Eisuke
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- 28 Nov 2003
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'Pac Man' game to enter Guinness book of world records
Namco's popular "Pac Man" has been recognized as the world's No. 1 arcade game, paving the way for it to be included in the Guinness Book of Records, it has been learned.
A total of 293,000 Pac Man arcade machines were sold across the world in the eight years after the game was released in 1980. In the game, a round-shaped character munches his way through dots inside a maze. The Pac Man character was reportedly devised by Namco's Toru Iwatani based on the shape of a pizza.
The game was later transferred to toys and game consoles, and even sparked the song "Pac Man Fever" in the United States.
Namco officials said video arcade games were considered a big hit if the number of arcade machines reached about 1,000. Another of the company's hit games, "Taiko no Tatsujin" (drum master), appeared in only about 4,000 arcade machines. Iwatani said he was glad about Pac Man's achievements.
"I'm glad that it will remain in the Guinness Book," he said. "I'm grateful to all the people across the world who played it." (Mainichi Shimbun, Japan, May 20, 2005)
http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20050520p2a00m0dm014000c.html
That's cool. I didn't know Pac Man was that popular.
Namco's popular "Pac Man" has been recognized as the world's No. 1 arcade game, paving the way for it to be included in the Guinness Book of Records, it has been learned.
A total of 293,000 Pac Man arcade machines were sold across the world in the eight years after the game was released in 1980. In the game, a round-shaped character munches his way through dots inside a maze. The Pac Man character was reportedly devised by Namco's Toru Iwatani based on the shape of a pizza.
The game was later transferred to toys and game consoles, and even sparked the song "Pac Man Fever" in the United States.
Namco officials said video arcade games were considered a big hit if the number of arcade machines reached about 1,000. Another of the company's hit games, "Taiko no Tatsujin" (drum master), appeared in only about 4,000 arcade machines. Iwatani said he was glad about Pac Man's achievements.
"I'm glad that it will remain in the Guinness Book," he said. "I'm grateful to all the people across the world who played it." (Mainichi Shimbun, Japan, May 20, 2005)
http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20050520p2a00m0dm014000c.html
That's cool. I didn't know Pac Man was that popular.
I was playing it on playstation when i was a kid. Nice times and i never get bored. 
