From: lecoat@atari.org   
      
   *Google promises Pac-Man forever*   
   Pac-Man 30th anniversary doodle to become permanent   
   Ian Paul PCWorld.com   
      
   Due to overwhelming popularity, Google has announced that its   
   interactive 30th anniversary Pac-Man doodle has earned a permanent spot   
   on Google.com. From now on, whenever you need a Pac-Man fix just point   
   your browser to Google.com/pacman and you can enjoy the search giant's   
   version of this iconic video game any time you like.   
      
   While you've been able to find online versions of Pac-Man for years,   
   Google users were thrilled to find a working version of the video game   
   designed as Google's logo on Friday.   
      
   Google Pac-Man gameGoogle posted the homepage doodle in celebration of   
   Pac-Man's 30th anniversary, and the game was only supposed to remain   
   available for 48 hours. But enthusiastic user feedback to "Pac-Google"   
   inspired the search giant to rethink its plans.   
      
   Numerous sites popped up offering free downloads of Google's Pac-Man for   
   those who wanted to keep their own copy once Google took the game   
   offline.   
      
   Twitter users cracked jokes about how Google had killed US productivity   
   on Friday by putting the game (including all 256 levels) across the   
   screens of millions of office workers. There were even suggestions that   
   Google's JavaScript-based Pac-Man was a subtle jab at Apple CEO Steve   
   Jobs.   
      
   When Namco and Midway games introduced Pac-Man to North America in 1980   
   it quickly became a fixture in American popular culture. Pac-Man   
   inspired numerous video game spin-offs, board games, lunch boxes, a   
   Saturday morning cartoon and several versions for home video game   
   systems.   
      
   Despite the overwhelming user reaction to Google's 30th anniversary   
   doodle, I have no doubt Pac-Man fever will start receding over the next   
   few days. But never fear, once this version of Pac-Man is forgotten, I   
   have no doubt it will live on as fodder for those always popular   
   articles detailing Google's best Easter Eggs of all time.   
      
      
      
   Francois LE COAT writes :   
   > I played PacMan for its 30th anniversary on    
   > Google is my friend :-) Happy birthday Mr. PacMan, it's brilliant !   
   > You just have to press "Insert coin" and eat pills avoiding ghosts.   
   > Ho, this game is HTML5 compliant. I played it with Safari, on my PMG4.   
      
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