Namco recently released Pac-Man Friends for free on the Google Play Store. Today, Pac-Man is coming back to Android. The screenshot above shows The Mirror officesģ.Pac-Man was one of early video gaming’s most popular characters. Now you can play PacMan in real life, well sort-of real life, Okay, basically around your actual home or place of work via the magic of Google Maps.

It is unclear whether the game was released to celebrate April Fools' Day - last year Google created the Pokeman challenge in time for April 1, littering the earth with Pokemon for users to find. 'When you’re feeling a bit peckish, you can simply gobble up a few pac-dots or a cherry and keep on nommin'.' Michelle Luo, product manager at Google, wrote on the site's blog: 'When navigating fruit-filled streets, determine at a glance which turns to pass to evade ghosts and get where you’re going safely. The only change to the original game is that the little yellow character will have to navigate roundabouts - so gaming traditionalists may want to avoid Milton Keynes. The new game can be accessed by clicking the Pac Man icon in the bottom left of Google Maps and sees the icon make his escape from enemies Blinky, Inky, Pinky and Clyde. It comes complete with 80s-style music and sound effects to bring perhaps the most famous character in video game history right into the 21st century. The new game allows Google users to turn their street, town or city with a giant maze for the famous character to munch his way around.

Pac Man is officially taking over the world after Google Maps unveiled a giant interactive version of the classic arcade game across streets throughout the globe.

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