Arcade Week: Day #6
There’s a reason why people changed it from puck-man to fuck-man and trust me, it wasn’t to laugh…actually now that I think about it…
You’ve all heard of him, whether it be on a tv show, a song, a book, you have most likely heard of the video game icon that is: pac-man. Created by Toru Iwatani after having quite a few drinks and thinking a pizza with a slice missing…or at least that’s my head canon of the events. Nonetheless, he ended up creating a game that was groundbreaking and the next step towards getting girls into video games, or at least that’s what some people think. Anyway let’s get into the gameplay already or else it’s gonna make me hungry.
You play as a yellow pizza looking guy who has to eat tiny pellets to get to the next level and progress. However, there are 4 ghosts to try and stop you with the most adorable names: Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and the most imaginative of the names: Clyde. However to try and prevent these ghosts from potentially killing you, you can eat these big pellets known as power pellets. This turns the ghosts blue and makes them look like Charlie Brown. If you eat multiple blue ghosts in succession, you get more points! You can also get bonus items which increase your high score after eating a certain number of pellets, these include things such as fruit and a…key?
Overall, pac-man is a really fun arcade game which, like quite a few, has surprisingly stood the test of time. Pac-man is still widely known today with all sorts of sequels and spin-offs following after the originals success. Even a Ms. Pac- man but that’s a story for another day.
Fun little game, nice intermissions, Clyde, anyone fancy going out and having a key to eat?
There’s a reason why people changed it from puck-man to fuck-man and trust me, it wasn’t to laugh…actually now that I think about it…
You’ve all heard of him, whether it be on a tv show, a song, a book, you have most likely heard of the video game icon that is: pac-man. Created by Toru Iwatani after having quite a few drinks and thinking a pizza with a slice missing…or at least that’s my head canon of the events. Nonetheless, he ended up creating a game that was groundbreaking and the next step towards getting girls into video games, or at least that’s what some people think. Anyway let’s get into the gameplay already or else it’s gonna make me hungry.
You play as a yellow pizza looking guy who has to eat tiny pellets to get to the next level and progress. However, there are 4 ghosts to try and stop you with the most adorable names: Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and the most imaginative of the names: Clyde. However to try and prevent these ghosts from potentially killing you, you can eat these big pellets known as power pellets. This turns the ghosts blue and makes them look like Charlie Brown. If you eat multiple blue ghosts in succession, you get more points! You can also get bonus items which increase your high score after eating a certain number of pellets, these include things such as fruit and a…key?
Overall, pac-man is a really fun arcade game which, like quite a few, has surprisingly stood the test of time. Pac-man is still widely known today with all sorts of sequels and spin-offs following after the originals success. Even a Ms. Pac- man but that’s a story for another day.
Fun little game, nice intermissions, Clyde, anyone fancy going out and having a key to eat?