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Pac-Man Turns 25

Posted by Zonk on from the happy-birthday! dept.

blacklily8 writes "CNN Money is running a story about Pac-Man's 25th birthday. After going on a bit about the history of our favorite pizza sans one slice, the article waxes a bit on why the game was (and is) such a success, with some quotations from Namco's marketing manager: 'He's very colorful, very safe. It's definitely different than the trends going on in games. He just has an appeal.' I think it's because the game is just plain fun, with no need to rely on tech-demo thrills to attract attention. Time to dig out the X-Arcade." It's also *hard*, proving that challenging games are what people have always been looking for.

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  1. GUComics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Let's not forget today's GUComics, who also noticed that Pacman turned 25 :-)

  2. His real name! by Rantastic · · Score: 4, Informative

    And to think, his original name was PuckMan.

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