The Pac-Man Christmas tree

Finally, Blinky, Pinky, Inky, Clyde, and even old Pacster get some religious iconography happening for themselves. A creative group of X-mas-and-Pac-Man-loving cats and kittens in Madrid have created a truly festive monument to the holiday... and the video game. Check the video after the break for the whole, utility-burning display in action -- and commenters, feel free to translate.

[Via technabob]

[cmonkey @ Dec 6th 2007 6:45AM]

That may be the single most beautiful thing I have ever seen.

10 points to anyone who can build a fully playable version of it...

[Maff @ Dec 6th 2007 5:21PM]

her or the tree?

[LondonConsultant @ Dec 6th 2007 6:59AM]

Surely that 25 year old Christmas tree would have shed its dots by now...

[slug @ Dec 6th 2007 7:00AM]

Thats the coolest thing i have ever seen!!

[Javi @ Dec 6th 2007 7:06AM]

"Hello. We'd been told that under the Europa Tower there was a stupendous digital christmas tree... and it is filled with the pac-man (the coconut eater)"

[Fredd @ Dec 6th 2007 11:18AM]

"Hello we we're told that there was a Digital Christmas tree under the Europa tower, and it's full of ghost eaters"

Coco also means ghost in spanish

[Yubastard @ Dec 6th 2007 11:34AM]

jaja entiendo! "me come el coco!" jaja coco as in monster, not coco as in coconut

[blade417 @ Dec 6th 2007 8:35AM]

I would definetly own this level.

[blade417 @ Dec 6th 2007 8:38AM]

on second thought... those dots at the top of the tree look really hard to get...

[ele©tro @ Dec 6th 2007 8:39AM]

Looks more like the Daft Punk pyramid. Hella cool though.

[nonamo @ Dec 6th 2007 4:39PM]

Thats exactlty what i thought when i saw it! God.... Daft Punk were amazing live.

[Yubastard @ Dec 6th 2007 8:58AM]

it is supremely awesome but it would rock even more if it would actually move, you know, pacman eating the coconuts and the ghosts, but it's ok... I guess... wouldn't mind having this in the front yard hehe

[LiQuiD_FuSioN @ Dec 6th 2007 10:38AM]

I agree wholeheartedly. I was expecting to see a demo of the actual game in action, but I guess this is okay too.

[Shane @ Dec 6th 2007 9:18AM]

This could probably be done with some large outdoor LED sign displays. Would sure be a cool (but expensive) project to make a full motion version of this!

It looks as if they simply used LEDs or incandescent bulbs arranged in patterns with slight shifts for the ghosts and pac-man.

[Chird @ Dec 6th 2007 4:26PM]

My first thought: LiteBrite

[Kyrra @ Dec 6th 2007 10:11AM]

That's pretty cool.

[dataminer49er @ Dec 6th 2007 10:46AM]

That's really cool, but the Atari version is awful.

[Bucket @ Dec 6th 2007 11:00AM]

So, you sing Christmas carols around the Christmas tree... what are you supposed to sing around the Pac-Man tree?

"Woowoowoowoowoowoowoowoowoowoowoowoo"
"Brump brump brump brump brump"

[Gravemind @ Dec 6th 2007 2:27PM]

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[Gravemind @ Dec 6th 2007 2:28PM]

I apologize for that!

[Rich @ Dec 6th 2007 11:07AM]

Thats the best thing I've seen all week, I so want one for my apartment!!!1

[Fox Dude @ Dec 6th 2007 11:51AM]

Pure Win.

[michaelportent @ Dec 6th 2007 12:14PM]

If only there were joysticks on all the sides. =)

[Mindfield @ Dec 6th 2007 12:40PM]

Duuuuuude. I must have it. I don't care that I live in an apartment with 10 foot ceilings. I'll lean it out the balcony. It is full of such a critical mass of win that no one would ever complain, just stare in awe and wonder. Especially once I start blaring Buckner & Garcia out the window on repeat.

[SoreThumb @ Dec 6th 2007 12:44PM]

Thank god this isn't in Boston, or else Massachusetts'd declare a state of emergency.

[hemmy @ Dec 6th 2007 12:50PM]

So Awesome.

[Kerry @ Dec 6th 2007 1:13PM]

Have yourself a nerdy little Christmas... all we need now is Space Invaders mistletoe.

[Larz @ Dec 6th 2007 1:40PM]

Dear gods that's awesome

[Gravemind @ Dec 6th 2007 2:25PM]

Pac-Man is cool.

[Boynamedsue @ Dec 6th 2007 2:31PM]

my girlfriend keeps bugging me about getting a pac-tree this year, but i just can't bring myself to do it. It seems so wasteful. all those pac-tree's cut down for a simple holiday. and do you know how long it takes one of those things to grow?

[nathan @ Dec 6th 2007 3:07PM]

now that is cool!

[kitty @ Dec 11th 2007 6:18AM]

Hi! we are from a spanish design brand DUYOS and we have designed this pacman tree, it is in Azca area, madrid. it is great that people like it so much!!