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Happy 30th Birthday, Pac-Man!!!

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Alberto Saldamando
Last updated: May 22, 2010 6:57 AM
By Alberto Saldamando
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Before we got to see Mario save the Princess, before we got to see Link fight against Gannon, and even before we got to see Ryu and Ken fight with their hadoukens or shoryukens, we were able to simply runaway from ghosts (or eat them when posilble) to survive while eating all those dots. We didn’t want to get caught by Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde, but after 30 years, the simplicity of the game still hunts us in our TVs, PCs, mobile devices and for some more hours on google.com, the way the ghosts chase Pac-Man.

Pac-Man was the very first game to generate an enormous popularity among genders and age groups. It was no space game, the type of game most males used to play. It was the type of game even one’s aunt or grandma would play. Only a few games have reached this feat. Pac-Man was the original videogame to boldly go where no game had gone before (i.e. Saturday morning cartoon, a top 10 song, cereals, lunch boxes, etc, etc, etc).

To remember the good old days of the arcade games, Google posted a full version of a Pac-Man game. You may have been lucky if your manager at work hasn’t see Pac-Man in the Google search home page (or maybe he/she did see it but was playing the game without your knowledge).

Anyway, Pac-Man became a prime example of how games can impact society. Thirty years ago, people used to play the game wherever they could to simply kill boredom. It was and still is a great medicine for such state of mind. Today, we play it on our iPods or other phones.

For now, enjoy the Google version of Pac-Man while you still can. It won’t stay on Google for long. Hint: Press “Insert Coin” twice to play as Ms. Pac-Man in 2-player game mode. Now, if I could taste a piece of Pac-man’s cake again (I had some during Pac-man’s 25th anniverary party at E3 2005 ). Hint 2: A offline version of the game is available at https://github.com/macek/google_pacman.

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Before we got to see Mario save the Princess, before we got to see Zelda fight Gannon, and even before we got to see Ryu and Ken fight master their then-complicated way to do a hadouken or shoryuken, we were able to simply runaway from ghosts (or eat them when possilble) to survive while eating all those little dots. We didn’t want to get caught by Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde, but after 30 years, the simplicity and popularity of the game still hunts us in our TVs, PCs, mobile devices and for some more hours on google.com.

Antes de llegar a ver a Mario salvar a la princesa, antes de llegar a ver a Link luchar contra Gannon, e incluso antes de llegar a ver a Ryu y Ken combatir con sus Hadoukens o Shoryukens, fuimos capaces de simplemente huir de fantasmas (o comerlos cuando era posilble) para sobrevivir mientras comíamos todos los puntitos. No queríamos quedar atrapados por Blinky, Pinky, Inky y Clyde, pero después de 30 años, la simplicidad y la popularidad del juego todavía nos persigue en nuestros televisores, ordenadores, dispositivos móviles y por algunas horas más en google.com.

Pac-Man fue el primer juego en generar una enorme popularidad entre los sexos y grupos de edad. Era el tipo de juego que incluso una tía o abuela lo iba a jugar. Sólo unos pocos juegos han alcanzado esta hazaña. Pac-Man fue el videojuego original en llegar audazmente donde ningún juego había ido antes (ej. caricatura de sábados por la mañana, un canción top 10, cereales, loncheras, etc, etc, etc).

Para recordar los buenos viejos tiempos de los juegos arcade, Google publicó una versión completa de un juego de Pac-Man. Es posible que haya tenido suerte si su gerente en el trabajo no ha visto Pac-Man en la página principal de búsqueda de Google (o tal vez él o ella lo vío, pero estaba jugando el juego sin tu conocimiento).

De todos modos, Pac-Man se convirtió en un excelente ejemplo de cómo los juegos pueden afectar a la sociedad. Hace treinta años, la gente solía jugar el juego donde podían para simplemente matar el aburrimiento. Fue y sigue siendo una gran medicina para tal estado de ánimo. Hoy en día, lo jugamos en nuestros iPods u otros teléfonos.

Por ahora, disfruten de la versión Google de Pac-Man mientras que todavía puedan. No se quedará en Google por mucho tiempo. Sugerencia: Pulsa el botón “Insert Coin” dos veces para jugar como Ms. Pac-Man en el modo de juego de 2 jugadores. Ahora, si yo pudiese probar un pedazo de pastel de Pac-Man de nuevo (tuve uno durante la fiesta del 25t0 aniversario de Pac-Man en el E3 2005). Sugerencia 2: Una versión offline del juego se encuentra disponible en https://github.com/macek/google_pacman.

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