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May 12, 2005

Happy 25th Pacman!

Pacman was released to the world 25 years ago to this day, and marked a significant milestone in the development of video games.

Despite having some flaws, which would later be addressed in the sequel Ms. Pacman, Pacman was a large evolutionary leap from its predecessors Space Invaders and Pong.

From a CNN article covering the anniversary:

"Pac Man changed the psychological profile of the average person," explains Twin Galaxies' Walter Day.

"Suddenly old and young, male and female, doctors, dentists, lawyers and housewives found it acceptable to be playing a video game. And Pac Man opened that door for them. Despite the fact that it was technologically advanced, it was as simple as playing a card game for them."

Here are a few things to check out:

An agricultural tribute to the gluttonous yellow ball.
An amusing, if extremely geeky t-shirt,
and the game ported to Microsoft Excel (doesn't appear to work in Open Office, sorry).

and of course the obligatory quote:

"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

Posted by kitsune at May 12, 2005 03:45 PM

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