When 'Pac-Man' debuted 40 years ago, no one could have predicted it would become the most successful arcade game of all time. But when the first machine was placed in an arcade in Tokyo's bustling Shibuya district on May 22, 1980, it did exactly that.
When"Pac-Man" debuted in Tokyo 40 years ago, no one could have predicted it would become the most successful arcade game of all time.
And yet, when the first"Pac-Man" machine was placed in an arcade in Tokyo's bustling Shibuya district on May 22, 1980, it did exactly that.The game wasn't called"Pac-Man" back then, but rather"PuckMan," which offers a glimpse into its origins."Paku paku taberu" is a popular Japanese phrase for gobbling something up, with"paku paku" mimicking the sound of a snapping mouth and"taberu" meaning"to eat.
"Here comes this game that's brightly colored and centered around a character that really doesn't have a gender," he said."And all of a sudden, we found a mascot -- the first character in video games that existed not just in the artwork, but in the game itself."We started to see women coming into arcades, multiple generations playing in the same space.
That's why it took nearly 20 years for anyone to complete a perfect game of"Pac-Man" -- finishing with no lives lost and the maximum number of points from each level.
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