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NAMCO HISTORY VOL.3」6月発売". PC Watch (in Japanese). Impress Group. March 27, 1998. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016 . Retrieved August 12, 2020. Two designs were produced. A wristwatch with a LCD screen. A modified version of the aforementioned Tomy Watchman: Monster Hero with different graphics. Unlike other ports, Pac-Man has his arms and legs in-game. A wide variety of Pac-Man merchandise have been marketed with the character's image. By 1982, Midway had about 95-105 licensees selling Pac-Man merchandise, including major companies, such as AT&T selling a Pac-Man telephone. There were more than 500 Pac-Man related products. [89] Wednesday, February 22, 2023 PR: 7‑Eleven, Inc. And PAC-MAN Give Fans the Chance to Take their Game Play to the Next Level". Archived from the original on May 1, 2023 . Retrieved May 1, 2023. Exclusively on Stadia: Play the PAC-MAN™ Mega Tunnel Battle demo for free now". 20 October 2020. Archived from the original on 19 February 2022 . Retrieved 1 November 2020.

This is a game based in “Motos” announced in 1985 (recorded in the “Namco Museum Remix”, known in Japan as “Let's Play Together! Namco Carnival”), with the characters changed to PAC-MAN.

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Pac-Man inspired a long series of sequels, remakes, and re-imaginings, and is one of the longest-running video game franchises in history. The first of these was Ms. Pac-Man, developed by the American-based General Computer Corporation and published by Midway in 1982. The character's gender was changed to female in response to Pac-Man 's popularity with women, with new mazes, moving bonus items, and faster gameplay being implemented to increase its appeal. Ms. Pac-Man is one of the best-selling arcade games in North America, where Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man had become the most successful machines in the history of the amusement arcade industry. [190] Legal concerns raised over who owned the game caused Ms. Pac-Man to become owned by Namco, who assisted in production of the game. Ms. Pac-Man inspired its own line of remakes, including Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness (2000), and Ms. Pac-Man: Quest for the Golden Maze, and is also included in many Namco and Pac-Man collections for consoles. About Pac-Manhattan". Pac-Manhattan. 2004. Archived from the original on May 8, 2009 . Retrieved July 3, 2009.

Game Search (based on Famitsu data)". Game Data Library. March 1, 2020. Archived from the original on April 24, 2019 . Retrieved March 16, 2020. Iwatani has often claimed that the character of Pac-Man himself was designed after the shape of a pizza with a missing slice while he was at lunch; in a 1986 interview he said that this was only half-truth, [15] and that the Pac-Man character was also based on him rounding out and simplifying the Japanese character "kuchi" ( 口), meaning "mouth". [29] [15] The four ghosts were made to be cute, colorful and appealing, using bright, pastel colors and expressive blue eyes. [26] Iwatani had used this idea before in Cutie Q, which features similar ghost-like characters, and decided to incorporate it into Pac-Man. [20] He was also inspired by the television series Casper the Friendly Ghost and the manga Obake no Q-Taro. [24] Ghosts were chosen as the game's main antagonists because they were used as villainous characters in animation. [24] The idea for the fruit bonuses was based on graphics displayed on slot machines, which often use symbols such as cherries and bells. [30] Pac-Man and the ghosts, as depicted at the 2010 Festival Arbres et Lumières in Geneva Doolan, Liam (October 9, 2023). "Reminder: Pac-Man 99's Online Service Has Now Officially Ended". Nintendo Life . Retrieved October 10, 2023.Microcomputer BASIC Editorial Department (December 1986). All About Namco (in Japanese). Dempa Shimbun. ISBN 978-4885541070. Lang, Ben (10 November 2015). "Oculus Arcade Now Available on All Gear VR With 21 Titles". Archived from the original on 30 May 2016 . Retrieved 27 May 2016. The 2018 film Relaxer uses Pac-Man as a strong plot element in the story of a 1999 couch-bound man who attempts to beat the game (and encounters the famous Level 256 glitch) before the year 2000 problem occurs. [171]