Pacman is the best-selling coin-operated game in history. Forget Street Fighter 2 and Tetris. In the game's debut year alone, over 100,000 Pacman machines were made and sold around the world.
Namco estimates that the original Pacman arcade title has been played more than ten billion times in its 20-year history. Namco's total Pacman revenues have reached $100 million... one quarter at a time.
Pacman was inspired by a pizza with a slice missing. Namco designer Tohru Iwatani went out for the evening with some friends and then dove for dinner. The rest is history.
1982 saw the debut of ABC's animated cartoon, The Pacman Show. It ran for two years as Pacman tried to save his friends and Pac-Land from the evil Mezmaron.
Namco estimates that the original Pacman arcade title has been played more than ten billion times in its 20-year history. Namco's total Pacman revenues have reached $100 million... one quarter at a time.
Pacman was inspired by a pizza with a slice missing. Namco designer Tohru Iwatani went out for the evening with some friends and then dove for dinner. The rest is history.
1982 saw the debut of ABC's animated cartoon, The Pacman Show. It ran for two years as Pacman tried to save his friends and Pac-Land from the evil Mezmaron.
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