--- title: Ms. Pac Man Game Appears on Google Maps for April Fool's Day description: For April Fools Day, new Google Maps feature allows users to play Ms. Pac-Man in any area canonical: https://time.com/4721103/april-fools-day-google-maps-ms-pac-man/ author: Olivia B. 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Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Mar 31, 2017 6:10 PM UTC   by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Mar 31, 2017 6:10 PM UTC For April Fools’ Day, Google Maps unveiled a new feature that allows users to play _Ms. Pac-Man_ in any area, as long as there are plenty of roads for the colorful characters to navigate. (The screenshot is a clip of the game being played in Midtown Manhattan, just south of Central Park.) According to [The Verge](http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/31/15136848/google-maps-april-fools-ms-pac-man-easter-egg), “some users are reporting that the iOS version lets you pick the map, while Android takes you to randomized spots.” Google also pulled this same [Google Maps _Pac-Man_ prank](http://time.com/3765600/google-maps-pac-man-april-fools-day/) in 2015. The search engine company is known for rolling out “Easter Eggs,” from the answers that appear when users search for [“fun facts” ](http://time.com/4021355/google-easter-egg/)to tools geared towards fans of the hit 2015 movie [_Star Wars: The Force Awakens._](http://time.com/4124159/google-star-wars-easter-eggs/) ## Transcript [00:01] *** NO DICTATION *** ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4721103/april-fools-day-google-maps-ms-pac-man/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4721103/april-fools-day-google-maps-ms-pac-man/"},"headline":"You Can Now Play Ms. Pac-Man in Google Maps","datePublished":"2017-03-31T18:10:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:34.065Z","description":"Game on!","url":"https://time.com/4721103/april-fools-day-google-maps-ms-pac-man/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Tech","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba70494b48abbec5/6988c0c20b72e3861d6ed274/google-maps-pacman.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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