![]() ![]() ![]() The lead character is vaguely Bruce Willis-shaped. Rather, this game exists is as if the developers remembered the movie through a fever dream. While ostensibly based on the movie "Die Hard," this game shares almost no similarities to the action classic. For April Fool’s Day 2017, Google even made a version of "Pac-Man" to play on Google Maps! ![]() The soundtrack, the character designs, even the levels all have become iconic to not just video game enthusiasts but our whole culture. The four power pellets in the corners of the stage offer mild relief, but every game of "Pac-Man" is filled with the same stress whether it’s your first time or 1000th. You deftly zip and zag out of the way of the ghosts to collect pellets and fruit. Panic sets in as you realize these ghosts are coming for you. You drop a quarter into the slot, hit start and the game begins, and there's no time to settle in. Arguably the single most popular game of the 1980s arcade heyday, "Pac-Man" is a shining example of an arcade game that is easy to understand and hard to master. It’s hard to imagine just how big "Pac-Man" was in its day. T-shirts, toys, cartoons, cameos in other video games, novelty songs, children’s cereal, a board game and more - all of this stemmed from a video game that featured a hungry yellow circle eating white dots while being chased by four colorful ghosts. ![]()
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