Amazon is featuring an animated game of Pac-man on their front page to honor the 35th anniversary of the classic video game, and Google has also revived their interactive Pac-Man doodle from five years ago, making it their top result for searches on "Pacman". A free Android version of the game is available in both the Google and Amazon app stores, and Amazon is also discounting newer versions like "Championship Edition" and "Pac-Man Museum" games. The original Pac-Man game was created by 24-year-old programmer Toru Iwatani in 1979, and today CBS News marked the anniversary by joking that now "Pac-Man is 35. And he's still hungry."
(Score: 3, Informative) by Open4D on Saturday May 23 2015, @02:57PM
Play the game using the layout of real streets!
I'm not sure if this:
- is actually still available
- has already been covered on SN
But here you go anyway: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/google-maps-pacman-company-offers-chance-to-play-classic-arcade-game-on-real-streets-10146813.html [independent.co.uk]
The best way to encounter it was by accident. I hadn't heard of it. I was using Google Maps to see the location of a pub, and I noticed the button in the bottom left. I clicked it, and the site analyzed the street layout on my screen at the time, to see how the game could be fitted in.
Within seconds you're playing Pacman on the street layout that, moments earlier, you had been looking at for some real life practical reason. Brilliant!