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Pac-Man Makes Guinness Book

Posted by Zonk on from the wakka-wakka-woot dept.

phresno writes "As a gaming icon, everybody loves Namco's Pac-Man. The arcade machine sold over 293,000 units in just eight years of its initial release and is fondly remembered even 25 years later. The success of Pac-Man has awarded it not only pop culture status, but a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records. Long live Pac-Man!"

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  1. fp? by Mikito · · Score: 4, Funny

    I always preferred Ms. PacMan myself. Better graphics and music.

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    1. Re:fp? by h4rm0ny · · Score: 5, Funny

      "People think that video games influence children. Ha! If that were true then my generation would be spending all its time in darkened rooms, swallowing pills and listening to repetitive music!"

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  2. Sweet by gordgekko · · Score: 5, Funny

    293 000 units? I think I dumped that many quarters into the game during the early 80s.

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  3. This isn't a real story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The mods were just looking for a reason to use the Pac-Man icon again.

  4. Worst Port by Adrilla · · Score: 4, Funny

    Did they also award the Atari 2600 version as "Worst arcade to home console conversion ever!"?

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  5. A Paradigm by thomble · · Score: 3, Funny
    Pac-Man almost laid the foundations for the video games we now know and love.

    If only Ms. Pac-Man hadn't seduced him, domesticated him, and consequently told him to empty the trash, run to the supermarket to pick up cherries, strawberries and peaches, and gotten hooked on Power Pills, perhaps the kids these days wouldn't be so cluelessly hooked on Halo.

  6. The shortest instruction manual for a computer by TapeCutter · · Score: 5, Funny

    I agree, everyone knows that the shortest instruction manual is "Don't panic."

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  7. Alternative history. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Obvious but manditory (and not entirely safe for work) link to the VG Cats History Of Pac-Man...

    Well, I giggled.

  8. He got in the Guiness BOR? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I thought it was for the number of pills munched.

  9. What sort of news site is that? by MentalMooMan · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm slightly concerned about the person who sent in this article. Look at the sort of news site they visit. Just look at the other news on there!
    'Pimp of elementary schoolgirls arrested',
    'Teacher sacked for molesting schoolgirl', and
    'Teachers targeted in Shizuoka sex harassment scam'.
    Seems a little dodgey to me...

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  10. Re:Been playing for nearly 25 years! by Orangedog_on_crack · · Score: 2, Funny

    There is a reason why these old games still have such a loyal following. With all of the bells and whistles the new games have, the gagillion polygon z-axis texture mapping ju-ju, they lack something that the old games had in spades....a soul. Sure, the new games are pretty. So was my ex-wife at one time. Both are severely lacking in the soul department.