Explaining binary to understand why Pac-Man becomes unplayable after 255 levels. More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ This video features physicist James Clewett from The...
========== JAMES CLEWETT: Today we are
talking about Pac-Man, whichis a game from the early '80s,
and obviously one of thedefinitive arcade games.[VIDEO GAME SOUNDS]And something that probably a
lot of people don't know,because most people don't spend
their time compulsivelyplaying video games, is that
Pac-Man comes to a dead haltat level 255.We are going to be talking today
about the number 255.BRADY HARAN: Have you ever
got to level 255?JAMES CLEWETT: No.Pac-Man's not my game, so I've
made it to level 20 or 30, andthen normally I need a wee
or something, and so.I guess what this relates to
is the way computers andmicrochips were built back
in the early '80s.They were all just
8-bit processors.And what that meant was that
they had ei...
