BCCharPM

Apparently Pacman was recently voted the
best game ever. Probably by non-gamers.
Pacman has NOT aged well, and will be
best remembered by aging gamers from the
early 1980's Atari gang. And yet, in his early
days he was a revelation. The first ever
proper 'Games Character', Pacman was
based on- believe it or not- a pizza with a
slice cut out. It was a yellow circle. With a
triangular mouth. Yep- it's really that simple.
The game itself involved wondering about a
maze eating pills whilst trying to avoid the 4
ghosts as best you could. Again, it's really
that simple.

I gather it must've caused a lot of commotion
upon release, as all sequels to this have
been no different. Mrs. Pacman was the
politically correct version and the recent
'Pacman' on Playstation was...the 3D
version. Despite these few changes in 20-
odd years, Pacman has remained popular
among the hardcore fans.

Pacman doesn't really have a 'secret' to his
success. In the day he was created the
gaming cupboard was pretty bare. Still,
another incredibly simple concept brought to
life, and one that worked well.

And surely the only games series still to
have such a following- based entirely on the
first game in the series.

Rumours Pacman is supposed to echo
today's Nightclubs are unconfirmed. Oh
come on, how can wandering around in the
dark to repetitive beats whilst trying to avoid
shady characters- and eating pills at the
same time- possibly reflect club culture?...