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[Eltigro]

Gary Garcia, half of Buckner and Garcia, died. Famous for the song Pac-Man Fever... I had a poster with they lyrics on it.

http://kotaku.com/58...ever-dies-at-63

[jaybird3rd]

Funny ... I was just wondering the other day what Jerry Buckner and Gary Garcia were up to these days. This weekend, I think I'll fire up Pac-Man Fever (I've got the original and their newer re-recorded version on CD) and my Atari 5200 and play a few rounds of Pac-Man, Frogger, Centipede, Donkey Kong, Defender, and Berzerk in his honor. It will be a nice way to break in my new 5200 trackball and joysticks from Best Electronics, too!

[Animan]

I listened to that album a million times in the 9th grade. A lot of people gave me awkward stares when I told them I was listening to songs from the 80's about video games . I just shrugged them off, and kept playing Space Harrier 2 on my GP2X Wiz. (Strangely, this was during the one time I actually had a girlfriend.)

RIP, Gary Garcia.

Edited by Animan, Fri Nov 18, 2011 10:42 PM.

[OldSchoolRetroGamer]

Wow that is so weird to me because earlier today in my Facebook gaming group I posted the Youtube video of PAC MAN FEVER..............

[swlovinist]

I got pac man fever on record just a couple of weeks ago...

[fiddlepaddle]

I just bought that album a couple of weeks ago at a thrift ($.49); first time I've listened to anything on it except the Pac-man song. They definitely capitalized on the popularity of specific video games to make their album sell.

[retrorussell]

RIP, Gary Garcia. I loved you and Mr. Buckner's Pac-Man Fever album. Still love Pac-Man Fever and Do The Donkey Kong, and have sung both karaoke style. Miss you sir.

[Random Terrain]

Original good stuff:

http://www.youtube.c...55E832DB2A9118B

[save2600]

Weren't they supposed to be working on a new album with all new video<>game songs that was supposed to be released several years ago? Whatever happened to that project?

[Animan]

save2600, on Sun Nov 27, 2011 1:17 AM, said:

Weren't they supposed to be working on a new album with all new video<>game songs that was supposed to be released several years ago? Whatever happened to that project?

Never heard of that, although they recently did a song based on GiantBomb.com



A new album with songs based off of newer video games would have been awesome, though...

[retrorussell]

Sang Pac-Man Fever at karaoke last night in memory of Mr. Garcia.

[2600Lives]

Odd, was just talking to a co-worker today about Pac-Man fever, and this is the first I'm hearing about him dying. RIP, man. My Pac-Man Fever vinyl album is right next to my comp desk, resting comfortably against a green monochrome monitor hooked up to my Tandy 1000.