![]() While the rest of the games were developed internally by Namco (now Bandai Namco), "Ms. Pac-Man" has had a slightly uncomfortable position in the Pac world. Unlike both of its Maps celebrations, the Doodle allowed simultaneous multiplayer, with Player One controlling Pac with the arrow keys on the keyboard, and Player Two controlling Ms. More famously, Google put a playable Doodle celebrating Pac-Man's 30th anniversary back in 2010. It previously altered its Maps app for April Fools' Day 2015 to let you play as him, though that version Pac'ed up the streets of wherever your map was showing at the time, not a random location. ![]() Google has a long history (relatively speaking) with Pac-Man. There's also the fact you control her with swipes on your smartphone screen and not a more precise joystick, but a) it's free b) we should be used to it by now and c) it's free. The tunnel on the right side you entered to magically teleport to the left no longer necessarily has a corresponding exit, so the game tries its best to put you close. Pac-Man," though, as the mazes aren't symmetrical. Clicking her will darken your screen and transform the city streets you normally see into a maze based on a random location, complete with edible dots, power pellets and four ghosts. Open up your app and in the bottom-right corner, just above the crosshair "Pinpoint My Location" button, you should see a mauve button with the image of Ms. ![]() ![]() You weren't going to be doing any real work today anyway, were you? While updates usually do things like improve stability or speed, this update does something far more useful: it lets you play "Ms. In honor of April Fools' Day tomorrow, Google has rolled out a temporary new version of its Google Maps application for iOS and Android. ![]()
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