World's Biggest Pac-Man

World's Biggest Pac-Man
Developer(s)Soap Creative
SeriesPac-Man
Platform(s)Browser
Release13 April 2011
Genre(s)Arcade Game
Mode(s)Single-player with multiplayer interaction

World's Biggest Pac-Man is a browser game created by Australian website designer Soap Creative along with Microsoft and Namco Bandai Games.[1] It is a Pac-Man game which differed from the original by having multiple players play together in a series of user-created, customizable and interlocking mazes. The game was announced at the Microsoft MIX Developer Conference on 13 April 2011.[2][3]

The game was built as a HTML5 project for Microsoft's (then) new Internet Explorer 9, as well as to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Pac-Man. A week after launching, it had 13,500 user-designed mazes and nearly 300 million dots eaten. Created as a community tribute to the original Pac-Man arcade game, it followed the guidelines that Namco Bandai originally set for Pac-Man. The project was designed to be community-driven and a team of moderators were implemented to keep an eye out for any offensive mazes that might be created.[4]

Although no login is required to play the game, users who wish to create their own mazes or post high-scores have to sign in using Facebook Connect.[5] Although created with Internet Explorer 9 in mind, World's Biggest Pac-Man is playable on any browser supporting HTML5.[6][7]

Around 18 June 2022 the site went down, showing just a blank page and later a database error. The site was back up by 5 July.

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  2. ^ Gross, Doug (20 April 2011). "Fans gobbling up 'World's Biggest Pac-Man' game". CNN.com. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  3. ^ Epstein, Mike (14 April 2011). "This is the World's Biggest Pac-Man Game". Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  4. ^ Terdiman, Daniel (21 April 2011). "The making of the World's Biggest Pac-Man game (Q&A) | Geek Gestalt - CNET News". News.cnet.com. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  5. ^ Senior, Tom (14 April 2011). "World's Biggest Pac-Man is now free to play in your browser". PC Gamer. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  6. ^ Stuart, Keith (14 April 2011). "World's Biggest Pac-Man becomes internet hit | Technology | guardian.co.uk". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  7. ^ Morris, Chris (15 April 2011). "World's biggest Pac-Man underway". Plugged In. Retrieved 28 May 2014.