LOLPiracy
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21 maggio 2010
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Google is honoring the 30th anniversary of the classic
video
game Pac-Man with a "Google Doodle" logo that doubles as a fully
playable
version of the game, complete with what I remember as the
correct sound effects.
Just click the "Insert Coin" button to start
playing, use your keyboard’s cursor keys
to navigate around a maze that
includes a version of Google’s logo–and, then, if you
came of age in
1980s, watch as familiar reflexes take hold.
This is easily the
greatest homage to Namco’s arcade classic since a bunch of
overactive
NYU students staged a live version of the game around Washington
Square
Park called–what else?–Pac-Manhattan.
A Google blog post notes that
this is the Mountain View, Calif., company’s first
playable Google
Doodle, advises that it’s around for the next two days and explains
how
to activate a hidden feature–bringing Ms. Pac-Man into the game.
I
found it was too difficult to control Ms. Pac-Man with the W, A, S and D
keys while
steering around her mate with the cursor keys, but it’s been a long time since
I played Pac-Man in any form. How’d
that work for you? Have you found any other
Easter eggs in the game?
And
here’s a link to the Google Pac Man game.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fast…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfgTn-G1k9g