Pacman On Google Maps!!!

Today, April 1st, a beloved classic arcade game can be found on Google Maps! Pacman was released in Japan in June of 1980, and since October of the same year, people all over the United States have had a love for this game.

Pacman is an arcade game where you play as Pacman (the little yellow guy with the big mouth) and command him to roam the map "eating" PacDots, or pellets. While he roams, there are three or four enemies that try to catch him, Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde. If they catch him, the turn is over. But Pacman can pick up big dots that turn the enemies blue, and this allows him to eat them up for points.

Sound intriguing? Just by clicking on the little Pacman icon on the bottom left side of your screen, when you have a destination open, allows you the opportunity to turn almost any map into a Pacman level! 

Some of the most intricate places you could search would be Boston, San Fransisco or even New York City.

Brookline,MA

But even little towns like Madison, SD has the ability to become a Pacman level.

Madison, SD

But you might want to hurry! This opportunity is only available today!

I found this neat because it shows how life can be manipulated and recreated through technology and creativity. To turn something so mundane like travel maps into a level for an old arcade game is pure genius. The fact that even little towns have the ability to be transformed really helps to spark an interest for young people to get into this type of thing.