Pac-Man (disambiguation)

Pac-Man is a popular 1980 arcade game by Namco and the name of its titular character.

Pac-Man may also refer to:

Pac-Man (Atari 2600), a 1982 port of the arcade game for the Atari 2600

Pac-Man (character), the titular protagonist of the franchise

Pac-Man (series), the original game and its sequels and spinoffs

Pac-Man (TV series), the short-lived cartoon series

Pac-Man (album), the 1992 EP produced by Aphex Twin (Richard D. James) under the Power Pill alias, which sampled heavily from the game's audio

"Pacman", an unreleased song by "Weird Al" Yankovic, and a parody of The Beatles' song "Taxman"

Pacman, the Drosophila melanogaster orthologue of the exoribonuclease enzyme XRN1

Pacman frog, the name given to several varieties of frog with large mouths and abdomens

Pacman Nebula, a region of space formally known as NCG 281

Lilac chaser, an optical phenomenon also known as the Pacman illusion

Pac-Man defense, a legal strategy where a smaller company fights off a takeover by purchasing the larger company

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Pac-Man

Pac-Man (Japanese: パックマン, Hepburn: Pakkuman) is an arcade game developed by Namco and first released in Japan on May 22, 1980. It was created by Japanese video game designer Toru Iwatani. It was licensed for distribution in the United States by Midway and released in October 1980. Immensely popular from its original release to the present day, Pac-Man is considered one of the classics of the medium, virtually synonymous with video games, and an icon of 1980s popular culture. Upon its release, the game—and, subsequently, Pac-Man derivatives—became a social phenomenon that yielded high sales of merchandise and inspired a legacy in other media, such as the Pac-Man animated television series and the top-ten hit single "Pac-Man Fever".

When Pac-Man was released, the most popular arcade video games were space shooters, in particular Space Invaders and Asteroids. The most visible minority were sports games that were mostly derivatives of Pong. Pac-Man succeeded by creating a new genre.Pac-Man is often credited with being a landmark in video game history, and is among the most famous arcade games of all time. It is also one of the highest-grossing video games of all time, having generated more than $2.5 billion in quarters by the 1990s.

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Pac-Man 2

Pac-Man 2 can refer to either one of four games:

Ms. Pac-Man, the second game in the Pac-Man series

Super Pac-Man, the second game officially made by Namco

Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures, the side-scrolling puzzle game based on Pac-Man

Pac-Man Championship Edition, Toru Iwatani's "official" sequel to the original Pac-Man for the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade

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Pac-Man 256

Pac-Man 256 is a 2015 Android and iOS video game in the Pac-Man series. It is inspired by the glitched 256th level of Pac-Man. In the game, the player must continuously navigate an endless maze while avoiding ghosts and using power-ups and power pellets to combat them. Fruits grant a temporary multiplier, and as Pac-Man eats dots, it is up to the player to try to top their high score.

This game was co-developed by Hipster Whale, the creators of the hit Crossy Road video game, also on Android & iOS and 3 Sprockets, the creators of the Cubemen series on Android & iOS.

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