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Internet adopts Google Pac-Man forever

Posted: May 24, 2010

You know how Google put a Pac-Man doodle on the homepage Friday and like no one got anything done because it was super fun to play with?

Apparently everyone dug the feature pretty hard because Google blogged that they’re keeping the interactive doodle:

We’ve been overwhelmed — but not surprised :) — by the success of our 30th anniversary PAC-MAN doodle. Due to popular demand, we’re making the game permanently available atwww.google.com/pacman.

Thanks to NAMCO for helping to make this wonderful collaboration happen. Enjoy!

Google introduced the popular doodle Friday in honor of Pac-Man‘s 30th birthday. The game was introduced in 1980, and has remained a big part of gaming culture ever since. (80s kids might remember the ensuing cartoons and cereals tied to the game’s popularity.) Twitter and tech blogs lit up at the dinky Google simulator this weekend, and although you can play Pac-Man numerous places on the web, the in-browser method really seems to have struck a chord. Are you moving your bookmarks?



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3 Archived Responses to “ Internet adopts Google Pac-Man forever ”

  1. CristyE
    May 26, 2010

    This is a special week for Pac-man lovers as we are celebrating its birthday. Pac-Man is considered to be one of the first video games designed. Many of us have played it at least once in our lives. Pac-Man is among the video games, every generation of gamers has played. Pac-Man is unlike any older game that people used to play. They are lost among the glitter of modern day graphics, and entertainment. Pac-man however, has endured the times without needing to have a lot of technical upgrades.


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