May 22, 1980 marked the release of one of one of the most legendary video games of all time, and May 22, 2010, will be the Pac-Man 30th anniversary. It’s one of probably the most popular video games ever released. The Pac Man game is one of the 3 video games in the Smithsonian Institute. Google put a playable PacMan free online game on its homepage.
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Google marks PacMan 30th anniversary
A PacMan display was used for the Google logo on the homepage, called a Google Doodle. Oh, and you also can play the game too. It really plays. Check out the search bar, you’ll see a button reading Insert Coin. Click on that, and you can play PacMan until the cows come home, without needing money now for a video game site subscription or more quarters.
PacMan is now 30
The original release, according to the Pac Man wiki, was May 22, 1980 in Japan. It was designed by Toru Iwatani, during his time at Namco Games. (On a sad note, he received no compensation or bonuses for coming up with one of probably the most popular video games of all time.) Asteroids or Galaga type video games were the most popular at the time, and he set out to create an alternative. The game was a near instant hit, and it was picked up by Midway Games soon after for distribution within the US. The horizontal Pac Man table is still a highly sought after collector's item.
Play Pac Man
Obviously, there's the free version of the game on the Google homepage. You can also discover numerous free Pac Man games online. There’s an Apple app, that you can download PacMan with for the iPod Touch, iPhone, and probably the iPad. It is a legendary video game, and it is nevertheless pretty fun to play.
Find a lot more info on this topic
Pacman wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man
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