Thursday, May 27, 2010

The PacMan 30th Anniversary

May 22, 1980 marked the release of one of probably the most legendary video games of all time, and May 22, 2010, will be the Pac-Man 30th anniversary. The game has been among the biggest video game successes of all time, along with Mrs. Pac-Man and other games. The PacMan game is one of the three video games exhibited by the Smithsonian Institute. In fact, Google put a PacMan free online game within the homepage.

Article Resource: May 22 is Pac-Man arcade game 30th anniversary By Personal Money Store

Google observes Pac Man 30th anniversary

To observe the Pac Man 30th anniversary, Google came up with a Google Pac Man logo (aka Google Doodle). Oh, and also you can play the game too. You can play it. Look at the search bar, you’ll see a button reading Insert Coin. Click on that, and also you can play PacMan until the cows come home, without needing instant loans for a video game site subscription or a lot more quarters.

PacMan is now 30

On May 22, 1980, Pac Man was released in Japan, according to the Pac Man wiki. It was intended by Toru Iwatani, during his time at Namco Games. (As a sad aside, he didn’t even get a bonus or share of the sales.) He set out to develop an alternative to the typical popular games at the time, which were typically similar to Asteroids or Galaga. Midway Games picked it up soon after it became a quick hit to sell within the US. The horizontal Pac Man table is still a highly sought after collector's item.

Where to play PacMan

The Google homepage has a PacMan game for the moment. There are PacMan games all over the web, which is a series of tubes according to sources. There’s an Apple app, that you are able to download PacMan with for the iPod Touch, iPhone, and probably the iPad. It is an icon of video games, and on its 30th anniversary, Pac Man is still incredibly popular.

Citations

Pacman wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man



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