[UPDATE] April Fool's Day: Play Pac-Man on Google Maps
from David Wurm 
on April 01, 2015, 14:57 p.m. | Write a comment
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Really good idea from Google! What do you all mean?
Today, April 1st, Google also has an April Fool's joke in store. Players can play Pac-Man on any part of Google Maps.
If you open Google Maps on your PC today, you will think "Why a Pac-Man card"? Very easily. If you select the map you can play the classic game Pac-Man in Google Maps.
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How does that work now?
It's easy on the PC when you click on Google Maps you will find a Pac-Man card at the bottom left, there you click on it and then you have to find a correct section with many streets in order to be able to play well. Otherwise it won't work. If you can't find a good excerpt, you simply click “I'm lucky” and you will be taken to a random location. It's not that easy on a smartphone, as there is no direct map that you can select in the menu, as there is on Google Maps. Google gives Suggestions, But it is not that easy. We haven't figured out how to do it right now.
UPDATE: We have found the place where it goes on the cell phone. You have to search for “Arc de Triomphe Paris” in Google Maps. There you click on the Pac-Man symbol.
How do I play Pac-Man?
You then play it exactly as you already know it with the arrow keys on your keyboard. Or drive around on the touchscreen on your smartphone.
If you have never played Pac-Man: you have to try to collect as many "points" as possible and escape from the colorful "Pac-Man". When you collect a big dot, they turn blue and you have to "eat" them. But beware, as soon as they become colorful again, you have to flee again, etc. There are five "lives" pro Game if you get "eaten" you lose one.
How long will Pac-Man be available on Google Maps?
Probably not for long. The game will likely be removed after April 1st.
