May 22, 2020 marks the 40th anniversary of a moment that shook the video game industry and profoundly changed the way we play: the debut of Pac-Man, which first hit arcades in Japan on May 22, 1980.
Pac-Man is still going strong forty years later – an impressive run for any character, let alone one dreamed up in a pizza parlor. But perhaps it shouldn’t be such a surprise. Like the pizza that inspired him, an American interpretation of an Italian dish served in a Japanese parlor, he’s a cross-cultural fusion, synthesized from a lifetime of cartoons and influences by a master of the craft, gobbled up by people all over the globe. And once they’d tasted this strangely alluring new form of digital nourishment, there would be no going back.
This seemed long overdue.
One of the most beloved and influential video game icons of all time set to become major live-action motion picture Wayfarer Studios and Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. announce plans to jointly develop and produce a live-action movie.
A good, not great, collection that could've used a couple more gems.
Fortnite is about to get a Pac-Man-themed crossover in the first week of June as the official Japanese website of Pac-Man reveals.
