Game On!: PAC-MAN

Game On!: PAC-MAN — page 1 — 1 AN ICONIC GAME A yellow circle moves through a maze eating pellets in its path PAC MAN is on the move Four colorful ghosts chase him as he eats Just as a ghost is about to close in PAC MAN eats a glowing power pellet The ghost turns blue and abandons its chase The newly powerful PAC MAN turns and eats the ghost Then he eats the rest of the pellets The level is cleared PAC MAN is the most successful arcade game of all time Its title character and gameplay revolutionized gaming Since his 1980 debut PAC MAN has starred in numerous games for arcades home consoles and WAKA WAKA smartphones PAC MAN Fans love the PAC MAN sound remains one of the most effects One is the waka waka iconic franchises in video noise PAC MAN makes when eating PAC MAN creator Toru game history Iwatani demonstrated the sound he wanted to create by eating fruit and making gurgling noises

Game On!: PAC-MAN — page 2 — In 2016 Guinness World Records named PAC MAN the Longest Running Dedicated Video Game Character in history

Game On!: PAC-MAN — page 3 — 2 PUCK MAN PAC MAN's designer Toru Iwatani was born in Tokyo Japan in 1955. In 1977 he began working for Japanese game manufacturer NAMCO At the time arcades were growing in popularity in Japan and the United States NAMCO wanted to move beyond manufacturing arcade games to designing one NAMCO asked Iwatani to develop an arcade video game Iwatani wanted his game to be different than usual games which he felt were too violent Popular games such as Space Invaders and Asteroids involved shooting aliens At the time arcades were also considered places where only boys hung out Iwatani noticed few girls at arcades Iwatani wanted his game to attract a diverse arcade crowd His idea was to make a nonviolent video game with cute fun graphics He decided to base the game around eating He felt the universal activity of eating would appeal to many types of people

Game On!: PAC-MAN — page 4 — Toru Iwatani said he and a NAMCO team wanted Puck Man players to feel like being chased was fun and not torture So they made sure the game's maze always had an escape route

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