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Pac-Man Celebrates 30 Years

Shark Lady Games — Fri, 21 May 2010 18:35:54 +0000

One of the classic video games of all time has reached an impressive mark – Pac-Man celebrates 30 years of fun and games.

Pac-Man was first released in Japan on May 22, 1980. At the time of its release, the most popular game in the arcades was Space Invaders. Pac-Man has brought a new genre to the video game arena and became one of the most popular games in the world.

In the first 15 months after its release in the U.S., Namco sold more than 100,000 arcade units, while fans spent more than $1 billion in quarters to fuel what would become known as “Pac-Man fever.”

Pac-Man Fun Facts

The four ghosts chasing Pac-Man are called Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde.
Despite the seemingly random nature of some of the monsters, their movements are strictly deterministic, enabling experienced players to devise precise sequences of movements for each level (termed “patterns”) that allow them to complete the levels without ever being caught.
s verified by the Twin Galaxies International Scoreboard on July 3, 1999, the first person to achieve the maximum possible score (3,333,360 points) was Billy Mitchell of Hollywood, Florida, who performed the feat in about six hours.
Pac-Man is one of the few games to have been consistently published for over two decades.
In 1981, Buckner & Garcia released the song “Pac-Man Fever” which went to #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.
“Puck-Man” was the original name of the game. It was changed due to obvious reasons.

Google Doodles an Interactive Pac-Man

Google went all out today with its doodle. This time, Google didn’t settle for an unusual logo – the doodle is actually interactive and you can play a full-fledged game of Pac-Man right there in your browser. Just hit “Insert Coin” and have some classic, 80s fun! Here’s what Google says about it:

Google doodler Ryan Germick and I made sure to include PAC-MAN’s original game logic, graphics and sounds, bring back ghosts’ individual personalities, and even recreate original bugs from this 1980’s masterpiece. We also added a little easter egg: if you throw in another coin, Ms. PAC-MAN joins the party and you can play together with someone else (PAC-MAN is controlled with arrow keys or by clicking on the maze, Ms. PAC-MAN using the WASD keys).

Pac-Man on YouTube

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5 Hottest Games on Facebook

Shark Lady Games — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:12:42 +0000

Hardcore gamers might snicker at Facebook’s ultra-casual games, but they do serve one important cause – wasting a lot of time. All those bored kids, bored high-tech workers and bored unemployed people are very happy to pass big portions of their day with the simple games of Facebook.

Here are 5 of the currently hottest games on Facebook:

Texas Hold’em Poker

Hold’em has become one of the most popular games on the net – not only on Facebook. This Facebook version of the engaging card game allows you to play against your friends and waste tons of time while you’re at it.

Paf Le Chien

This silly little game requires almost no skills at all, but still manages to be addictive and slightly amusing. Your job is to kick Paf as far as possible. Your kick launches the creatures, and things along the way either help it fly further or slow it down. You can post your high scores to your profile and annoy your friends because you broke THEIR record by two meters.

Mafia Wars

If you have always dreamed of becoming Don Corleone, here’s a chance to practice – the Mafia Wars game on Facebook enables you to start your own Mafia, with the help of family and friends. The goal is to become the most powerful familia, while annoying as many as your friends with stupid Twitter updates and direct messages.

Bejeweled Blitz

The guys at PopCap sure know their jobs – even when it comes to Facebook games. The all-too-addictive game of Bejeweled Blitz is a huge hit among ladies. It’s simple – you have one minute to score as many points as you can. True to PopCap tradition, the game is full of colors, fun and cool sound. There’s also a ranking system with medals, which keeps you going and going, in order to get them all.

FarmVille

Currently the most popular game on Facebook, with 55,268,478 monthly active users, FarmVille has spread like diseased crops in every corner of social media sites. The goal is to build and maintain your own farm, and develop it over time. The game continues even when you are not around. If you are into crops, cows and sheep – this is the game for you.

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Crush The Castle Player Pack: Game Review

Shark Lady Games — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:27:55 +0000

Crush the Castle Players Pack is a wonderful casual game. It’s time consuming but not overly-difficult, and it’s a great game to play at work, since you don’t have to constantly keep your hands on the keyboard or mouse.

In Crush the Castle you are required to do one thing – destroy castles and kill all of their occupants. To achieve that you have a catapult, that hurls different kinds of rocks and bombs on the poor castle inhabitants. You start with small rock and advance to killer bombs.

Some castles are very easy to destroy, even with one shot. Others require more careful planning. If you destroy the castle in very few shots – you get medals.

In the first Crush the Castle game, players were invited to create and send their own castle designs. With over 1400+ castles submitted, Crush the Castle Players Pack was made for the fans by the fans.

As with most games in Kongregate, Crush the Castle Players Pack offers fun, distraction and destruction. Go forth and crushify!

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Zuma’s Revenge is Out There

Shark Lady Games — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:04:42 +0000

If you are planning on having a life for the next few days, do not continue reading! Zuma’s Revenge, the sequel to the huge hit from PopCap – Zuma.

Zuma’s Revenge is a great and addictive casual game. It has tons of levels and it gets very challenging.

Survive a newly evolved world of Zuma, where evil tiki bosses rule the land! Conquer over 60 levels by firing stone spheres to make matches and destroy the deadly stream of balls, then take on six tiki boss battles and guide your agile amphibian to victory!

Fire spheres to make matches, destroy the deadly stream of balls, and battle six imposing bosses. Slide and hop for sharper shots, and score explosive power-ups. Will you succumb to the perilous pitfalls, or can you conquer this ball-blasting challenge?

Get Zuma’s Revenge NOW!

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Plants vs. Zombies

Shark Lady Games — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:36:42 +0000

Plants vs. Zombies

Another wonderful creation from PopCap games. This is a very addictive game, so be careful when you start it!

Get ready to soil your plants in Plants vs. Zombies, the all-new single player action-strategy game for both PC and Mac from PopCap. A mob of fun-loving zombies is about to invade your home, and your only defense is an arsenal of 49 zombie-zapping plants. Throughout the game’s four different play modes, and across its many levels players must use everything from peashooters and wall-nuts, to mushrooms, cherry bombs and more to mulchify 26 types of zombies before they can reach your front door.

Each zombie has its own special skills, so you’ll need to think fast and plant faster to combat them all. But be careful how you use your limited supply of greens and seeds… as you battle the fun-dead, obstacles like a setting sun, creeping fog and a swimming pool add to the challenge. And with five game modes to dig into, the fun never dies.

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Games at Neave.com

Shark Lady Games — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:31:34 +0000

This sweet little site gives you a taste of everything – games, flash, weird art and more.

The games section includes oldies like Space Invaders, Tetris, Tic-Tac-Toe and more. All the games are free. Enjoy!

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Shark Lady Games — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:51:32 +0000

If you enjoyed the first Burger Shop, then Burger Shop 2 is just what you need to kill some time with fun.

Burger Shop 2 features tons of new levels and menu items. It’s a challengeing time management game that might seem endless at some point.

In Burger Shop 2 you must rebuild your restaurant empire by adding new items to your menu to entice new customers while uncovering the truth about what happened to your original restaurant chain. Grab ingredients from the BurgerTron2000 to create tasty food items to serve hungry customers in this fast-paced time management game. Start your food making adventure today!

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