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Google Pacman - Featured on new permanent page

Google celebrated the 30th anniversary of Pacman by featuring it on their website.  Some corporate and home users unintentionally triggered the game, which includes sound and created a few minor few issues when it was featured on Google's home page.  

It now resides at the link noted below. There is also a version of just the game only available from the Huffington post link as noted below. The downloaded version allows you to play while offline.  It was interesting to explore the underlying code and how the game is triggered.   

Google has now made the game permanently available
http://www.google.com/pacman/

Google Pacman - Available for download
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/23/download-google-pacman-ho_n_586429.html

QUOTE: Several sites say they have Google Pacman for download, but be careful because some sites aren't reliable. However, this download on MediaFire appears to work. It provides a ZIP file, a folder called GooglePacman with everything you need, complete with a ReadMe file and simple HTML page you can open to play the game.

The Google Pacman doodle commemorated Pacman's 30th anniversary on May 22, and it was up on the Google site from Friday until this morning. You play the game simply by clicking "Insert Coin" and if you insert a second coin you can play with Ms. Pacman too.