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The ‘father of Pac-Man’ dies: The man who came up with the name for iconic 1980s arcade [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | January 30, 2017 | Gareth Davies

Posted on 01/30/2017 12:20:24 PM PST by C19fan

The Father of Pac-Man Masaya Nakamura, who pioneered the release of Pac-Man and founded the Japanese video game company behind the iconic game, has died at the age of 91. Nakamura, who died on January 22, founded Namco in 1955, which started out as just two mechanical horse rides on a department store rooftop but went on to pioneer game arcades and amusement parks. Pac-Man, designed by Namco engineer and video game maker Toru Iwatani, went on sale in 1980, and has since been played an estimated 10billion times.

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TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: games; video
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To: Snickering Hound
correction: it was regular horse racing, not steeplechase.

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21 posted on 01/30/2017 1:27:43 PM PST by ETL (On the road to America's recovery!)
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To: C19fan

22 posted on 01/30/2017 2:05:40 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: ETL
I remember when Pong first came out. The local bowling alley had one. It was high tech back then.

23 posted on 01/30/2017 4:25:03 PM PST by Impala64ssa (You call me an Islamophobe like it's a bad thing)
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To: C19fan
I got Pac Man fever
24 posted on 01/30/2017 4:37:05 PM PST by Impala64ssa (You call me an Islamophobe like it's a bad thing)
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To: Impala64ssa

Yes, that was another simple but lots of fun early video game. I still prefer many of these old games over the ridiculously complex ones of the past 15-20 years. My favorite games were from Intellivision. Atari also had many good ones.


25 posted on 01/30/2017 5:08:35 PM PST by ETL (On the road to America's recovery!)
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To: Calvin Locke
Interesting.

. Not too long ago there was a man who took Pac-Man to the end of the program.

At a certain point, half of the screen goes blank so you cannot advance further.

So you can in theory "beat" Pac-Man, or at least call it a draw.

26 posted on 01/30/2017 6:35:49 PM PST by boop ("We don't feel like we are doing anything illegal"- Democrat credo)
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It’s sad news. I am a huge fan of this game. I love small games in general. Often play on http://www.friv5online.com/ . Pac man and Mario games are legends.


27 posted on 02/14/2017 4:57:13 AM PST by Muntic0re
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