# Google Maps Pac-Man game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 31, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-pac-man-game/716428 "2015-03-31T17:09:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-pac-man-game/716428/1 "2015-03-31T17:09:36Z")
Google Maps has added a button that turns any street map into a playable Pac-Man game. No idea how long it’s going to be here. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-pac-man-game/716428/2 "2015-03-31T17:33:22Z")
Well, there goes the rest of my day. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-pac-man-game/716428/3 "2015-03-31T17:58:24Z")
Very cool. Thanks, Tom! ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-pac-man-game/716428/4 "2015-03-31T18:40:53Z")
It’s already April Fools Day on the other side of the International Date Line. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-pac-man-game/716428/5 "2015-03-31T18:43:57Z")
Paris. Anywhere in Paris is effing evil as a Pacman game… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-pac-man-game/716428/6 "2015-03-31T19:43:43Z")
Try 29.982334, -90.118297 and scroll up a bit to capture the entire loop. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-pac-man-game/716428/7 "2015-03-31T22:07:19Z")
Note. Pac-man is best using 90 degree angles. 5 and 6 point intersections are a bitch. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-pac-man-game/716428/8 "2015-04-01T10:51:44Z")
Is it really over now, or is it just a problem on my end? The actual holiday just started in the U.S., so turning it off this early would seem stupid ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-pac-man-game/716428/9 "2015-04-01T10:57:58Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Is it really over now, or is it just a problem on my end? The actual holiday just started in the U.S., so turning it off this early would seem stupid Got it working. I had to zoom out. My monitor is at 1024px width, so I guess it has to be bigger than that. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-pac-man-game/716428/10 "2015-04-01T10:59:18Z")
Works for me. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-pac-man-game/716428/11 "2015-04-01T14:49:43Z")
I could never get the game to work. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-pac-man-game/716428/12 "2015-04-01T15:05:15Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > Paris. Anywhere in Paris is effing evil as a Pacman game… It’s pretty effing evil as a network of roads people are expected to drive on without crashing into each other or getting hopelessly lost, too. Also as a geographical location where one has to find a fucking parking space. 🙂