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March 31, 2015

Best spots for Google Maps Pac-Man

Ideal Philly parks and spots to play the classic arcade game

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Rittenhouse Square Google Maps/Google

The Google Maps Pac-Man game in Rittenhouse Square.

Adding to Google's long list of April Fool's pranks, the search engine is allowing users to play the classic arcade game Pac-Man in Google Maps. Just pick a spot, and you can begin avoiding ghosts and gobbling up dots in almost any neighborhood in the world.

Obviously, cities are the ideal locations for playing. More importantly, you want to look for areas with dense clusters of streets and paths. Parks, for the most part, are the best maps to play in. So if you're looking to really waste a good chunk of time, here's the best spots in Philly to play Pac-Man, complete with map previews and links to the spots:

Eakins Oval

Eakins Oval Pac-Man

Marconi Plaza

Marconi Plaza Pac Man

Rittenhouse Square 

Rittenhouse Square

Washington Square

Washington Square

Queen Village

Queen Village

McPherson Square

McPherson Square

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