RC Pac-Man Racer Chasers brings the virtual chase to the real world

pacman-racer-chasersI know that with cosplay having gained immense popularity in the past few years, seeing video game and anime characters in real life poses are not all that special any more. What happens when you want to turn back the clock to an even older era – one with extremely basic graphics and just beeps and boops for audio? Re-enacting those in real life is a whole lot harder then, but it is not impossible as with the case of the $49.95 RC Pac-Man Racer Chasers.

This happens to be a three-dimensional, remote-controlled re-creation of one of the most classic chase sequences in arcade history, where it involves Pac-Man and Blinky the Ghost. You will need to players of course, where one will take command of the yellow pie chart with an ever hungry disposition, while Blinky the Ghost will be commanded by another. Sporting infrared remote controls that have a 25-foot range and control simple forward, back, left, and right maneuvers, it is ideal to chase one another, race against each other, or to just avoid one another as though you were playing a video game version of bumper cars. This Blinky is as fast as Pac-Man unlike in the game itself, and the entire shebang requires 10 AAA batteries to run, so using rechargeables come across as highly recommended.
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NYC Museum of Modern Art opens game collection with 14 classics, exhibiting in March 2013

NYC Museum of Modern Art opens video game collection with 14 classics, on display starting in March 2013

Given the subject matter, this is usually where the author waxes philosophical about whether — having been accepted by a major international museum — games are indeed “art.” We’re gonna skip that needless exercise today and simply tell you that the New York City Museum of Modern Art is officiating its intake of 14 video game classics as the start of an ongoing gaming collection, set to go on display in March 2013 in the MoMA’s Philip Johnson Architecture and Design Galleries — the same galleries that house an original iPod and more. The games range from Buckner & Garcia inspiration Pac-Man to modern classic Portal, and even includes some lesser known gems (vib-ribbon, anyone?). The MoMA blog calls this initial selection just the “seedbed” for a chunkier collection of around 40 titles, all of which will be part of a “new category of artworks” at the iconic museum. Head below for the full first 14.

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Pac-Man IR Racers

Now ain’t this a classic – seeing Pac-Man chase down all four ghosts while they literally turn pale and blue (alternately, of course) and scurry away from this monster of a pie chart. Well, just in case you have spent far more quarters at a dinghy arcade when you were a kid, trying to figure out a way to achieve the top score in the local Pac-Man arcade cabinet, here is one way to turn the tables on those pesky ghosts with the £27.99 Pac-Man IR Racers. Do bear in mind that this is an officially licensed Pac-Man IR remote controlled racer set, so you will not find it fall short of the standards as expected by an officially licensed product.

You can also opt to chase down imaginary cherries and other kinds of assorted fruits, while enjoying all the authentic sound effects that the original game offers. It takes but a simple flick of the joystick controller to change directions in the Pac-Man IR Racer set. Ideal for vintage video gamers, others who are out for a spot of retro recreation can also settle for one of these. Each racer will need a trio of AAA batteries, while the controller itself runs on a quartet of AAA batteries. Best to make sure you have rechargeables handy!

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