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The Google Doodle version of Pac-Man was estimated to have been played by more than 1 billion people worldwide in 2010, [203] so Google later gave the game its own page. [ 204 ] In April 2011, Soap Creative published World's Biggest Pac-Man , working together with Microsoft and Namco-Bandai to celebrate Pac-Man ' s 30th anniversary.
A similar proof-of-concept was used as Google Maps' "April Fools' Day" joke in 2017. [ 65 ] Also having been released as iOS applications are ports of the original Pac-Man , Ms. Pac-Man , Pac-Mania , and Pac-Man Championship Edition (all of these except for Pac-Mania have also been released on Android ).
Art lead for Google Doodle, Nate Swinehart, said: "We wanted to make the Doodle for the Champion Island Games to really create an opportunity for the world to compete globally together and to learn Japanese culture at the same time." The game's soundtrack was composed by Qumu, a music artist known for remixing video game music on YouTube. [4]
Dig Dug [a] is a maze arcade video game released by Namco in 1982. It was distributed in North America by Atari, Inc. The player digs underground tunnels to attack enemies in each level, by either inflating them to bursting or crushing them underneath rocks.
Pac-Man's Arcade Party was succeeded in 2018 by Pac-Man's Pixel Bash, which added 19 games to the existing roster, but Ms. Pac-Man was only available if the machine was set to Free Play. [16] In June 2020, Tastemakers' Arcade1Up decided to announce that Ms. Pac-Man would finally be added to their lineup of 3/4 scale arcade cabinets. [17]
A Google Doodle is a special, ... In May 2010, on the 30th anniversary of the 1980 arcade game Pac-Man, Google unveiled worldwide their first interactive logo, ...
Gerald Anderson Lawson (December 1, 1940 – April 9, 2011) was an American electronic engineer.Besides being one of the first African-American computer engineers in Silicon Valley, Lawson was also known for his work in designing the Fairchild Channel F video game console, leading the team that refined ROM cartridges for durable use as commercial video game cartridges.
A Pac-Man related interactive Google Doodle from 2010 will be shown to users searching for "google pacman" or "play pacman".. The American technology company Google has added Easter eggs into many of its products and services, such as Google Search, YouTube, and Android since the 2000s.