Read the stories behind the development of classic videogame characters Donkey Kong, Mario, Sonic, and of course Pac-Man.
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Japanese game designer Toru Iwatani was 26 when he invented the timeless masterpiece. In the original Japanese release, our star was called “Puckman” which was just a wee bit too close to a certain English swear word for the developers’ liking. Thus, “Pac-Man” emerged. His name is derived from the Japanese slang term ‘paku paku,’ which describes the motion of the mouth opening and closing while eating, and in the literal English translation means “to eat.”
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I love Video games. To think it all started with ghetto Pong on an oscilloscope
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