![]() ![]() For example, the “Super Pac-Man” version on theĬE has more than 1,000 levels for players to go through. The Pac-Man CE also includes special features that weren’t Versions of Pac-Man, including the Japanese, American, and Korean versions of Games in one, including the original Pac-Man. The Pac-Man CE also comes with 40 additional Real difference is that the arcade machine has a new Pac-Man logo and the word Scheme, and the same joystick and buttons with a “1” and “2” on them. The Pac-Man CE also has the same yellow and black color It comes complete with the original Pac-Man arcadeĬabinet design: a black finish, a yellow and black control panel, and anĪuthentic coin slot. Packed with Retro Goodnessĭespite being a brand-new edition, the Pac-Man CE is a retro Paved the way for more innovative Pac-Man games. Headset-enabled game featured 3D graphics and allowed players to experience So what was next? The answer came inĢ001, when Pac-Man was resurrected for the 21st century with Pac-Man VR. The Pac-Man series had already been ported to just about every homeĬonsole and handheld system at the time. The transition, of course, was inevitable: homeĬonsoles were more accessible, easier to use, and offered more variety in terms ![]() In the late ’90s, the popularity of Pac-Man had shifted fromĪrcades to home consoles. To mark 30 years of Pac-Man and its subsequent versions, the Japanese video game giant Bandai created an arcade machine called “Pac-Man CE” (short for “Compact Edition”) which brought Pac-Man back home for everyone to enjoy once again - and even better than before! Read on to learn more about this special edition machine as well as its historical significance in the world of gaming. Especially because in this case it gave us something pretty amazing. But still, with all due respect to the marketing department - we love you guys. You know, without actually needing any quarters.What’s so special about the 30th of anything? If it’s an anniversary, that means there have been 29 days earlier! Let’s face it: Unless you are celebrating your first birthday twins or triplets, the 30th is mostly a marketing gimmick. And we can only hope you find using Google at least a quarter as enjoyable as eating dots and chasing ghosts. There’s a light-hearted, human touch to both of them. They’re both deceptively straightforward, carefully hiding their complexity under the hood. PAC-MAN seems like a natural fit for the Google homepage. PAC-MAN joins the party and you can play together with someone else (PAC-MAN is controlled with arrow keys or by clicking on the maze, Ms. We also added a little easter egg: if you throw in another coin, Ms. Google doodler Ryan Germick and I made sure to include PAC-MAN’s original game logic, graphics and sounds, bring back ghosts’ individual personalities, and even recreate original bugs from this 1980’s masterpiece. To play the game, go to during the next 48 hours (because it’s too cool to keep for just one day) and either press the “Insert Coin” button or just wait for a few seconds. Today, on PAC-MAN’s 30th birthday, you can rediscover some of your 8-bit memories-or meet PAC-MAN for the first time-through our first-ever playable Google doodle. During the heyday of space shooters, Tōru Iwatani’s creation stood out as one of the first video games aimed at a broader audience, with a cute story of pizza-shaped character gobbling dots in a maze, colorful (literally!) characters, friendly design, very little violence and everlasting fun. One of my favorites was PAC-MAN, whose popularity transcended the geopolitical barriers of that time. For me, that meant summer trips through Poland’s coastal cities with their seasonal arcade parlors peeking inside cabinets to learn programming and engineering secrets and-of course-free games! When I was growing up, my dad had the best job I could possibly imagine: he was an arcade game and pinball technician. ![]()
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