Carl Williams writes, "Where were you today in 1980? Myself, I was probably fumbling around the backyard and trying to learn to tie my own shoes. I was four years old. I would not find out about Pac-Man for a few more years when I was exposed to it on the Atari 2600. It would be several years after this that I find an arcade that had a Pac-Man machine in it (I grew up in backwoods Arkansas around this time). Namco knew they had a hit on their hands with Pac-Man, I just don’t think they knew how big of a hit they had. I guess it is possible that there are retro gaming fans out there that have not played Pac-Man yet."
This seemed long overdue.
One of the most beloved and influential video game icons of all time set to become major live-action motion picture Wayfarer Studios and Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. announce plans to jointly develop and produce a live-action movie.
A good, not great, collection that could've used a couple more gems.
Fortnite is about to get a Pac-Man-themed crossover in the first week of June as the official Japanese website of Pac-Man reveals.
I was officially in my mother's womb, born later that year. But yea, even by the time I was grown a bit, I still remember Pac-Man tables in pizza joints and arcades. My earliest gaming memories were around the age of 3 or 4 with my dad. We had a copy on our Colecovision. Great times.