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Everything Old is Old Again

Posted by Zonk on from the pac-man-and-i-have-the-same-birth-year dept.

TechDock writes "GameDaily interviews some of the folks involved with retro game services, including GameTap, XBox Live Arcade, and assorted standalone retro game devices. They discuss the new business models associated with the retro business, and why 25 year-old games are still popular." From the article: "Want to feel really old? It's been 26 years since the sound of 'waka-waka-waka' first resounded in an arcade. Yes, 1980 was the year Midway licensed and installed the coin-op version of Namco's Pac-Man in the U.S. And 2006 is the year that Pac-Man has become one of the most popular downloads on Xbox Live Arcade and GameTap. Talk about a game with legs."

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  1. Legs? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pac has no legs!

  2. waka waka waka by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's been 26 years since the sound of 'waka-waka-waka' first resounded in an arcade.

    I'm pretty sure I remember seeing the Muppets on a TV in an arcade before 1980...

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  3. From McSweeney's... by TobyRush · · Score: 5, Funny

    Four Ways in which My Life is Just Like Pac-Man's:

    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

    (by John Crownover, http://mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/16JohnCrownover. html)

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  4. Re:I'll tell you why... by twistedsymphony · · Score: 3, Funny

    were those real-time or pre-rendered?

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  5. Re:Super Size Me by nuzak · · Score: 3, Funny

    You know how to use wikipedia. I'm so proud of you. Now stop.

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