PacManhattan Relocates Classic Game To New York Streets

Matt Slaybaugh writes "Some classmates of mine have developed a 'large-scale urban game that utilizes the New York City grid to recreate the 1980's video game sensation Pac-Man.' One player dresses up as Pac-Man and tries to cover the full Greenwich Village grid, while 4 others dressed as Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde try to catch him. Everyone reports their positions to their respective generals, who monitor progress on a central control board. I can't wait for the real-world implementation of Donkey Kong."

Comments

Re:Interesting

[The_Mystic_For_Real]

It seemed to me that the players reported to their respective general via a cell phone.

Re:Power Pellets

[jelevy01]

who needs dark alleys? It's Washington Square park, just got to D2 by the chess boards..

George Costanza has already done it in Seinfeld!

[antdude]

From episode 174. It was a pretty funny episode. :)

I even found two video clips: #1 and #2. Here are two screen captures: #1 and #2. Thanks to Google for finding these. ;)

Club Dread.

[jfisherwa]

They did this in Broken Lizard's Club Dread (same group that made Supertroopers) -- it was easily the best part of the movie.

Re:Why report?

[WhatAmIDoingHere]

From the projects actual site:

"Using Global Positioning, WIFI internet connections, cell phones and custom software designed by the Pac-Manhattan team, Pac-man and the ghosts will be tracked from a central location"

Re:I won't be happy

[claar]

Um, from the site:

Using Global Positioning, WIFI internet connections, cell phones and custom software designed by the Pac-Manhattan team, Pac-man and the ghosts will be tracked from a central location and their progress will be broadcast over the internet for viewers from around the world.

Re:Kristian Wilson, CEO, Nintendo Gaming Corporati

[Bob Cat - NYMPHS]

Wrong attribution, internet-rumor-boy.

Marcus Brigstocke, a Brit comedian, wrote that, and he is not pleased that you don't know that.

Re:real geeks would ...

[Azi Dahaka]

They use GPS, and there are "generals" communicating to the players from a control room. The generals can see the entire board so the players don't need to carry anything more than a cellular phone.