Pac-Man is taking over Google!

The iconic arcade game celebrates its 30th anniversary on May 22, and Google has created a one-of-a-kind Pac-Man Google Doodle in its honor.

Google frequently switches up its primary-colored logo in order to celebrate the birthdays and anniversaries of luminaries and important innovations (Sesame Street and the barcode have been among the honorees), but the Pac-Man Google logo is unique in that it is the first playable Google Doodle.

According to Google, the Pac-Man logo will have a total of 256 levels. Users can click the “Insert Coin” button to get the game going. (See it in action in the video below.) Pac-Man will be up on Google for a total of 48 hours–from 8AM PT on Friday through Sunday morning.

The programmer behind the Pac-Man Doodle was the son of a game and pinball technician and used to accompany his father to arcade parlors and help him tinker with the games.

We’re still not entirely sure whether businesses around the world will object to staff performance rates since the Pac Man launch. Luckily 4pm on a Friday afternoon shouldn’t cause too much damage, ah what the heck…it’s all good fun!!
Go on try it out now at: http://www.google.co.uk (But we didn’t tell you to…shhhh!)

For more fun and games why not add Pac Man to your home page? Click here for the Pac Man v2.6 widget

Also check out the geekiest Google logos of all time.