Steampunk Pac Man

Posted by Cory Doctorow, November 2, 2007 8:24 AM | permalink

Sculptor Doctor A made this steampunk Pac Man toy called “The Secret History of Video Games: Pac Gentleman”.

When this game was first released in 1880 it was so hugely popular in taverns and inns that the bank of England was forced to mint more threepenny bits to keep up with demand. The game was created by messrs Nam & Nam and Co. as a novelty pastime for the masses. Outdoing the previous top public house game of Shove Ha’penny.

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#1 posted by Flying Squid

, November 2, 2007 8:52 AM

Does it actually work or is it just a model? Either way, it's cool, but it would be even cooler if it really worked. The article isn't clear.

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#2 posted by pepsi_max2k

, November 2, 2007 9:34 AM

haang on i see a flaw... you cannot go to the above right of the red ghost, or above left of the yellow! tut tut... B- for effort.

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#3 posted by NE2d , November 2, 2007 9:43 AM

I would love to see a working, mechanical version of a video game. It seems that Pong would be quite doable, and Space Invaders too. I can imagine a mechanical Pac-Man, but it would be extremely difficult--especially the power pellet aspect.

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#4 posted by Santa's Knee , November 2, 2007 10:47 AM

Not to be a stickler, but wouldn't this be considered "springpunk"...?

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#5 posted by yuubi , November 2, 2007 10:54 AM

http://cyberniklas.de/pongmechanik/indexen.html is an electromechanical pong (I think it was covered here a while back).

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#6 posted by Bonnie

, November 2, 2007 11:11 AM

BRILLIANT! Anyone care to make a Steampunk Asteroids? Or maybe Donkey Kong with an old school King Kong model? Anyone?

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#7 posted by Robert , November 2, 2007 12:22 PM

@Pepsi_MAX2K:

You could have each ghost and the Pac Gentleman on different z-levels so that they wouldn't interfere. Yes, the z-buffer was invented in the 19th century!

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#8 posted by Yorgle , November 4, 2007 10:32 AM

I just finished a ROM hack for Ms. Pac-Man, in the style of Pac Gentleman, which you can check out here:http://jerronimo.livejournal.com/1345860.html