Maybe everyone else already knew this, but I just figured it out.

As you probably know, Google recently replaced the normal Google logo on the search page with a playable Pac-Man game where the game map spelled out the word Google.

Not everyone knows that you can still get to the game by going to http://www.google.com/pacman/ or you can even download the code by going to http://github.com/macek/google_pacman

I’ve used this as a diversion ever since it came out and every time I played the same way. When the page comes up and finishes its startup sequence, I use the arrow keys to direct Pac-Man around the map gobbling up dots. When I finally run out of lives, I would hit the Insert Coin button and play some more.

Today I just randomly hit the Insert Coin button before I started playing and low and behold Ms. Pac-Man appeared on the screen beside Pac-Man.

A second person can play the Ms.Pac-Man at the same time that you play Pac-Man. Pac-Man is controlled by the arrow keys and Ms.Pac-Man is controlled by the W, A, S, and D keys: W is Up, A is Left, S is Down, and D is Right.

I used to play Pac-Man on our ATARI when I was growing up and I don’t remember how or if 2 play worked, but this is fun.

Enjoy!