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(More customer reviews)Once upon a time, a little yellow circle with a mouth and a voracious appetite for dots came along and changed the world. As Pac-Man Fever swept the nation, people lined up with pockets full of quarters at all of the arcades springing up all over the place; the names Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde became the most famous ghosts in the world; people started buying Atari 2600s left and right to guide this little fellow around his never-changing maze; and the kids of my generation became instant video game addicts. The revolution even had a theme song, with Buckner & Garcia's song Pac-Man Fever hitting #9 on the Billboard charts (actually, the whole video game-themed album was great). Sure, Pac-Man wasn't the first video game, and, yes, Ms. Pac-Man was basically the same thing only better, but Pac-Man will always be the ultimate video game icon.
I don't know how many years it has been since I played Pac-Man, but it's great to reexperience the game again now, thirty years after its debut (although I have to admit I'm still as lousy at it as I was a pre-teen). The background is a little prettier if you choose to play under the Enhanced Mode, and my computer arrow keys don't have the same appeal as the original console joystick, but the gameplay of this PC version is virtually identical with the original. The stats are a nice and non-intrusive addition - no longer does the true video game nerd have to estimate the number of dots consumed in a typical game.
Kids today may look at this game and pity those of us who grew up with such a simple and visually unimpressive video game, but I hope they realize that Pac-Man paved the way for all of the high-tech, visually stunning games of today. I also hope they'll try it for themselves because they just might like it. Wish the little guy a happy 30th birthday by downloading your own copy of this title.
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