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Pac-Man Turns 25
blacklily8 writes "CNN Money is running a story about Pac-Man's 25th birthday. After going on a bit about the history of our favorite pizza sans one slice, the article waxes a bit on why the game was (and is) such a success, with some quotations from Namco's marketing manager: 'He's very colorful, very safe. It's definitely different than the trends going on in games. He just has an appeal.' I think it's because the game is just plain fun, with no need to rely on tech-demo thrills to attract attention. Time to dig out the X-Arcade." It's also *hard*, proving that challenging games are what people have always been looking for.
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I sometimes feel that my life has become heavily modeled on Pacman. It could be worse, of course. It could resemble Space Invaders or Frogger.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
Apparently a farmer has been preparing in advance for this day as well!
Stale pastry is hollow succor to one who is bereft of ostrich.
You only posted this story to make use of the pacman icon.
I dunno about that. Playing PacMan always made me feel like reaching for some crackers to go with the cheese.
So, was I the only one to find Ms PacMan, what with saucy bow and full red lips, sexy?
Really? Me neither.
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Clikey...
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
It's where you move a really skinny Ms Pacman around and force her to eat the dots.
"I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey
Pacman was my final project for my c++ class in school. And given how anal these types of classes are, I had something like:
Object
|-> MovableObject
|-> Enemy
|-> Ghost
|-> AttackingGhost
AHHH!!
There are a huge number of yeast infections in this county. Probably because we're downriver from the bread factory.
of legal drinking age?
-- Tigger warning: This post may contain tiggers! --
Sure, he might be safe to you. But to some of us, those who have lived in the pellet villages, the terrible sound of "Wakka wakka wakka" makes us run as the impending consumption of the village begins. I have been there my friends, hiding in the dark corners hoping not to be seen, watching as poor power pellets are gobbled up before my eyes.
At night, I can sometimes still hear the screams.
"They told me it was impossible. I replied with maniacal laughter." http://www.mydailyrant.com/
The true story of Pacman has been exposed.
Computer games don't affect kids, I mean if Pac Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive music.
-- Marcus Brigstocke
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And /.'ing will *still* manage to crash the servers, despite that being theoretically impossible with quantom computers and fusion-powered network switches ;)
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And the answer is, if there really is a God, never.
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I think yours is, however the first of a flood of predictions predicting a flood of articles.
Engineering is the art of compromise.
Yes. Unfortunately the holographic slashdot also includes holographic goatse links.
I still have more fans than freaks. WTF is wrong with you people?
Oh bugger, I just have. Must - poke - out - mind's - eye
FOUR WAYS IN WHICH MY LIFE IS JUST LIKE PAC-MAN'S
by John Crownover
1. Ever-present wail of sirens
2. Relentlessly pursued by ghosts
3. Four special pills daily keep ghosts at bay
4. Occasionally eat some fruit
(from www.mcsweeneys.net)
"show me all the blueprint show me all the blueprint show me all the blueprints"
And VGCats
If I had a quarter for everytime that I played Pac Man...
:q!
Fry: Ooo I have one. I'm good at video games and bad at everything else. That's why I wish life were more like a video game.
Farnsworth: Can you put that in the form of a question?
Fry: Uh, What if that thing I said?
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Oh yeah!!!
I had an Odyssey 2 and it was something of a coup that KC Munchkin was so much better looking than Pac Man on the Atari 2600. It was one of the few times I was glad my parents didn't buy me the 2600 instead.
Now that I'm an adult (well, legally...) I can see how owning that console was the beginning of a long pattern of owning technically superior products that nevertheless lost in the market to lesser technology. Now, after having been the proud owner of a Betamax, a Mac, a Newton, an Amiga, LaserDisk, NetWare, propane-powered pickup, and a bunch of other gadgets, I have such low self-esteem and aversion to getting screwed by technology that I buy everything at Best Buy because those guys know what's really good.
Oh, and happy birthday, Pac Man. Hope you and the Ms. are doing well. I miss you.
You just have to go outside. But most of the NPCs are boring, stupid and annoying and there are a lot of boring cut scenes that can't be skipped through between the action sequences.
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
Real Video Game Heros!
Today we salute you, Mr. Moving Half-Eaten Pie. For 25 years you have been trapped in a box, forced to eat pellets all day and run from ghosts. But when you get a hold of one of those Power Pellets, you let those ghosts know who's boss
SUPERNATURAL MUNCHER~
So today, we raise an ice cold Bud to you, oh champion of the arcade, for you are, the baddest moving cheese wheel ever.
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It was also hugely popular because it was non-violent.
How is Pac-Man "non-violent"?
The game is based apon eating these little, defensless yellow balls. Oh, and you have four ghosts that can kill you at any moment... errr... well unless you have a power-up that allows you to "eat" them and send them back to their "graveyard".
(Yea, I know I'm streaching a bit bit here, but you see my point...)
I'm not a prophet or a stone-age man,
I'm just a mortal with potential of a super man.
"Pac-Man Turns 25"
:(
But he still lost his hair a long time ago.
___
It's the end of my comment as I know it and I feel fine.
When are we going to see a pac man movie?
It's too late. Marlon Brando is dead.
"I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."
Actually, the original name was OuntMuncher.
Try playing with an Aerobie on a large field next to a busy road on a slightly windy day. Then your life will quickly begin to resemble Frogger.