In 1979, Namco released Pac-Man, the most popular arcade game of all time.  Over 300,000 units were sold worldwide. More than 100,000 units are sold in the United States alone. Originally named Puck Man, the game was retitled after executives saw the potential for vandals to scratch out part of the letter P on the game's marquee, which might discourage parents from letting their children play. Pac-Man became the first video game to be popular with both males and females.

"Computer games don't affect kids, I mean if Pac Man affected us as kids, we'd all run around in a darkened room munching pills and listening to repetitive music." - Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989.

• 604 track _Just A Game_ MP3  by Droidlock & Paps on Creamcrop  

film _Tron_ (vhs/ntsc)

After Flynn escapes from the light cycles arena, it is possible to hear a _Pac-Man_ video game and see a graphic on the map he is watching.
  

• Anomalog:
  • Human Pac-Man Using VR/GPS
  • Pac Manhattan
• novelty track _Pac-Man Fever_ MP3 (160k) by Buckner & Garcia off of _Pac-Man Fever_ (1982)
• Pac-Man cartoon
• sequels: Ms. Pac-Man, Super Pac-Man
• one of the key strategies in this series is that the ghosts do not follow you into the tunnel.  instead, they have to go after you way across the maze on the other side instead of following you in.  so the a good way to shake off the ghosts is to rapidly switch sides using the tunnels...
• at age nine, Christian Bale (_Empire Of The Sun_) appeared in a British commercial for Pac-Man cereal.
• created by Namco designer Tohru Iwatani who was inspired by a piece of pizza with a slice missing.
• His name comes from 'Puc-Man,' the Japanese sound for 'munch.'
• It's the best-selling coin-operated game in history. In its debut year alone, over 100,000 Pac-Man machines were made and sold around the world.
• Namco estimates that the original Pac-Man arcade title has been played more than ten billion times in its 20-year-plus history. Namco's total Pac-Man revenues have reached $100 million (that's 400 million quarters).
• dub release _Scientist Encounters Pac-Man At Channel One_ by Mad Professor
• drum and bass track _Pacman_ (192k) by Ed Rush & Optical off of _The Creeps_ 12"x5 on Virus #003
• track _Pac-Man Is Dying_ MP3 (24k) by The Champs
• downtempo techno track _Pac Man Ater Stor Kaka_ MP3 (192k) by TSR off of _Arnolds Wet Dreams_ 12" on Input-Output, Inc. #004 (2001)
• acid techno track _Macman_ MP3 by Marcin Czubala off of _Video Game_ 12" on Input-Output, Inc. #003
• turntablism track _Fuckypacman_ MP3 by D-Styles
  • samples from the game, as well as Herve Villachaez from _Fantasy Island_
• 604 track _Idiot_ MP3 by Hux Flux off of _A Progress In Trance_ compilation 12"x2 on Transient (1999)
  • samples from Pac Man
• 604 track _Calculus_ MP3 by Hux Flux off of _Cryptic Crunch_ 12"x2 by Hux Flux on Koyote (1999)
• samples sound of Pac-Man deflating
  

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