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A Playable PAC-MAN On Google Doodle

Posted by kdawson on from the game-will-never-be-over-not-really dept.

Kilrah_il and several other readers made sure we noted Google's tribute to PAC-MAN on its 30th anniversary — a playable game implemented in JavaScript. "'To play the game, go to google.com during the next 48 hours (because it's too cool to keep for just one day) and either press the "Insert Coin" button or just wait for a few seconds.' There is also an Easter egg for those who want to recall one of the first multi-player games, but you'll have to RTFA to find it." This doodle may overshadow the Official PAC-MAN 30th Anniversary Destination.

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  1. Re:So... by TheKidWho · · Score: 4, Informative

    Insert coin twice to enable multiplayer.

    One player is controlled via arrow keys, the other by wasd.

  2. Multiplayer Google Doodle by AntiDragon · · Score: 4, Informative

    If you have a friend on hand (or some serious ambidextrous skills....) click "Inser Coin" twice and use the WASD keys to control MsPacman!

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  3. Productivity by FalconZero · · Score: 5, Informative

    Google handled approx 88 billion searches in Dec-2009. (88b/31)*2=5.67billion searches in two days. If (conservativly) one tenth of those are work related, that's 567m. If one in ten work related users plays this once for 60 seconds, that's 3.4 billion seconds. 3.4 billion seconds is approximatly 108 person-years worth of productivity. (Which at US federal minimum wage is about 1.6 million dollars). That's a low figure as those who need google to work probably don't earn minimum wage. Now that's power! I personally played for more than 60s....

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  4. FYI iPhone by peacefinder · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yes, it works on iPhone. Not very well, mind you, but it is controllable with swipes.

    Have a Nice Day, Adobe!

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  5. Re:So... by guyminuslife · · Score: 5, Informative

    They have a bug in the Pacman game.

    If you try to do a Google search in the search bar after you're done playing the game, the WASD keys don't work. Even after you do the search from the first page, and the first page of results shows up, you still can't use those keys.

    I'm betting that "pcmn" is going to be one of today's hottest Google trends.

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  6. Re:This is awesome! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    The Google PacMan kill screen for you