On May 21, 2010, the company Google again surprised the world with the first interactive doodle which also was a celebration of the 30th anniversary of Pac-Man. To start a game, they changed the button “I’m Feeling Lucky” to “Insert Coin.” The game takes place directly on the Google logo, which has been created in compliance with many of the features of the original Pac-Man, challenging users with 255 levels that make up the game. If you press twice “Insert Coin” can play a two-player version where you can guide Pacman and Ms. Pacman through the maze.
Over the years the Pac-Man became the biggest selling game of all time and its main character and the little ghosts that chase (historically known by the nicknames of Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde) became a cultural icon.
It is said that the perfect game is completing the 256 levels with the highest score and without losing lives. The first person who could have done it is Billy Mitchell in 1999. After a six-hour marathon session, reached 3,333,360 points.
However, in December 1982, the 8 years old Jeffrey R. Yee received a letter from then U.S. President Ronald Reagan congratulating him on achieving a world record of 6,131,940 points, a score that can only be achieved if the player passes through the level of the split screen. Since then is hotly debated in video game circles on whether this actually took place or not. Billy Mitchell was offered $ 100,000 if he could complete the level of the split screen before January 1, 2000, but nobody could do it.
On June 5, 2007 was held in New York City, the world championship of Pac-Man, where the Mexican native of Pachuca, Hidalggo, Efren Cuz Bernardo Riveros, took home the tournament after being crowned by Toru Iwatani himself as the first and only world champion of Pac-Man.
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