The movie is a great vehicle for the comedic acting of the pair, who are age-appropriate for making all the ’80s arcade-style quips, as they fight video game characters sent to earth by aliens. The 3D balloon launch was designed as a grand marketing stunt for Pixels, also starring Kevin James and Adam Sandler. We’re excited that Pac-Man is a part of the movie and can’t wait to share his performance with the world this summer.” “Before he makes his big-screen appearance in Pixels, we’re celebrating with birthday parties all around the world. “Pac-Man is one of the most recognizable videogame characters in history, so we wanted to be there for him as he bites into the big 35,” said Josh Greenstein, president, Worldwide Marketing and Distribution for Sony Pictures. The 3D model, attached to a helium balloon, purportedly reached heights of 34,949 meters. And as new technology paid homage to retro, 3D printing was responsible as the medium for launching a giant 3D printed Pac-Man into the heavens from the UK. Still points-driven and speeding toward Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde decades later, Pac-Man will finally be featured on the big screen via Sony’s Pixels. Thirty-five years later, we celebrate the bright yellow power-pellet eating character who has a taste for chasing and consuming colorful ghosts. A recognizable hero of fun and challenge, the rudimentary yellow circle has stood the test of time like a rock star dinosaur. Who doesn’t have the classic video arcade music and linear-chomping action of Pac-Man ingrained in the ’80s-driven recesses of their minds?Įven most young kids these days are well-familiar with Pac-Man, whose charm is surprisingly immortal, allowing him to live on reigning as the icon of arcade gaming.
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