I'm with you on that one. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Peterson" <[email protected]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2010 8:20 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Happy Birthday Pacman
There was even a Pacman cereal with Pacman and ghost marshmallows. Used to be one of my favorites. We are the Knights who say...Ni! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[email protected]> To: "Lori Duncan" <[email protected]>; "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2010 4:49 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Happy Birthday Pacman > Hi Lori, > Well, to anser a question like that I think we really have to go back > 30 years and look at Packman as it relates to its golden years so to > speak. When we look at games to day, how far technology has come, it > is easy to dismiss what a huge impact a game like Packman had on > modern day video games. How that one single game changed the way we > saw vidio gaming in the early 1980's. > For one thing in the late 1970's and early 1980's the concept of home > computers were in their infancy and if you had a 1 MHZ processor and > 180 KB of ram you were doing great. As a result Atari's first home > console, the Atari 2600, was a true marvel of its day, but the > graphics technology was terrible. All of the early games for the > console such as Combat, Pong, Demon Attack, Atlantice, Cosmic Ark, etc > were all in black and white. Even the very shape of the tanks, demons, > spaceships, etc were very crudely drawn. The graphics technology was > that bad. However, Packman would soon change all that in a hurry. > By 1980 though Activision, Atari, Namco, and other third-party game > developers began to launch a new wave of arcade games with color > graphics. One of these new games, soon to become an instant hit, was > Packman. Unlike previous games for the Atari it featured 16 color > graphics, much more detailed graphics, and an extremely adictive game > as well. the game was simple where you used the joystick to move a > little yellow ball around, that had eyes and a big mouth on it, eating > dots. Little ghosts would chase you around and if you had a power pill > you could scare the ghosts off or eat them. Before you knew it > Packman was the latest craze. > There were songs like Packman Feavor on the radio. There were Saturday > morning cartoons about Packman. There were Packman comic books. There > were Packman toys in the toy stores. If you went to Pizza Hut to order > a pizza I remember they had a table top version of Packman you could > sit down at and play until your pizza arrived. Packman was everywhere > you looked. > As for me personally I had a huge amount of Packman stuff of my own.I > had a Packman ball plus a few little rubber Packman figures that are > probably worth a king's randsome now. My bed sheets were Packman > sheets. My very first video game was Packman. It was Packman feavor in > deed. > Although, I grew up and Packman is something from my early childhood I > still hold a place in my heart for the little yellow guy. Although, > I'd say my fondmess for the game has more to do with simple nostalgia > rather than it being a novelty these days. However, thing is when my > son was a baby I saw these hand held games by Activision, and one of > them had Packman on it. I purchased it for my son, Sean, who > absolutely loves the game now. Packman is now a family favorite just > by being passed down from father to son. It really is a good, clean, > and fun game for children. It is the kind of simple but fun game > everyone can enjoy no matter how old you are. > So when Phil put out Packman Talks I think it was a good decision on > his part. I know there are plenty of blind gamers who may have lived > through that era, but wasn't able to be a part of the fun and > experience the game first hand. For those gamers Packman Talks is a > chanse to do what they should have been able to do 30 years ago. For > me it is a chanse to revisit an old friend called Packman after I'm > all grown up now. > > Smile. > > > On 5/23/10, Lori Duncan <[email protected]> wrote: >> Sorry but what with the high quality of action games out there for the >> blind >> now, why was Packman so popular. > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. 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