Pac-Man
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Pac-Man, originally called Puck Man in Japan, is a 1980 maze video game developed and published by Namco for arcades. In North America, the game was released by Midway Manufacturing as part of its licensing agreement with Namco America. The player controls Pac-Man, who must eat all the dots inside an enclosed maze while avoiding four colored ghosts. Eating large flashing dots called "Power Pellets" causes the ghosts to temporarily turn blue, allowing Pac-Man to eat the ghosts for bonus points. Game development began in early 1979, led by Toru Iwatani with a nine-man team. Iwatani wanted to create a game that could appeal to women as well as men, because most video games of the time had themes that appealed to traditionally masculine interests, such as war or sports. Although the inspiration for the Pac-Man character was the image of a pizza with a slice removed, Iwatani has said he rounded out the Japanese character for mouth, kuchi (Japanese: 口). The in-game characters were made to be cute and colorful to appeal to younger players. The original Japanese title of Puck Man was derived from the Japanese phrase paku paku taberu, which refers to gobbling something up; the title was changed to Pac-Man for the North American release due to fears of vandals defacing cabinets by converting the P into an F, as in fuck. Pac-Man was a widespread critical and commercial success, leading to several sequels, merchandise, and two television series, as well as a hit single, "Pac-Man Fever", by Buckner & Garcia. The character of Pac-Man has become the official mascot of Namco and later Bandai Namco Entertainment. The game remains one of the highest-grossing and best-selling games, generating more than $14 billion in revenue (as of 2016) and 43 million units in sales combined, and has an enduring commercial and cultural legacy, commonly listed as one of the greatest video games of all time.
Infobox
Developer
Namco
Publishers
mw- JP/DE: NamcoNA/FRA: Midway
Designer
Toru Iwatani
Programmers
Shigeo FunakiShigeichi Ishimura
Artist
Hiroshi Ono
Composers
Shigeichi IshimuraToshio Kai
Series
Pac-Man
Platform
Arcade Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, MSX, NES, Commodore 64, VIC-20, Intellivision, ZX Spectrum, TI-99/4A, IBM PC, Game Boy, Game Gear, Game Boy Color, Neo Geo Pocket Color, Mobile phone, Game Boy Advance, iPod Touch, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, Android
Release
JP: May 22, 1980US: October 1980
Genre
Maze
Modes
Single-player, multiplayer
Tables
Review scores
AllGame
AllGame
Publication
AllGame
Score
(Arcade) (NES)
Computer and Video Games
Computer and Video Games
Publication
Computer and Video Games
Score
9/10 (Atari 400/800)
Eurogamer
Eurogamer
Publication
Eurogamer
Score
10/10 (Virtual Console)
IGN
IGN
Publication
IGN
Score
7/10 (Neo Geo Pocket)
Computer Games
Computer Games
Publication
Computer Games
Score
Classic (computers) Positive (IBM PC)
Mean Machines
Mean Machines
Publication
Mean Machines
Score
80% (Game Boy)
Popular Computing Weekly
Popular Computing Weekly
Publication
Popular Computing Weekly
Score
(VIC-20)
| Publication | Score |
| AllGame | (Arcade) (NES) |
| Computer and Video Games | 9/10 (Atari 400/800) |
| Eurogamer | 10/10 (Virtual Console) |
| IGN | 7/10 (Neo Geo Pocket) |
| Computer Games | Classic (computers) Positive (IBM PC) |
| Mean Machines | 80% (Game Boy) |
| Popular Computing Weekly | (VIC-20) |
Awards
Arcade Awards (1981)
Arcade Awards (1981)
Publication
Arcade Awards (1981)
Award
Best Commercial Arcade Game
Video Software Dealers Association (VSDA)
Video Software Dealers Association (VSDA)
Publication
Video Software Dealers Association (VSDA)
Award
Best Videogame
Dixons (2001)
Dixons (2001)
Publication
Dixons (2001)
Award
Greatest Video Game
Killer List of Videogames
Killer List of Videogames
Publication
Killer List of Videogames
Award
Most Popular Game
| Publication | Award |
| Arcade Awards (1981) | Best Commercial Arcade Game |
| Video Software Dealers Association (VSDA) | Best Videogame |
| Dixons (2001) | Greatest Video Game |
| Killer List of Videogames | Most Popular Game |
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