If you’ve performed a search on Google today, you can’t have failed to notice a familiar dot-munching yellow blob and his archenemies, the coloured ghosties, patiently awaiting your click on the ‘Insert Coin’ button.
One click and you’re hooked. I hope you have some time to spare, or Pac-Man-worthy keyboard dexterity, as this is a fully playable 226-level game—including the kill screen that was included in the original!
This is the first interactive Doodle (their term for anniversary and event-specific logos) that Google has produced since its inception in 1999, and was created by Senior User Experience Designer Marcin Wichary and professional Google Doodler Ryan Germick to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the game’s Japanese release.
If playing Google’s Pac-Man logo has brought out the retro gamer in you, come along to the new Games Lounge at the museum, where you can play arcade classics such as Pong, Space Invaders, Donkey Kong and of course, Pac-Man to your heart’s content; all on original arcade machines; all at the price you would have paid when they were first released!
Find out more about it on our Games Lounge page, or visit the museum website.