Feeling Old?

Pac-Man turns 25.

I was always better at Ms. Pac-Man. "Better" is relative, though. Clearing four screens was a big night at the pizza parlor for me, with Mom's quarters. And Atari's version of Pac-Man was, to put it mildly, a huge disappointment.

Now, of course, I have a device scarcely larger than the original Atari joystick that contains arcade-faithful reproductions of not just Ms. Pac-Man, but Galaga, Pole Position and a bunch of other old Golfland USA favorites. The kids look at us like we're crazy and go back to their interactive, full motion video games and puzzles on the computer, but we like our plain old 16 color games. Rack up the quarters!