

Chomp your way to independence down seven lanes of July.Does a Galaxian bonus await at the top of those 272 steps?.Don’t drop the ball on the eve of your victory!.The company provides a large set of clues in the “learn more” tab of the game for mobile players, for example: But there are only a handful of locations Pac-Man will work on mobile. You can play the game anywhere on your computer and control the game with your arrow keys. Once you click it, your screen will turn dark, and the map will shrink down to a few block radius that and you can start playing. (Other 2013 pranks included YouTube “shutting down” and Google Nose, which claimed to allow users to search for smells.When you visit Google Maps, you’ll see a black square in the bottom left corner of the map with the Pac-Man game. Last year a Pokemon challenge allowed users to scramble to any of the 150 globally placed monsters (Dedenne was at the EMP!), and the year prior a mode that featured the digitalization of the actual treasure maps of Captain William Kidd and invited users to help decipher its symbols. This isn’t the first time the company has made a gaming option on April Fools’ Day. Those who want a real challenge should try the area near the intersections of Denny Way and Stewart (or not, if screaming out of frustration isn’t allowed at your workplace).

We started first on the streets near Seattle magazine offices in Downtown, before moving on to play Old Ballard and Capitol Hill. Accessible on computer and mobile (mobile is limited, see clues here), users click on the Pac-Man illustration (or in some cases, a pin that pops up mid-map) in the bottom left-hand corner of the map to load the game. Hold the phone (seriously, hold your phone): Google has transformed its Maps app into the classic arcade game Pac-Man to celebrate April Fools’ Day! The app lets you navigate any city streets while frantically gobbling up pac-dots and dodging those irritating, squiggly-bottomed ghosts Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde.
