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Classic Video Games as Stop-Motion Animations

Posted by Adam Kuban, August 23, 2006

Cute video using food items to re-create classic video games in stop-motion shorts, after the jump.

At 1:16, our favorite food takes a star turn as Pac-Man.

Of course, this isn't a huge stretch. Pac-Man creator Toru Iwatani maintains that he came up with the lil' yellow guy's design while looking at a pizza with one slice missing: "The story I like to tell about the origin of Pac Man is that one lunchtime I was quite hungry and I ordered a whole pizza. I helped myself to a wedge and what was left was the idea for the Pac Man shape."

Update: Don't bother clicking through; the video has been removed from YouTube.

Game Over [YouTube]
Pizza and the Origin of Pac-Man [Slice Archives]

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