OK, I can't decide whether this download demonstrates the great power of Microsoft Excel, or if this is the supreme example of someone with incredibly too much time on his hands. Either way, this is probably the coolest Microsoft Excel file ever! I mean, I was playing one of my childhood favorite arcade games, Pacman, but in Microsoft Excel. Did you hear what I said? Pacman, in Excel!
I always knew that you could do over a million things (so it seems) with Excel; but this accomplishment takes it up a notch for me. The credit belongs to Nobuya Chikada, known as the "Japanese Excel Crazy Guy", who basically wanted to see if it could be done. After two years, I guess he found out he could. Here's his reason for doing it:
| I'm very happy if you feel Excel & VBA has an infinite possibility! For all I know, It must be meaningful that makes the program works on Excel!! |
Excuse the broken English, but you know what he's trying to say. Seeing this Excel file will definitely open you eyes to how you can take advantage of Microsoft Office; because if he can recreate Pacman with Microsoft Excel, what could you do with it?
However, you will have to enable macros on this file for the game to work; you'll also notice the hour glass working harder than normal - which is due to the file refreshing the screen to make everything move. Other than that, here's to childhood memories! Nice work, Nobi!
Download Pacman for Excel