About
Pac-Man is an arcade video-game published by Namco in 1980. It consists a yellow character that eats dots while escaping from ghosts in a blue maze. Pac-Man is considered one of the most popular video-games, having generated more than $2.5 billion by the 1990s.
History
When Toru Iwatani[1] started to develop his project in 1979, the idea was to make something different from space shooters and the game was aimed for girls. The character concept was inspired by a pizza missing a slice.
Impact
Pac-Man has been referenced in numerous of games and sites. An example is the Google interactive doodle (shown left) and the easter egg from Bioshock Infinite (shown right):
Fan Art
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Search Interest
External References
[1]Wired – Q&A: Pac-Man Creator Reflects on 30 Years of Dot-Eating