Is the google.com pacman game flash?



For the 30th anniversary of pacman, google has decided to post the pacman game as their banner (or a variant of it)


It looks like it's not a flash app though.
Is it a java/html5 combo or is flash.

I can't tell!

TheVoid said:

It's definitely not Flash. I looked at the source code. It's html based but there's a lot of coding in it that I don't understand so I'm guessing that means it's HTML5.
Which I need to quit fooling around and really get to learning.

It is neat though! I haven't played Pacman in years.
[Edited 5/21/10 18:27pm]

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Co-sign.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Jeez - I feel old. I played Pacman at the time, but I have no idea what you guys are talking about.

I won the Pinball Intramural Championship in college. It was on the Evel Knievel machine, my favorite pinball machine ever.

Then I parlayed that into a Ms. Pac-Man championship at some bar. I think I've set the points record on every Ms. Pac-Man machine I've ever played.

Also, my elbow is fine now.

RodeoSchro said:

Did you injure your elbow during your misspent youth playing video games?

Interesting.

Who here is on IE7 or IE8?

Try playing the google.com pacman game.
If it's HTML5, you proably won't even see the banner due to IE's lack of support for the standard.


I'm on a mac which supports HTML5.

I'm stunned. I didn't realize that HTML5 and javascript could do that yet. I'm sure Adobe is probably sweating right about now.



Actually a great test is that if you're on an iPhone or iPad you should see the game. You may not be able to play it due to the 'touch' interface and the fact that I'm not sure HTML5 can handle that yet, but you should at least be able to see it. If it's flash you won't see the banner at all.


This is fascinating.
I couldn't find a .swf file anywhere in the source code or anything that looked like flash.
But it's been a couple of years since I've dabbled anyways.


Great fun little game though.

TheVoid said:

It plays on my Touch. Responsiveness of the controls is a slow as a week in the jail. And that's my excuse for shitty scores.

http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/4100

One of my favorite SNL sketches of all time.

mcmeekle said:

Holy crap.

Flash is trouble if HTML5 and javasript can do that.


I need to get cracking to learn HTML5

mcmeekle said:

Maybe.

I'm actually more concerned about my hip. It hurts when I sweep the floor. I don't like it when my hip hurts.

So you can imagine what my floor looks like.

You can play anytime here: www.webpacman.com I play Ms PacMan here on occasion.

ernestsewell said:

I love that version of it.

But what I was more surprised by is that the one at google.com didn't appear to be a flash application, yet was quite impressive looking.


the webpacman one is definitely a flash app so it won't run on iphones or Ipads.

RodeoSchro said:

Prince had hip problems. He solved them by having a rib removed. So I heard. You should give that a thought.

mcmeekle said:

Hey, let me know if this will place me in your signature, ok?


http://www.youtube.com/wa...VTfaNWiGbU

TheVoid said:

No. I found the direction a bit stilted and the leads unconvincing. I thought it was basically a one-joke film and the one joke was easy to spot. Cinematography won't be winning any awards but there was some promise in the lighting. Soundtrack? Hello?

Sorry.

mcmeekle said:

I think it's javascript, but I see a swf for the audio.

TheVoid said:

I just checked it in IE8, which I only use for testing purposes anyway and it works. I could see it and play it.

i really thought it was cool how google did that... Ive been playing it like the last 5 min lol I love pacman!!

vivid said:

I know! Imagine being that anal that you need to dig underneath the game to see what is running it instead of just playing it.

Proof Dan is a bottom!

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I didnt realize u can actually play it until I was about to close the page

ThreadCula said:

I earned a free man

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I got up to Ms. Pacman!

TheVoid said:

Have you even looked?

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

OMG, my ass is off limits to everything. EVERYTHING. Because I'm too manly for that kind of thing, totally.


Besides, you like last season's prada--I like HTML5 and technology, football, and hunting large game animals---to each their own sister.

how cool is that!!!!

how old do i feel

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

hmmm. Maybe IE8 supports some html5 standards?
Either that or this is a purely java app, but I doubt it is as iphones would not run it, right?

I'm obsessed with trying to figure out how they're doing it.


Maybe I should read the HTML source in a bit more detail.

:Immalazyarse:

insatiable3 said:

Me too.

Wow Pacman is 30 years old.