With this in mind I built 1-Pixel Pac-Man, the classic coin-op experience ... without some vintage controls so I picked up an Atari joystick, patched it into a microcontroller, and started coding.

The biggest challenge was finding joysticks that would allow for switchable 4-way or 8-way control: some games such as Ms. Pac Man were made for 4-way joystick input, and the added positions on a ...

Arcade1Up has released plenty of Pac-Man arcade cabinets over the years, but the newest full-size addition to its catalog ...

If you grew up in the 1980s, you might miss playing games like "Galaga," "Street Fighter," or "Pac-Man." But you don't ...

it runs upon Namco's Pac-Man hardware (a Zilog Z80, running at 3.072 MHz), with one of Namco's programmable sound generators running at 96 KHz for audio. The player must use a 4-way joystick, to ...

In the original Pac-Man (released in October 1980 as an arcade game in Japan), the red ghost Blinky was written to follow behind Pac-Man, Pinky is tasked with getting in front of Pac-Man ...

Ms. Pac-Man was designed to be played with a four ... I learned the nuances of stick gates. It’s not the joystick itself that ...

From tiny cabinet replicas to all-in-one tabletop consoles, these mini arcade machines are affordable and practical alternatives to the real thing.

The full nominations for Game of the Year at this year’s Golden Joystick Awards have been revealed by Future Publishing, and there’s plenty of PS5 representation in the list, including platformer ...

Voting has now ended in all categories of the Golden Joystick Awards 2024. We're still tallying your support, with a record 12 million votes - and counting - cast in categories including Best ...

Choosing the best gifts for gamers might seem as simple as getting them the latest buzzy AAA game. But if you ask an actual gamer, you’ll find out it’s the last thing they want (unless they ...