Video Of The Week - Pac-Man Comes Alive In Post-It Note 'Arcade'
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Though there are thousands of video games created and released each year, very few evoke the same nostalgic memories that Pac-Man, the first video game to go mainstream, seems to. For how else can you explain Michael Birken's quest to create this incredible stop motion video using just Post-It notes.
The video that took 11 months to create, features Mr. Birken's two most favorite old school arcade games and is based on actual recorded game footage that he painstakingly printed out one frame at a time, and then transferred by hand, onto his office walls using Post-It Notes. He then replaced the background scenery with one consistent frame throughout the animation, resulting in this amazing life-like video. To appreciate the amount of work involved, be sure to view the second video too.
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- daphne_helmabout 2 yearsUh... I thought the first mainstream video game was PONG.
- ponyan1011over 2 yearsI love playing video game pac man is one of my favorite
- random_dudealmost 4 yearsThat is cool in my opinion because think of all the video games we have today and this started it all. This is also cool because of how long it took to make this.
- kurzalmost 4 yearsNice!!!
- reeseismynamealmost 4 yearsThats amazing!
- ilovetacoslolalmost 4 yearsOh wow! it must have taken a lot of work!
- sylvie55555almost 4 yearsthis is so cool! OMG
- jkbearalmost 4 yearscool
- snakekingover 4 yearsnioce
- mr_big_pigover 4 yearsthtas insane