So what explains the enduring appeal of Pac-Man? In October, Pac-Man creators Bandai Namco released Pac-Man Geo, an app that turns real city streets into Pac-Man mazes earlier this month, British developers Steamforged Games released Pac-Man: The Card Game, a family tabletop game. This week, 40 years after Pac-Man’s launch, Google’s Stadia service will release Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle, yet another addition to the franchise.
Clearly, Pac-Man’s appeal goes beyond games.Īnd yet the games themselves - there have been over 200 releases to date - continue to find a receptive audience. In the decades since its release, the game inspired a Martin Amis novel and a fashion collection, not to mention a slew of merchandise, from novelty boxer shorts to a commemorative alcohol from Matsunami Sake Brewery. Into the Pacmobile they go, with Santa (probably still boo hooing) following behind.Noah Wardrip-Fruin is the author of “ How Pac-Man Eats.” Pac-Man basically gives the same pep talk, just without blasting poor North Korea in the process, likely due to the fact that he was born in the region. Who cares if you don’t get to North Korea? Sure, you may not get to everyone, but you can at least cover the US, Canada, and a good chunk of Europe I bet. No wait, instead, Santa breaks down and starts WEEPING because Pac-Man is too late and he won’t be able to get gifts to everyone tonight. Let’s go get chomped, screw your stupid work.”Īnyway, after about 10 minutes of walking through the snow, Pac-Man gets the presents back to Santa who is thrilled. “Hey man, you want to hit the bar and get good and chomped?” In fact, for the coming year, my resolution is going to be to use the word “chomped” in place of “drunk”. Whatever the case may be, today is my unlucky day, so let’s dig right into this mountain of garbage!Įventually, the Pac-pooch steals the presents back while the ghosts chomp Pac-Man.Īpparently get chomped makes Paccy look like he’s completely drunk.
Maybe it was to exorcise a demon or something. So when I started doing these non-wrestling Christmas inductions ten years ago, I always thought, “I really need to do Christmas Comes to Pac-Land.” Why I wanted to torture myself in such a manner, I’m not sure.
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Which is ironic, as the Pac-Man cartoon series was one of the biggest piles of crap ever. I still consider Pac-Man to be the best game ever made. I remember nothing about that trip other than the fact that I got two of the most incredible pieces of glassware there, items I still have to this day. I was talking about vacations above, and that reminds me of the fantabulous Knoxville World’s Fair. So yeah, I spent my teen years focused on Pac-Man. I’ve achieved a few accolades in my life, but RD Reynolds, Pac-Man King of Aurora, Indiana, may have been the greatest. I remember playing nothing but Pac-Man for weeks on end, to the point that I achieved the ultimate glory: I got the high score in the arcade, which was posted on a corkboard. Myrtle Beach? Killer arcade there on the board walk complete with Hercules pinball machine.īut it was at the local Buy & Save where I found my favorite game of all time: Pac-Man. Clifty Falls? Robotron 2084, Defender, and Rally X. That trip the Reynolds clan took to Mammoth Caves? I can’t tell you anything about it other than that there was a Gorf machine and a Night Driver. I lived and breathed the arcade scene, to the point that to this day, I still rank vacations from my youth based on what arcade machines the hotel we were staying at had. And believe me I was that in every sense of the word. As a child of the 70’s, and a teen of the 80’s, it seemed inevitable that I would wind up being a huge game geek. And this is that week! I do hope you enjoy a very special, and very horrible, Christmas Comes to Pac-Land!Īs anyone who has read this site for, oh, 90 seconds can tell you, I am a huge, HUGE video game fan. Standard December Disclaimer: Every year, I take a week away from doing wrestling inductions to review the very worst of Christmas movies and specials.
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