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Info Of The Start Of Pac Man
The game was originally called Pakkuman, which comes from the Japanese onomatopoeia "paku paku taberu". The name was changed to Pac-Man when it was released in the US.
and also the game was designed to appeal to a non-violent audience, especially women. -
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What Is The Game Inspired By?
The game concept was therefore inspired by food and eating as opposed to the shooting of space aliens and other foes that prevailed in most arcade games of the time. Instead , players maneuvered through a simple maze with a joystick, devouring coloured dots until all were gone, thereby completing a level and moving on to the next maze. -
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Tōru Iwatani Made Pac Man
Created by programmer Toru Iwatani in 1980 and released by Namco in Japan and Midway in the United States -
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Ms Pac Man
MS. PAC-MAN's release is welcomed with open arms as it takes the US by storm, even beyond PAC - MAN ,
The Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. produced cartoon begins its prime time broadcast on ABC television network channels, achieving viewership ratings as high as 56% , Buckner Garcia releases the hit single "PAC-MAN Fever," which went as high as 9th place on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, while the record album went on to place as high as 24th in the music charts. -
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Baby Pac Man
Baby Pac-Man is a hybrid maze and pinball game released in arcades by Bally Midway on October 11, 1982, nine months after the release of Ms. Pac-Man. The cabinet consists of a 13-inch video screen seated above a shortened, horizontal pinball table. The combination fits into roughly the same size space as an upright arcade machine. 7,000 units were produced. -
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Pac - Mania
Pac-Mania is a cavalier perspective maze game that was developed and released by Namco for arcades in 1987. In the game , the player controls Pac - Man as he must eat all of the dots while avoiding the colored ghosts that chase him in the maze. Eating large flashing "Power Pellets" will allow Pac-Man to eat the ghosts for bonus points, which lasts for a short period of time. -
Billy Mitchell’s Highscore
The legendary Pac-Man video game debuted in 1980 and rapidly became one of the most popular battlegrounds for high-score seekers. Despite the cabinet’s popularity, it would take twenty years for Floridian gamer Billy Mitchell to play a “perfect” game.
Mitchell scored 3,333,360 by playing through 256 boards in six hours, never losing a life. While this may seem like an exciting feat, the champion claimed that it was an exceedingly dull process. -
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Ms Pac Man Maze Madness
Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness is a maze chase video game developed and published by Namco for the PlayStation in 2000. It was later released for the Nintendo 64, Dreamcast, and Game Boy Advance. A remake of Ms. Pac-Man (1982), players control the titular character in her quest to stop a witch named Mesmerelda from stealing the Gems of Virtue. -
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Pac - Man Fever
Pac-Man Fever is a party game developed by Mass Media and published by Namco Hometek, released for GameCube and PlayStation 2 on September 3, 2002, exclusively released in North America. Players move about on a virtual game board, with the object of the game being to reach the end first. It allows for up to four players, featuring six characters from other Namco games to choose from.