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The Atari E.T. Game Land Fill Legend
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Pac-Man Is Making A Comeback This Fall
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Google Releases Playable PAC-MAN Doodle
Google has released a really cool playable doodle of PAC-MAN to celebrate the game’s 30th birthday.
The Google Blog offers all the fun details. "Today, on PAC-MAN’s 30th birthday, you can rediscover some of your 8-bit memories-or meet PAC-MAN for the first time-through our first-ever playable Google doodle. To play the game, go to google.com during the next 48 hours (because it’s too cool to keep for just one day) and either press the ‘Insert Coin’ button or just wait for a few seconds."