Photos: Playing PacManhattan

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  • Dressed as Pac-Man

    Dressed as Pac-Man

    In 2004, a group of Frank Lantz's NYU students teamed up for something they called "PacManhattan," in which a set of players dressed as Pac-Man and the pastel-colored ghosts who torment him, played a live-action version of the classic arcade game with New York City's Washington Square Park as a grid.

    Signs point to PacManhattan as one of the inspirations for this weekend's Come Out and Play Festival, which aims to bring the world of games out of the living room and into the streets.

    Caption by: Andy Smith

  • Costumes

    Costumes

    At the PacManhattan headquarters in New York, pastel-colored costumes of the ghosts who torment Pac-Man.

    Caption by: Andy Smith

  • PacManhattan player with cell phone

    PacManhattan player with cell phone

    PacManhattan, an analog version of "Pac-Man" that took place in 2004, was developed in NYU's Interactive Telecommunications graduate program.

    Caption by: Andy Smith

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A live-action version of the classic arcade game with New York City's Washington Square Park as a grid.

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Dressed as Pac-Man

In 2004, a group of Frank Lantz's NYU students teamed up for something they called "PacManhattan," in which a set of players dressed as Pac-Man and the pastel-colored ghosts who torment him, played a live-action version of the classic arcade game with New York City's Washington Square Park as a grid.

Signs point to PacManhattan as one of the inspirations for this weekend's Come Out and Play Festival, which aims to bring the world of games out of the living room and into the streets.

Caption by: Andy Smith

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