Pac-Man is 30!

Pac-Man: the iconic power-pellet-munching, ghost chomping character has been

around for 30 years.

No, I'm not talking about Manny Pacquiao. It's the hit coin-op game by Namco that was most played at arcades in the 80's. Pac-Man just celebrated 30 years in the video game world, by the way. I reckon playing the NES/Famicom version of this game but it's the animated series (produced by Hannah-Barbera) of the video game franchise, that made this 'power-pellet-eating' character nostalgic. Pac-Man was in every console it's as though he's in the same level as Nintendo's Mario and Sega's Sonic the hedgehog -- really.

Nevertheless, gamers of the old and new still love playing the classic coin op version. The game is so simple, it's easy to play. Mario and Sonic may be the big boys in video games but it was Pac-Man that started it all.

Now I want some power pellets!