No matter how many generations have passed, one a kid hears an electronic ping, he starts running to the arcade. Whether it's the old-fashion best sellers or the newest game that's in style, you can bet that so long as kids have money (or their parent's), you can bet that they'll be there for a long time. There's nothing that catches a kid's attention than an arcade. I remember one game that really sparked a revolution in video games which was so famous that a song was written about it. The song was "Pac Man Fever" by Buckner and Garcia.
I remember when this game burst out in the early 80's. Everybody played it so much that the Government issued a decree banning video games and arcades because it was a bad influence on kids. Still the popularity of the game was too much for people to ignore and anyone who owned an arcade machine of this was already the talk of the town. Even smaller versions of this game was mobbed by kids when it was brought to class. It even inspired a cartoon based on the game which goes to show just how popular it was back then.
These days the games are years a head of Pac Man. Many of the characters are more life-like thanks to new graphic technology. Not only can they be played online, but can be played with others via the internet as well. Still, many of these games still owe their popularity to that simple game Pac Man. It was hi-tech back then and look at what it had spawned now.
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