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Inspired over a lunch of pizza, '''Pac-Man''' (originally entitled '''Puckman''' in Japanese) began life in the arcades in [[1980]]. It was designed by Toru Iwatani, who had previously designed the {{c|Gee Bee}} trilogy, and was the first Namco game to incorporate a four-way joystick. After being overlooked by "experts" who judged Namco's own [[Rally-X]] to be the better of the two games, Pac-Man went on to unprecedented success and became an icon in Japan and in America. Pac-Man's game play was a stark and refreshing contrast to the space aged shoot'em ups that were popular at the time. Pac-mania became a phenomenon and video games' first mascot was met with an insatiable demand.
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Atari snapped up the rights to bring the arcade hit home, and let down millions of fans with a sub-par conversion on what was their most popular home system at the time, the Atari 2600. However, they did produce a far better conversion for their home computer systems and the Atari 5200 (if you can overlook the controls).  From that point onward, Pac-Man has gone on to grace just about every video game system that has ever been manufactured in some form or another, including the [[Wii Virtual Console|WVC]].
 
While Pac-Man's popularity has died down these days (in comparison to the early Eighties), he is still a recognizable figure, and has appeared on just about every form of merchandising available.  His legacy continues on the latest generation platforms with ever-expanding adventures, and while they capture the good-natured quality of our little yellow hero, they can never outshine the accomplishment of the original games.  Despite Pac-Man's popularity, no official explanation has ever been provided by Namco as to why Pac-Man has to run around a maze, gobble the pellets, and avoid the ghosts.


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==Gameplay summary==
==Gameplay summary==
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* You control Pac-Man through the maze with the joystick.
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* You must eat every dot and power pellet to advance to the next stage.
* You must avoid contact with the ghosts while they are their normal color.
* If you eat an power pellet, the ghosts will turn blue, and you may eat them for bonus points until they turn back to their normal color.
* Ghosts travel at half speed through the side escape tunnels. Use them to get away.
* A bonus item will appear below the ghost pen twice per stage for extra points.


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Between Friday 21st and Sunday 23rd May 2010, Google celebrated Pac-Man's 30 birthday by supplying their first ever interactive Google Doodle; a Google inspired Pac-Man maze that can actually be played by one or two people. The first player controls Pac-Man using the arrow keys while a second player can control Ms. Pac-Man simultaneously using the W-A-S-D keys. The specially-designed maze contains 270 pellets (275 if you count the power pellets), and contains five power pellets instead of usual four.

Google's homage to Pac-Man

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