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 ...

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, ...

2022's Pac-Man World Re-Pac rebuilt the 1999 PS1 classic from the ground up and cleaned up a lot of the original game's rough edgeswhile delivering graphics that went far beyond even what was imagined ...

Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle is an always online multiplayer game, due to its nature as a battle royale experience, and remained so in both its Stadia and console/PC releases. Up to 64 people all ...

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 ...

Adventure is back on the menu! In PAC-MAN WORLD 2 Re-PAC, Pac-Man World 2 is back with a fresh coat of paint and brand-new features! With modern graphics, expanded levels and Pac-Village, quality of ...

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 ...

Inspired by the iconic Green Hill Zone stage from the original Sonic the Hedgehog game, the collaboration downloadable content adds the all-new “Rolling Around on the Island” level to PAC-MAN WORLD 2 ...

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 ...