Mall of America celebrates Pac-man's 30th B-day

[ddaniels]

Did anyone happen to be at mall of america today? Namco representatives were on hand to talk about anything/everything Namco related. The theme was all about the 30th b-day of Pac-man. They also setup about a dozen of the old classic arcade games on free play. They were handing out coupons and drawings throughout theday. They plan on giving out to one lucky winner the Ms.Pacman/Galage edition arcade game tomorrow (need to be present). I found it very well organized and well put together. It was rather easy getting on any of the arcade games as it wasn't crazy busy. They also had a contest on a Ms pacman where you only had one life to get the highest score. I only had 18,000 and I believe the leader was at 58,000. I just happen to be on vacation and in Minneapolis and had no idea this was going to happen until I came upon it. I should try to post some pics as I took alot.

 

Anyone else check this out?

[ddaniels]

Did anyone happen to be at mall of america today? Namco representatives were on hand to talk about anything/everything Namco related. The theme was all about the 30th b-day of Pac-man. They also setup about a dozen of the old classic arcade games on free play. They were handing out coupons and drawings throughout theday. They plan on giving out to one lucky winner the Ms.Pacman/Galage edition arcade game tomorrow (need to be present). I found it very well organized and well put together. It was rather easy getting on any of the arcade games as it wasn't crazy busy. They also had a contest on a Ms pacman where you only had one life to get the highest score. I only had 18,000 and I believe the leader was at 58,000. I just happen to be on vacation and in Minneapolis and had no idea this was going to happen until I came upon it. I should try to post some pics as I took alot.

 

Anyone else check this out?

 

I forgot to mention they also had set for free play a new 2010 Pac-man Battle Royale. It's four players all playing at once. I gave it shot and found it cool as you could eat the other players Pac-man. Cool game just maybe 30 years too late? I also had the opportunity to play Junior Pacman and Baby pacman. Call me crazy, but I never had the opportunity to play these back in the day as I never came across these. It was neat to play these for the first time in my life.

[ddaniels]

Did anyone happen to be at mall of america today? Namco representatives were on hand to talk about anything/everything Namco related. The theme was all about the 30th b-day of Pac-man. They also setup about a dozen of the old classic arcade games on free play. They were handing out coupons and drawings throughout theday. They plan on giving out to one lucky winner the Ms.Pacman/Galage edition arcade game tomorrow (need to be present). I found it very well organized and well put together. It was rather easy getting on any of the arcade games as it wasn't crazy busy. They also had a contest on a Ms pacman where you only had one life to get the highest score. I only had 18,000 and I believe the leader was at 58,000. I just happen to be on vacation and in Minneapolis and had no idea this was going to happen until I came upon it. I should try to post some pics as I took alot.

 

Anyone else check this out?

 

I forgot to mention they also had set for free play a new 2010 Pac-man Battle Royale. It's four players all playing at once. I gave it shot and found it cool as you could eat the other players Pac-man. Cool game just maybe 30 years too late? I also had the opportunity to play Junior Pacman and Baby pacman. Call me crazy, but I never had the opportunity to play these back in the day as I never came across these. It was neat to play these for the first time in my life.

 

 

I also forgot to mention that Mall of America also has a display for the new Xbox 360 Kinect system. I didn't get a chance to try it out but from watching others use it I would say it looks impressive. Time will tell.

[almightytodd]

That all sounds very cool. Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to seeing some pictures.

[fiddlepaddle]

Do they still have malls that people go to? Almost all of the "great" malls I knew growing up have deteriorated into crumbling ghost town-like memories of ancient history, many having long been torn down and replaced by modern office and apartment complexes, or in some cases, displaced by low rent thrift and discount stores, vice magnets, and policed by the local juvenile mafia. I guess it's fitting to have a Pac Man celebration at a place that epitomizes an institution that had its heyday 30 years ago.

 

On a positive note, sounds like a fun event; sorry I missed it.

Edited July 18, 2010 by fiddlepaddle

[ddaniels]

Do they still have malls that people go to? Almost all of the "great" malls I knew growing up have deteriorated into crumbling ghost town-like memories of ancient history, many having long been torn down and replaced by modern office and apartment complexes, or in some cases, displaced by low rent thrift and discount stores, vice magnets, and policed by the local juvenile mafia. I guess it's fitting to have a Pac Man celebration at a place that epitomizes an institution that had its heyday 30 years ago.

 

On a positive note, sounds like a fun event; sorry I missed it.

 

I should mention that this event will also be taking place tomorrow (Sunday) for those lucky enough to live near the Mall of America. I will try to get some of my pictures uploaded tomorrow.