Pac-Man is an action maze chase video game; the player controls the eponymous characterthrough an enclosed maze. The objective of the game is to eat all of the dots placed in the maze while avoiding four colored ghosts —

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After acquiring the struggling Japanese division of Atari in 1974, video game developer Namco began producing its own video games in-house, as opposed to simply licensing them from other developers and distributing them in Japan. Company president

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Location testing for Puck Man began on May 22, 1980 in Shibuya, Tokyo, to a relatively positive fanfare from players. A private showing for the game was done in June, followed by a

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Upon its North American debut at AMOA 1980, the game initially received a mild response. Play Metermagazine previewed the game and called it "a cute game which appears to grow on

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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,

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• Trueman, Doug (November 10, 1999). "The History of Pac-Man". GameSpot. Archived from the original on June 26, 2009. Comprehensive coverage on the history of the entire series up through 1999.
• Morris, Chris (May 10, 2005). "Pac Man Turns 25". CNN Money

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Guinness World Recordshas awarded the Pac-Man series eight records in Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition 2008, including "Most Successful Coin-Operated Game". On June 3, 2010, at the NLGD Festival of Games, the game's creator Toru Iwatani officially received

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