Pac-Man Makes Guinness Book

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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Play a Java version of the classic

[oranda]

Play a Java version of the classic:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pacdasher

Re:The record

[elmarkitse]

The article is vauge...it's either the subjective "pac man is recoginzed as the number one arcade game" or the "most units shipped." Here the only relevant part of the article...but again, it doesn't say by what means the award is being given.

Namco's popular "Pac Man" has been recognized as the world's No. 1 arcade game, paving the way for it to be included in the Guinness Book of Records, it has been learned.

A total of 293,000 Pac Man arcade machines were sold across the world in the eight years after the game was released in 1980.

Whats missing from this article is the part that actually says which of the many interesting facts the article brings up (perhaps pac man is in the record books because it was the first arcade character inspired by a fast food item) so we're left to guess.

A quick google news search for Guinness and pacman come up with nothing, either.