While the world breathlessly awaits the Pac-Man reality TV show, the University of Essex has a prog

While the world breathlessly awaits the Pac-Man reality TV show, the University of Essex has a programming competition starring in others yellow Chomper. The Ms. Pac-Man vs. Ghost Team contest pitted 13 competitors from nine different countries against each other to see who is the most elusive Ms. Pac-Man or the wiliest ghost walk was created. The participants coded routines fbh for the titular hero of Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Sue, with organizers then run the programs against each other on the Java-based playing field. The highest single-game score went to Atif, who racked up 69,240 points to DarkRodry's ghosts, haunted team while Legacy2TheReckoning RandomMsPacMan held to a mere 410 points. Another competition will take place in August, so limber your coding fingers, Pac-Maniacs. In the meantime, strap on your headgear and cheer on your round yellow hero in the video below.
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