Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Pac-Man Game Watch


Nelsonic Pac-Man Game Watch 1982

"This game retailed for between $25 and $35 and quickly became one of the most popular Nelsonic Game Watches, selling over 500,000 units.[2] This unit was released with several different faceplate graphics and at least 2 different styles of physical layout - one with 4 directional buttons and the other with a small joystick that could be assembled."
- Wikipidea under 'Nelsonic Industries'

Hard to play but fun to do instead of listen in class, the Pac-Man game watch changed the portable gaming industry.



Monday, March 8, 2010

Pac-Man and the Automobile


The Original Pac-Man car from the 80's.


This Mini Cooper has a custom paint job which depicts
graphics from the Pac-Man Arcade game.


There is also a 70's Sedan with Gullwing doors that sports Pac-Man icons & a 1996 Caprice Classic with a Pac-Man inspired theme.


Sunday, February 28, 2010

Pac-Man's Skull



This Pac-Man skeleton was created by Le Gentil Garçon and
paleontologist François Escuilié. The skull was modeled after
the skeletal structure of predatory animals.



Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Pac-Man for Christmas




THE PAC-MAN CHRISTMAS STORY
KID STUFF RECORD AND BOOK

#KSR589

Featured a 7" 33 1/3 RPM record and a 16 page book with black & white illustrations.

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Christmas Comes to Pacland was created by Hanna-Barbera in 1982 as a Christmas special for their Saturday morning cartoon based on the popular yellow ghost eater. The cartoon first appeared on ABC on December 16, 1982.

Monday, February 22, 2010

Pac-Man Fever



Pac-Man Fever by Buckner & Garcia

Pacman Fever the title song on the Pac-Man Fever Album, was released in December 1981 and became a top ten hit. The album went gold.

Pac-Man on the Atari 2600

image from Wikipedia


The Atari 2600's port of Namco's Pac-Man was released in 1982. Controlled with Atari's famous 'Joystick', the player guides 'Pac-Man' through a maze while avoiding four ghosts; Blinky, Pinky, Inky & Clyde. The game was programmed by Todd Frye for the 2600 console. Frye managed to complete the game in record time and did it inspite of the limitations of the hardware. Unfortunately the game did not live up to expectation and was a major flop for Atari. This game was followed by Mrs. Pacman and Pacman Jr. (which is a much better game).

You can see a 7 second clip of the original 2600 Pac-Man game on Wikipedia by clicking the link below.




Sunday, February 21, 2010

Pac-Man Board Game




The Pac-Man board game by Milton Bradley 1982

A turn based action game. Roll the dice, gobble up the pellets and avoid the ghost. This translation of the game from the virtual to the physical was fun to play and is a faithful rendition of the original game.