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Pac-Man Time to flash back to the 80s! This is a VERY RARE original, great working, full size arcade game. It served a pizza parlor for several years, then a basement for the last 12. It is fully functional, from the controls and monitor...to the coin mechanism. The wear and tear on the cabinet adds to the nostalgia. You will absolutely love having this in your home or continue to bring in money in a business establishment. I have 100% Positive Feedback!!! Over 7 Years!! Bid with confidence!! No Reserve!!!! _____________________________________ From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search For other uses, see Pac-Man (disambiguation) . Pac-man
A screenshot from the original arcade version of the game, showing the ghosts in their starting positions at the center of the screen and Pac-Man below. Four Energizers are visible near the corners of the screen. Developer(s) Namco Publisher(s) Midway (Namco in Japan) Designer(s) Toru Iwatani - Game Designer Hideyuki Mokajima San- Programmer Toshio Kai - Sound & Music Release date(s) JPN October 10 , 1979 [1] [2] NA October 1980 , 1991 , 1999 , 2005 , 2006 Genre(s) Maze Mode(s) Up to 2 players, alternating turns Platform(s) Arcade game , Atari 2600 , Atari 5200 , Commodore 64 , Game Boy , Game Boy Color , GBA , Intellivision , Mobile phone , MSX , NEC PC-8801 , NGPC , NES , Sega Game Gear , ZX Spectrum , iPod , Xbox Live Arcade , Virtual Console Input 4-way joystick Arcade cabinet Standard upright, mini-upright, and cocktail Arcade system(s) Namco Pac-Man Arcade CPU(s) 1x ZiLOG Z80 @ 3.072 MHz Arcade sound system (s) 1x Namco WSG (3-channel mono) @ 3.072 MHz Arcade display Vertically oriented, 224 ?288, 16 palette colors Pac-Man is an arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution in the USA by Midway , first released in Japan in 1979 .[1] [2] Immensely popular in the United States from its original release to the present day, Pac-Man is universally considered as one of the classics of the medium, virtually synonymous with video games, and an icon of 1980s popular culture . Upon its release, the game became a social phenomenon [3] that sold a bevy of merchandise and also inspired an animated television series and a Top 40 pop single .[4] When Pac-Man was released, most arcade video games in North America were primarily space shooters such as Space Invaders and Defender or Asteroids ; the most visible minority were sports games (mostly derivative of Pong ). Pac-Man succeeded by creating a new genre and appealing to both males and females. [1] Pac-Man is often credited with being a landmark in video game history, and is among the most famous arcade games of all time. [5] The character also appears in more than 30 officially licensed games and sequels, [6] as well as in numerous unauthorized clones and bootlegs. [7] HistoryThe game was developed primarily by Namco employee Toru Iwatani over 18 months. The original title was pronounced pakku-man ( ????? , pakku-man ?) and was inspired by the Japanese onomatopoeic phrase paku-paku taberu ( ??????? , paku-paku taberu ?) ,[8] w paku-paku describes (the sound of) the mouth movement when widely opened and then closed in succession. [9] Although it is often cited that the character?s shape was inspired by a pizza missing a slice, [3] he admitted in a 1986 interview that it was a half-truth and the character design also came from simplifying and rounding out the Japanese character for mouth, kuchi (?) as well as the basic concept of eating. [10] Iwatani's efforts to appeal to a wider audience ? beyond the typical demographics of young boys and teenagers ? would eventually lead him to adding elements of a maze . The result was a game he entitled PUCK MAN . When first launched in Japan in 1979 by Namco, the game received a lukewarm response, as Space Invaders and other similar games were more popular at the time. [1] The following year, the game was picked up for manu...
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