Sunday, May 11, 2008

Pac Man, SL Style

Anyone remember the Pac Man game from the 1980's? Well, there's now a place in Second Life you can play it in 3-D - the Gamezone in the Intonit sim (63, 134, 31).

To play the game, you find the packpack on the table next to the maze near the teleport entry, right-click on it and "buy" it for 0 L$, then wear it (or drag it onto yourself), click on the spot on the wall that teleports you into the maze, then click on the backpack and chose either single or double player and difficulty, and the game is on.
The object of the game, run over all the dots before the timer runs out and the blue ghosts get you three times. If either happens, your avatar is thrown up in the air, screaming, and plummets back down. The first game starts with three ghosts, going up to five in Level 2. Unlike the orginal game from the video arcades, there is no way to turn the tables to stop the monsters. But you can jump over them, as well as walls.
The maze seems to be given mild changes once in a while. When I first came across it, the maze had pellets that looked like chocolate candies. Later, they looked like flower blossoms.
And when you're done, your score is checked to see if its among the top for the day, and for the best ever.
And before you know it, you'll be humming "Pac Man Fever."
Bixyl Shuftan

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