Adam 'Pacman' Jones gets 5 years probation for assaulting an officer, avoiding 18 months in prison.

Nostalgia for so-called “retro games” has been kicking around since the late ’90s, so it might seem shocking that the best-selling home video game for much of the 1980s didn’t get an official ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

Google is celebrating PAC-MAN’s 45th anniversary with today’s Google Doodle. Today’s Google Doodle is more than a “doodle.” You can click on the moving image of PAC-MAN chasing ghosts in a witch hat ...

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...

This project was created in 2023 and contains all /src files in the exact form they were coded during that time. It also won't be changed in the future. I decided to keep this repo original to better ...

The original Pac-Man World series was a sixth-generation hit that saw three 3D platformers hit the market and manage to stand out in a crowded field thanks to expanding on the Pac-Man universe and put ...

This Pac-Man game was created as a learning project following a YouTube tutorial. The project helped me practice Java fundamentals, object-oriented programming (OOP), and GUI development using the ...

On the Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025 episode of The Excerpt podcast: When Pac-Man first made its way into arcades back in 1980, it took the gaming industry by storm. Chris Morris, an independent journalist ...

Pac-Man has seen a major resurgence in popularity, and this new promotion from Xbox Game Pass will be perfect for fans of the yellow puck. As part of the Free Play Days, several Pac-Man games will be ...

Microsoft's latest Free Play Days offer is touting three Pac-Man games, including a virtual arcade, for all Game Pass members to try out over the weekend. With the weekend fast approaching, Microsoft ...

A simple circle colored yellow with a piece taken out, and four colored “ghosts,” sparked a cultural phenomenon in 1980 that remains 45 years later. Even if you’ve never played PAC-MAN, the ...