salyers
Filed under Computer, News, Tech
What’s the best way for Google to celebrate the 30th anniversary of one of the most beloved and recognizable video game characters in the world? Why, make a Google logo that looks like a Pac-Man map. And hell, why not make it playable? And on top of that, why not make it co-op to?
Head on over to Google and you’ll see the above logo. Clicking once on the “Insert Coin” button allows you to play a game of Google Pac-Man using the arrow keys (or, I’m told, swipes for you iPhone users). Clicking the button a second time allows you or a friend to jump in as Ms. Pac-Man using the WASD control method.
Google’s press release had this to say about the programming of the logo/game:
To pay the homage that Pac-Man deserves as a ground-breaking innovation in the gaming world, Google equipped the doodle with many unique characteristics from the original Pac-Man game. From preserving the distinct personalities of the ghosts Inky (blue: fickle), Blinky (red: chaser), Pinky (pink: ambusher) and Clyde (orange: slow) to re-creating programming bugs from the original game like a “kill screen” on level 256, Sr. User Experience designer at Google, Marcin Wichary, along with Google doodler, Ryan Germick, remained as faithful to the spirit of Pac-Man as possible.
So enjoy Google Pac-Man while you can folks, it’ll be nothing more than a memory tomorrow.
I only got 8330.
awesome! i still suck at packman but love it none the less
Let's all play Pac-Man 2.
Hey just wanted to give you a quick heads up. The words in your content seem to be running off the screen in Internet explorer. I’m not sure if this is a formatting issue or something to do with internet browser compatibility but I figured I’d post to let you know. The design look great though! Hope you get the issue solved soon. Thanks