Pac-Man was a widespread critical and commercial success, leading to several sequels, merchandise, and two television series, as well as a hit single by Buckner & Garcia.

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 for the North American release to mitigate vandalism. The in-game characters were made to be cute and colorful to appeal to younger players. Although the inspiration for the Pac-Man character was the image of a pizza with a slice removed, Iwatani has said he also rounded out the Japanese character for mouth, kuchi ( Japanese: 口). Iwatani wanted to create a game that could appeal to women as well as men, because most video games of the time had themes of war or sports. Game development began in early 1979, directed by Toru Iwatani with a nine-man team. Eating large flashing dots called 'Power Pellets' causes the ghosts to temporarily turn blue, allowing Pac-Man to eat them for bonus points.

The player controls Pac-Man, who must eat all the dots inside an enclosed maze while avoiding four colored ghosts. In North America, the game was released by Midway Manufacturing as part of its licensing agreement with Namco America. Pac-Man, originally called Puck Man in Japan, is a 1980 maze action video game developed and released by Namco for arcades. There have been 12 likes from 12 votes on this game.Single-player, multiplayer (alternating turns) To save your game: hover over the emulator screen and use the icons to save your progress.ĭown arrow icon (save), Up arrow icon (load). Play the classic and absorb all the Pac-Man goodness!Ĭlick inside the screen to activate controls And for the first time outside the arcade, Namco introduces the special Pac-Man Arrangement mode. Pac-Attack is a falling block puzzle game akin to Tetris. Except for the Pac-Attack, all games in the bundle follows the classic Pac-Man arcade gameplay in which your goal is to collect dots and avoid the ghosts. Pac-Man Collection contains four classic and best-selling Pac-Man games: Pac-Man (GBA), Pac-Mania, Pac-Man Arrangement, and Pac-Attack. Do you love Pac-Man? (No, I’m not talking about Manny Pacquiao) Then what better way to relive the glory than playing four of his all time greatest hits in Pac-Man Collection! Stay away from the ghosts and eat those circle pixels by playing this retro arcade game.

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