{"id":5271,"date":"2025-12-26T15:46:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T15:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/?p=5271"},"modified":"2026-09-01T12:18:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T12:18:00","slug":"google-pac-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/google-pac-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Pac-Man"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"ie-pacman\">\n<div class=\"board\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"readout\"><span>Score: <b id=\"pm-sc\">0<\/b><\/span><span>Lives: <b id=\"pm-lv\">3<\/b><\/span><span>Pellets: <b id=\"pm-pl\">0<\/b><\/span><span>Chain: <b id=\"pm-ch\">200<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"stick\">\n<button class=\"gap\"><\/button><button data-dir=\"up\">&#9650;<\/button><button class=\"gap\"><\/button>\n<button data-dir=\"left\">&#9668;<\/button><button data-dir=\"down\">&#9660;<\/button><button data-dir=\"right\">&#9658;<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<button class=\"tap\" id=\"pm-go\">Start<\/button>\n<button class=\"tap pale\" id=\"pm-reset\">Fresh maze<\/button>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Eat them in a chain<\/h2>\n<p>The first ghost you catch after a power pellet is worth 200. The second is 400, then 800, then 1600, and the window is short enough that getting all four takes planning rather than luck. Herd them first, then eat the pellet. Everyone does it the other way round for about six games.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Fruit<\/h2>\n<p>Something appears in the middle of the maze twice per board and sits there for a few seconds. It is free points and it is always in the least convenient place, which is presumably the idea.<\/p>\n\n<h2>The tunnels are the whole game<\/h2>\n<p>Two of them, level with the ghost house. A chase that looks finished stops being finished the moment you commit to one, because the ghosts have to go the long way round and you come out the far side with a clear run.<\/p>\n\n<h2>The doodle that stayed<\/h2>\n<p>It went up in 2010 for the game&#8217;s thirtieth birthday and was supposed to last two days. It was written properly rather than faked with images, kept the original ghost logic, and hid a second player behind the coin button. The reaction was big enough that it was given a permanent home instead of quietly disappearing.<\/p>\n<p>Most do not get that treatment. <a href=\"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/google-zipper\/\">Google zipper<\/a> lasted one day. <a href=\"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/google-block-breaker\/\">Google block breaker<\/a> lasted years and still went.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n\n#ie-pacman{--blue:#1558d6;--blue2:#4c86f0;--blue3:#a9c4f5;--deep:#0b3aa0;--slate:#5b6675;--mist:#98a2b3;--rule:#dde3ec;--wash:#f2f6fd;color:#1a2230;line-height:1.66;margin:0 auto}\n#ie-pacman p{margin:0 0 14px}\n#ie-pacman ul,#ie-pacman ol{margin:0 0 15px 20px}\n#ie-pacman li{margin:6px 0}\n#ie-pacman a{color:var(--blue);text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:2px}\n#ie-pacman a:hover{color:var(--deep)}\n#ie-pacman .board{position:relative;width:100%;height:min(70vh,600px);min-height:420px;border:1px solid var(--rule);border-radius:10px;overflow:hidden;background:#fff;box-shadow:0 10px 26px rgba(21,88,214,.1);touch-action:none}\n#ie-pacman .board canvas{position:absolute;left:0;top:0;width:100%;height:100%;outline:0}\n#ie-pacman .readout{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:16px;justify-content:center;margin:12px 0 0;font:600 13px ui-sans-serif,\"Segoe UI\",Arial;color:var(--slate)}\n#ie-pacman .readout b{color:var(--deep);font-size:15px}\n#ie-pacman .row{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:9px;justify-content:center;margin:12px 0 20px}\n#ie-pacman .tap{background:var(--blue);color:#fff;border:0;border-radius:8px;padding:12px 20px;font:700 14px ui-sans-serif,\"Segoe UI\",Arial;cursor:pointer;box-shadow:0 4px 12px rgba(21,88,214,.25)}\n#ie-pacman .tap:hover{background:var(--deep)}\n#ie-pacman .tap:active{transform:translateY(1px)}\n#ie-pacman .tap.pale{background:#fff;color:var(--blue);border:1px solid var(--blue3);box-shadow:none}\n#ie-pacman .tap.pale:hover{background:var(--wash)}\n#ie-pacman .stick{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(3,54px);gap:7px;justify-content:center;margin-top:10px}\n#ie-pacman .stick button{background:#fff;border:1px solid var(--blue3);color:var(--blue);border-radius:8px;height:46px;font:700 17px ui-sans-serif,Arial;cursor:pointer}\n#ie-pacman .stick button:hover{background:var(--wash)}\n#ie-pacman .stick .gap{visibility:hidden;border:0}\n#ie-pacman .curtain{position:absolute;inset:0;display:grid;place-items:center;background:rgba(255,255,255,.93);text-align:center;font:700 20px\/1.45 ui-sans-serif,\"Segoe UI\",Arial;color:var(--deep);cursor:pointer;z-index:4;padding:18px}\n#ie-pacman .curtain em{display:block;font-style:normal;font-weight:500;font-size:13.5px;color:var(--slate);margin-top:5px}\n#ie-pacman .typein{display:flex;gap:8px;justify-content:center;margin-top:12px;flex-wrap:wrap}\n#ie-pacman .typein input{border:1px solid var(--blue3);border-radius:8px;padding:11px 13px;font:600 14px ui-sans-serif,Arial;width:min(280px,70%);color:#1a2230}\n#ie-pacman .typein input:focus{outline:2px solid var(--blue2);outline-offset:1px}\n#ie-pacman .board{height:auto;min-height:0;aspect-ratio:19\/21;max-width:520px;margin:0 auto}\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Score: 0Lives: 3Pellets: 0Chain: 200 &#9650; &#9668;&#9660;&#9658; Start Fresh maze Eat them in a chain The first ghost you catch after a power pellet is worth 200. The second is 400, then 800, then 1600, and the window is short enough that getting all four takes planning rather than luck. 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