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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 08:15 AM
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waatwaatwaatwaatwaat Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde LOOK OUT!!!


Ghost-Wary, Dot-Eating Pac-Man Turns 25

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050615/ap_en_ot/pac_man_s_25th_2

For a video game, Pac-Man is getting downright old. The ghost-wary hero with an insatiable appetite for dots turns 25 this month.

From the early 1980s "Pac-Mania" to today's endless sequels and rip-offs, the original master of maze management remains a bright yellow circle on the cultural radar.

But there was more to Pac-Man's broad appeal than eating dots and dodging on-screen archrivals Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde.

"This was the first time a player took on a persona in the game. Instead of controlling inanimate objects like tanks, paddles and missile bases, players now controlled a `living' creature," says Leonard Herman, author of "Phoenix: The Rise and Fall of Videogames." "It was something that people could identify, like a hero."

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Debbi801 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 08:19 AM
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1. Wow, happy birthday Pac-Man...
Never looked at him as a hero though. :rofl:

I used to love this game. Until Ms Pac-Man and Baby Pac-Man came out. Baby Pac-Man was my favorite. That was the one that was a combination of Pac-Man and a pinball machine. Good Times. :-)
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 08:19 AM
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2. Could be made into a movie
With Anna Nicole on a rampage of pill-popping and attacking Paparazzi while high on the odd superpill.
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 08:19 AM
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3. pacman was a raver
bobs around a dark room, eating piLLs and Listening to repetitive music.
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 08:25 AM
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4. SNARF
:rofl:
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