On this day

[supernova1965 (Warren)]

Pac-Man Arcade Game Released (1980)

First released in Japan in 1980, Pac-Man went on to become one of the most famous arcade games of all time. Developed by Namco video game designer Toru Iwatani, the game became an icon of 80s pop culture and is often credited with being a landmark in video game history. For the 30th anniversary of Pac-Man in 2010, Google turned its homepage logo into a fully playable version of the game. How much productivity did businesses reportedly lose from employees playing the game? More...

[TrevorW]

Thanks Warren

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[Suzy]

Did PacMan come out the same time as Space Invaders?

I didn't like PacMan
There was no shooting
No rockets
No adrenalin
They were just silly round balls with a pie shape for a mouth and gobbling things up.

I was waaay too busy loving space invaders.

[mozzie (Peter)]

suzy
space invaders was either in 1977 or 1979 the later i think!!!!!!

[supernova1965 (Warren)]

I am Pacman champion and I have the shirt to prove it