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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Pac-Man!


Pac-Man was released by Namco today in history on May 22,1980. The goal of this arcade game was to gobble up white dots and fruits in a maze-like setting while dodging four dangerous, brightly colored ghosts. Here are a few other fun facts on all things Pac-Man:
  • The novelty music single "Pac-Man Fever", created by Atlanta-based duo Jerry Buckner and Gary Garcia, debuted on January 30, 1982. It spent fourteen weeks in the top 40, and its highest charted position was number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1982.
  • Pac-Man was originally developed in Japan.
  • The name Pac-Man comes from the Japanese word pahu, which means "to eat".
  • Billy Mitchell was the first person to get a perfect score of 3,333,360 points on July 3, 1999 at the Funspot Family Fun Center in New Hampshire.

"Pac-Man Fever." Time 119.14 (1982): 64. Academic Search Premier. Web. 20 May 2013.
Bearman, Joshuah. "The Perfect Game." Harper's Magazine 317.1898 (2008): 65-73. Academic Search Premier. Web. 22 May 2013.
Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. New York, NY: Billboard Publications, Inc., 1996. Print 
Image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pac-man.png

1 comment:

  1. Cool beans and facts! Can't believe it's been that long since that game was popular.

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