Google honors ‘Pac-Man’ arcade game on 30 years

Google today celebrated the 30th birthday of ‘Pac-Man’ game.  According to Wikipedia article on Pac-Man, the arcade game was first released by Namco on May 22, 1980.

Pac-Man has remained as one of the most popular game in United States and other countries since its release in 1980.  “One of my favorites was PAC-MAN, whose popularity transcended the geopolitical barriers of that time. During the heyday of space shooters” Google official blog entry said.

Google today converted its logo on homepage into a Pac-Man game. The blog entry further read that game on Google homepage is “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)”.