I was playing this the other day and it is just such a cool ode to video games past. The Pacman 30th Anniversary Google Doodle was a Google Doodle released on May 21, 2010. It is definitely one of our favorites around here and can still be played. There is not much to it but a pretty fun little time if you don’t really have anything else to do.
Are there any cheats in the Pacman Google Doodle?
No. There are no known cheats but there is a neat Easter egg – if you insert a second coin Ms. Pacman shows up and you can both play which is pretty cool.
If you want to see an awesome video explaining the mechanics of Pacman – particularly how Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde move check out this super informative post:
The Google engineers apparently tried to stay true to the original programming of the game and included these mechanics in the Google Doodle. You can see the ghosts switch from chase to scatter after they do a 180 degree turn. As many times as I have played this game I can’t believe I never noticed that. Anyway, enjoy!
