Pac-man Turns 30 Happy Birthday Pac-man
Happy Birthday Pac-man from this Baby Boomer, as Pac-man Turns 30.
What self respecting Baby Boomer does not remember Pacman, from the 80′s?
The Pacman Video Arcade was my favorite. I wish I had all of the money that I sunk into the machines. I could buy a Pac-man machine today.
Pac-Man, the arcade video game, was released in Japan 30 years ago this week. The game came to America in the fall of 1980 and became a pop-culture sensation over night.
Being such a favorite, Pac-man did not stop there, Pac-Man spawned more than 400 products, froma hit song, shoes, bed sheets, games, breakfast cereal, to other Pac-man video games (Ms Pac-man).
What Was The Pacman High Score
In 1999, a Florida man became the first to achieve a perfect Pac-Man score…3,333,360. That was the Pacman record.
For those of you who do not know what Pac-man video game does…a rotund, voracious figure follows a trail through a maze. As he rounds a corner, he might bes confronted by ghostlike monsters attempting to wipe him out. He turns and runs away, but soon Pac-man discovers an additional source of power that briefly turns him from hunted into hunter…and so on…
Pac-Man was the most successful coin-operated video game in history.
America’s pop-culture sensation was released in Japan 30 years ago this week.
Many credit Pac-Man, an iconic symbol of the ’80s, with expanding video gaming to a wider audience.
“Pac-Man’s debut represents one of the earliest attempts to introduce casual gaming to a field that was already dominated by shooters and high-energy arcade experiences.”
“The original arcade cabinet was able to strike the perfect balance between challenge and fun without sacrificing depth or scope,” stated Scott Steinberg, head of video game consulting firm TechSavvy Global.
The game was produced by the Japanese company Namco Bandai and Midway, based in Chicago, obtained the license to reproduce U.S.. In 1981, Midway released to Ms. Pac-Man as an unauthorized sequel.
The original developer, Namco celebrates the anniversary with a sweepstakes called “Win a Pac-Man car!”. The winner will be selected on September 3rd through the official website of Pac-Man and here is the link to register to win Pac-man Car. http://www.pacman.com/en/events/win-car See the car below…
The original arcade classic was imagined by Namco developer Toru Iwatani in 1979, although it didn’t reach the U.S until the fall of 1980. As the Pac-man legend goes, Iwatani was inspired by his partially eaten pizza pie and turned it into a gaming character: a big yellow dot that gobbled up smaller dots, and avoided four deadly ghosts, as it careened through a maze.
Pac-man Turns 30 Happy Birthday Pac-man, from this Baby Boomer. I still love ya, Pac-man. For the full story, go to the the official website of Pac-Man.
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