Reply to: google doodles

[Sysman]

The BBC also mention that "The Pac-Man game proved so popular that Google has now made it permanently available on its own page" (paragraph four) and "Google PacMan Page" is the first in the "Related Internet Links" at the right, where the Beeb always put external links.

Hmm, what was that bit about the way we read web pages?

I completely missed it.

[NickFitz]

To be fair, the Hindustani Times version contained more information, including the URL Google has put it on for posterity, and it mentioned the Telegraph.

The BBC also mention that "The Pac-Man game proved so popular that Google has now made it permanently available on its own page" (paragraph four) and "Google PacMan Page" is the first in the "Related Internet Links" at the right, where the Beeb always put external links.

[Sysman]

The same press release, rewritten by a source closer to home a day earlier.

I mean, the Hindustani Times FFS?

To be fair, the Hindustani Times version contained more information, including the URL Google has put it on for posterity, and it mentioned the Telegraph.

"Due to popular demand, we're making it permanently available at google.com/pacman ," she was quoted as saying.

[NickFitz]

Google's Pac-Man logo cost $120 mn to economy

The same press release, rewritten by a source closer to home a day earlier.

I mean, the Hindustani Times FFS?

[threaded]

Google's Pac-Man logo cost $120 mn to economy

[Sysman]

For those who are interested, it's implemented in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

How do they do the sound?

[Sysman]

I managed to do a bit better once I realised that I could use the cursor keys to control it

The cursor keys were the first thing I tried - probably a memory of the time before I had a mouse

Time for a new keyboard here; those cursor keys aren't always responding, which is a bit fatal for games.

[Sysman]

Adventure™ I used to spend hours playing this, feck me I was easily pleased as a kid.

Here's an opportunity to waste yet further hours on it

Someone has dug up the original source code for that. There's also an OS X version available there.

[Sysman]

For someone who was in to computers, lived by the seaside and played video games seriously as a kid, the one game I couldn't do was Defender!!

For the life of me, I just couldn't do it!

But this....

... crashed Safari.

Crash report sent to Apple

[Sysman]

2450 is my best so far

Wish they'd do Defender...

For those who are interested, it's implemented in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

No Flash.

[threaded]

2470 on my first and only attempt. I don't like playing computer games.

[d000hg]

For those who are interested, it's implemented in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

You can tell.

[NickFitz]

Landed my moon lander

To get the full Neil Armstrong/Buzz Aldrin experience, you need to leave the rendezvous radar switched on at the same time as the landing radar so the computer keeps chucking out loads of 1201 and 1202 alarms, then take control when you realise the computer is going to dump you on a load of boulders

[AtW]

Glad to see you took my advice.

I didn't...

[TimberWolf]

Landed my moon lander

Glad to see you took my advice.