Computer Related > Pacman 30... check out Google...	Miscellaneous
Thread Author: rtj70	Replies: 21

New Fri 21 May 10 16:21   Pacman 30... check out Google... - rtj70

Pacman according to the Google homepage is 30 today. So the Google logo is in the style of Pacman. Except if you click on it, it's a playable game of Pacman ;-) The first playable Google Doodle. Last edited by: rtj70 on Fri 21 May 10 at 16:23 Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 21 May 10 18:08   Pacman 30... check out Google... - Iffy

Doesn't work if you have a customised iGoogle homepage. You need to go to the classic homepage, where the 'I'm feeling lucky' button has been replaced by 'insert coin', although the game starts automatically after a second or two. www.google.co.uk/ I was never a big fan of Pacman, so I'm looking forward to the birthday of Space Invaders. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 21 May 10 18:15   Pacman 30... check out Google... - Zero

you missed it, it was 30 in 2008. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 21 May 10 18:17   Pacman 30... check out Google... - Iffy

...you missed it, it was 30 in 2008.... Damn, but some of us are still young enough to be around in 2018. It'll be worth the wait, I know it will. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 21 May 10 18:22   Pacman 30... check out Google... - Zero

some of us were old enough to remember playing the first of them all, pong, in pubs in 1973 Last edited by: Zero on Fri 21 May 10 at 18:22 Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 21 May 10 18:25   Pacman 30... check out Google... - Zero

>> ...you missed it, it was 30 in 2008.... >> >> Damn, but some of us are still young enough to be around in 2018. >> >> It'll be worth the wait, I know it will. www.spaceinvaders.de/ Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 21 May 10 19:04   Pacman 30... check out Google... - Iffy

...www.spaceinvaders.de/... Thanks for that - a link to the proper classic game. I remember pong/tennis. It was the first video games console I owned. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 21 May 10 19:35   Pacman 30... check out Google... - RattleandSmoke

This is the best ever Pacman, I sometimes get my C64 out just to play it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Mania Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 21 May 10 20:24   Pacman 30... check out Google... - smokie

My Mrs called me up as her laptop was making a strange noise. She thought she had a virus. I recognised the Pacman theme and we eventually found that Google is one of her home pages... Last edited by: smokie on Fri 21 May 10 at 20:24 Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 21 May 10 20:25   Pacman 30... check out Google... - RattleandSmoke

Hehe I am waiting for the calls "my computer is making a funny noise" :). Although if I did get the call I would get them to check google first :) Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 21 May 10 23:01   Pacman 30... check out Google... - VxFan

It is me, or does Space Invaders seem faster on the PC than it did in its humongous box? I was never any good on the Space Invaders machine where you had two buttons to control the left / right movement. I always got better scores with the joystick control for left / right. Also, I preferred Defender in my arcade days. They brought out a version for the BBC B computer and I was forever pestering one of my friends to let me have a go on his BBC B. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 May 10 21:49   Pacman 30... check out Google... - The Nut

>> Also, I preferred Defender in my arcade days. Is this the one? tinyurl.com/ybd7qxn Lots of old arcade and computer games on that site, oh well there goes the rest of the evening! Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 May 10 22:20   Pacman 30... check out Google... - Zero

I was a galaxian fan, table top variety. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 24 May 10 22:23   Pacman 30... check out Google... - Focusless

Lunar Jetman - Spectrum. Classic. Had a go at that Defender in the link the other day - much too fast! Lunar Lander was just about manageable and surprisingly enjoyable. Meant to find a version of that wireframe 3D tank game... Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 May 10 07:31   Pacman 30... check out Google... - smokie

Yep, Galaxians for me too, and Galaga, which they have on that site, ad I still can't play! Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 May 10 01:06   Pacman 30... check out Google... - VxFan

>> Is this the one? That's not the one I remember. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 May 10 10:42   Pacman 30... check out Google... - Robin O'Reliant

Anyone remember spending hours typing in programmes on their Spectrum that were printed in the magazines? You ended up with a pathetic spaceship made up of a row of graphic Z's jerking it's way across the top of the screen while you fired asterisks at it from a blob of random symbols. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 May 10 11:47   Pacman 30... check out Google... - Dave_

>> spending hours typing in programmes on their Spectrum that were printed in the magazines Oh heavens, yes. All in hexadecimal code too. I can remember copying a couple of pages of it out by hand and posting it to a friend, because a cassette would have cost too much to buy. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 25 May 10 14:08   Pacman 30... check out Google... - Focusless

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/10153286.stm "The Pac-Man game Google put on its home page gobbled up almost five million hours of work time, suggests a study." Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 27 May 10 16:07   Pacman 30... check out Google... - R.P.

www.neave.com/games/spaceinvaders/ There you are Iffy. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 27 May 10 16:25   Pacman 30... check out Google... - Iffy

...there you are iffy... PU, Thanks very much, although Zero posted a link to a similar version of the game further up the thread. www.spaceinvaders.de/ Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 27 May 10 17:07   Pacman 30... check out Google... - rtj70

People should check out MAME, the arcade emulator. You could probably run this on most smartphones* as well as the obvious PC/Mac/Linux versions. * iPhones do not allow the use of emulators because Apple says you can't have emulators. Reply to this message | Report message