It's the Pac-Man 30th anniversary this weekend, and Google is celebrating as only Google can: with a free online game embedded in its homepage logo.
The ever-changing Google logo - called the Google Doodle - which often celebrates holidays and notable birthdays, was updated Friday to look like a screen from a classic Pac-Man game.
But in a delightful twist, the logo actually is a Pac-Man game. Alongside the "Google Search" button, today the site offers an "Insert Coin" button.
Click it once - you get Pac-Man. And click it twice - you get Ms. Pac-Man for two players.
Google and Twitter search trends were burning with Pac-Man related key words as word spread - and (we suspect) work in offices across the nation ground to a halt as gaming fans paused to play.
But if you're playing at work, make sure your computer speakers are off. Google Pac-Man comes complete with the original sounds.
To play Pac-Man on the Google home page, click "Insert Coin" and when the word "Ready!" appears, use the arrow keys to control your Pac-Man.
If you add Ms. Pac-Man to the mix, Player 2 uses the "W-A-S-D" keys as controllers.
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