Gutspiller
05-07-2004, 12:03 PM
New York University students plan to stage a "live" Pac-Man game on Saturday in the streets of Greenwich Village, as part of a project exploring how computer games work when transplanted into real-world settings.
"Pac-Man" was a hugely popular 1980s game that became a cultural icon. Pac-Man itself was a yellow circle with a wedge removed for its mouth. The character gobbled up dots while evading ghostly rivals Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde, which also try to gobble up Pac-Man.
This weekend a man in a yellow costume will weave through the streets collecting dots while being pursued by people dressed in ghost outfits whose aim is to stop him before he gathers all the dots.
ZDnet.com (http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5207842.html)
"Pac-Man" was a hugely popular 1980s game that became a cultural icon. Pac-Man itself was a yellow circle with a wedge removed for its mouth. The character gobbled up dots while evading ghostly rivals Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde, which also try to gobble up Pac-Man.
This weekend a man in a yellow costume will weave through the streets collecting dots while being pursued by people dressed in ghost outfits whose aim is to stop him before he gathers all the dots.
ZDnet.com (http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5207842.html)