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'Father of Pac-Man,' Masaya Nakamura, Dies At Age 91 (japantimes.co.jp)

Posted by BeauHD on from the rest-in-peace dept.

AmiMoJo writes from a report via The Japan Times: Masaya Nakamura, the founder of game developer Namco and known as "the father of Pac-Man," has died at age 91. He founded Nakamura Seisakusho in 1955, which was renamed Namco in 1977. The company developed numerous hit video games, including "Galaxian," "Pac-Man" and "Ridge Racer." "Pac-Man," designed by Namco's inhouse video game maker Toru Iwatani, is one of the most recognizable and popular video games in history. In 2005 it was listed by Guinness World Records as the "most successful coin-operated arcade machine."

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  1. Apologies in advance by pushing-robot · · Score: 4, Insightful

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

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  2. "Did you know that the original name for Pac-Man.. by Kargan · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...was Puck-Man? You'd think it was because he looks like a hockey puck, but it actually comes from the Japanese phrase 'Paku-Paku,' which means to flap one's mouth open and closed. They changed it because they thought Puck-Man would be too easy to vandalize, you know, like people could just scratch off the P and turn it into an F or whatever."

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