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Interview with Pac-Man Creator

Posted by Zonk on from the all-about-the-food dept.

Rogueywon writes "The UK's Times newspaper has a featured interview with Toru Iwatani, creator of Pac-Man. The article offers an insight into the inspiration behind the old arcade classic and reflects on the lack of material gain that the franchise has brought to its creator." From the article: "Iwatani sits down and tells the whole story, starting exactly 26½ years ago when a 24-year-old Namco programmer strolled into a now demolished restaurant in central Tokyo, called Shakeys. It was here that he ordered the marguerita pizza that, with one slice removed, provided the visual inspiration for Pac-Man's famous profile. "

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  1. Let me be the first to say by BlackCobra43 · · Score: 3, Funny

    wakka wakka wakka wakka

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  2. Marguerita pizza??? by TopShelf · · Score: 1, Funny

    WTF is that? The Japanese do some pretty crazy things to pizza. When I visited about 10 years ago, I remember seeing a poster for a pizza with strange sea creature parts, mayo, and corn sprinkled on it. Blech...

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  3. Toru Iwatani by Bnderan · · Score: 3, Funny

    What was his name before running it through the Star Wars name generator?

  4. Okay... by Sierpinski · · Score: 2, Funny

    Okay so he got the icon from a slice-removed pizza pie. But where, I ask, WHERE did he get the idea for that 'wakka wakka' sound?

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    1. Re:Okay... by lightspawn · · Score: 2, Funny

      But where, I ask, WHERE did he get the idea for that 'wakka wakka' sound?

      Fozzie Bear, of course.

  5. Re:Remids me of the old joke... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Hmmm, sounds like a rave to me.