{"id":10524,"date":"2010-05-22T08:55:02","date_gmt":"2010-05-22T00:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/?p=10524"},"modified":"2010-05-22T08:55:02","modified_gmt":"2010-05-22T00:55:02","slug":"google-top-ten-reasons-why-pac-man-is-awesome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/22\/google-top-ten-reasons-why-pac-man-is-awesome\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Top Ten Reasons why Pac-Man is Awesome"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google has launched its first ever interactive doodle worldwide,\u00a0in celebration of the 30th anniversary of one of the most recognized gaming icons in history, Pac-Man. With this doodle, users will be able to play the game straight from the doodle which will be broadcasted on Google homepages across the world, including Singapore.<\/p>\n

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How to play the game.<\/h2>\n

The interactive doodle will allow users to play the all-time favorite game by clicking on the “insert coin” button or when the game automatically starts after 10 seconds of waiting.\u00a0To pay the homage that\u00a0Pac-Man\u00a0deserves as a ground-breaking innovation in the gaming world, Google equipped the doodle with many unique characteristics from the original\u00a0Pac-Man\u00a0game. \u00a0From preserving the distinct personalities of the ghosts Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde (yes they have unique traits) to re-creating programming bugs from the original game, Sr. User Experience designer at Google, Marcin Wichary, along with Google doodler, Ryan Germick, remained as faithful to the spirit of\u00a0Pac-Man\u00a0as possible.<\/p>\n

Users have 48 hours to challenge themselves to reach the 255th level until the doodle goes down at 12 midnight, Monday (24 May).<\/p>\n

Here are the top ten reasons why Google thinks that Pacman is awesome.<\/p>\n

Top Ten Reasons why Pac-Man is awesome<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Pac-Man was the first game to produce video game related character goods<\/li>\n
  2. The name came from the eating sound for “chomp” in Japanese, “paku-paku”<\/li>\n
  3. In 2005,\u00a0Pac-Man\u00a0received the\u00a0Guinness World Records\u00a0award for being the “Most Successful Coin-Operated Game”<\/li>\n
  4. In 2010, Guinness World Records: Gaming Edition,\u00a0Pac-Man\u00a0was proclaimed to be the best known Video Game Character, beating both the Mario Brothers and Sonic the Hedgehog<\/li>\n
  5. Each of the 4 ghosts has its Japanese and English names. In Japan they started as Fickle, Chaser, Ambusher and Stupid. Their English names are known as Inky, Blinky, Pinky, and Clyde<\/li>\n
  6. Pac-Man\u00a0was the first “cute” game produced and was created around the idea of women, men and couples playing video games. \u00a0Before\u00a0Pac-Man, games were primarily space shooters and\/or alien games. \u00a0The color of the ghosts were intentional as Iwatani-san thought that colorful enemies would be harder to dislike<\/li>\n
  7. The arcade version of\u00a0Pac-Man\u00a0first launched in Tokyo, Japan on May 22, 1980; it launched in the U.S. October 1980<\/li>\n
  8. The game was originally called PUCK MAN but was not accepted in the U.S. because if part of the “P” chipped off it would turn into an “F”<\/li>\n
  9. The game’s popularity in North America is especially notable as the arcade machine sold more than 100,000 units in its first year of production<\/li>\n
  10. Pac-Man\u00a0became an economic term. When a company that is about to be acquired instead takes over the hostile company that was attempting to acquire it, it’s called the “Pac-Man” defense. The name was coined after the role reversal that occurs when\u00a0Pac-Man\u00a0eats power cookies<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Just to let you know we are serious about having fun<\/strong><\/p>\n