PACMAN IS BACK

Remember the greedy PACMAN that eats everything that on its way. It's back and how.


Classic games reborn
Pac-Man and other arcade games from decades past are finding new life -- reworked for game consoles and Web sites
- Ryan Kim, Chronicle Staff Writer
Monday, July 24, 2006

It's been more than a quarter-century since Pac-Man first stalked his pixelated maze. But the pellet-chasing yellow ball is charging back into the spotlight, part of a classic games renaissance that could pump new life into the gaming business.

The re-emergence of retro games like Frogger, Galaga, Dig Dug and Gauntlet are being fueled by new online distribution platforms -- both video game consoles and Internet sites -- that make it easy for people to reacquire their love for popular titles from the past.

Observers and industry leaders hope the old titles will broaden the video game audience by tapping into people's love for simple, nostalgic games while ringing up a nice bit of change in the process.

"It's really funny that it's come back to this and people are talking about Pac-Man and Ghosts and Goblins in the same breath as new games," said Ankarino Lara, vice president of Game Spot, a gaming Web site. "Who'd ever think we'd be talking about classic games? But it makes perfect sense. If you think about the age of gamers today, we've acquired new gamers but the core gamers are moving up in life. They're settling down, having families, and this is a trip down memory lane for them."

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