![]() ![]() If, however, you want to use Google without Pac-Man, you can do a no-frills Google search by going to. The 5 (or 6, if you go 2-player) actors are all PNG images. This will redirect the user to the original 2010 Google doodle listing for Pac-Man with the option to play the game at the top of the page. It’s nearly all JavaScript (except for the sound generator, which is Flash.) The walls are one big image, and each dot is an HTML div that appears and disappears when eaten. To unlock this feature, go to, search for google pacman using the I’m feeling lucky option. The first interactive Doodle appeared shortly thereafter celebrating Pac-Man, and hyperlinks. The first interactive Doodle appeared shortly thereafter celebrating Pac-Man, and hyperlinks also began to be added to Doodles, usually linking to a search results page for the subject of the Doodle. Just as impressively as the very existence of this thing, to the web-geeky among us, it appears there’s almost no Flash involved: In January 2010 the first animated Doodle honored Sir Isaac Newton. And according to Gizmodo, the Pac-Man doodle is playable up to the kill screen on level 256. His journey through the maze of gaming universe is far from over Play Games. Pac-Man into the loop! Click the “insert coin” button again and you’ll be able to control her with W, A, S, and D on your keyboard. PAC-MAN is a cultural icon whose popularity has crossed the globe for more than 40 years. ![]() If you’re up to the challenge, you can even make it 2-player and bring Ms. Presumably, it’ll transfer to Google’s Doodle archive once the weekend is over. That’s right: You can play a fully fleshed-out version of Pac-Man right on Google’s homepage. This version of PAC-MAN was released to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the first game, in a partnership between Google and Bandai Namco. As you may know, there is no great shortage of time-wasters on the Internet, but who’d’ve thunk that Google’s homepage would get in on the action? In what may well be the best Google Doodle yet, the good people of the Googleplex celebrate Pac-Man‘s 30th birthday with a playable Doodle. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |