The game has an unmistakable sound, and it's a pretty basic concept. A little yellow circle with a voracious appetite goes on a feeding frenzy, trying to avoid some not-so-friendly ghosts. It's ...

Nostalgia for so-called “retro games” has been kicking around since the late ’90s, so it might seem shocking that the best-selling home video game for much of the 1980s didn’t get an official ...

One of my favorite PlayStation games back in the day was Pac-Man World, and the remake of that a few years ago was a blast. I wasn’t as familiar with the sequel, but for obvious reasons the thing ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

Forty-five years ago, Pac-Man made his U.S. debut in October—and today for Halloween, Google is collaborating with Namco Bandai to present a playable Pac-Man Doodle with eight levels and four ...

Google is celebrating PAC-MAN’s 45th anniversary with today’s Google Doodle. Today’s Google Doodle is more than a “doodle.” You can click on the moving image of PAC-MAN chasing ghosts in a witch hat ...

Google is offering a diversion from everything that’s wrong, and at the same time, celebrating a piece of video game history. The game was developed in partnership with PAC-MAN’s parent company, ...

If you head over to the Google homepage, you’ll notice the Halloween spirit on full display. Today’s Google Doodle is a spooky take on one of the most famous arcade games: Pac-Man. This is not the ...

The latest Google Doodle is a playable Pac-Man game that puts a spooky-cute spin on the game's classic arcade aesthetic. Pac-Man himself is donning a pixelated purple witch hat (though he also has ...

Google Doodle is featuring something special for gamers today: A tribute to Pac-Man's 45th anniversary, just in time for Halloween. For today and tomorrow, you'll be able to play four haunted-house ...

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Gaming is coming up big this year in the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade with Bandai Namco announcing that Pac-Man will get a new balloon in the famous parade. The Pac-Man balloon will appear ...