PAC -MAN 30th anniversary

Chomp, chomp! Pac-Man, the most successful coin-operated video game in history, turns 30 this week. On May 22, 1980, the Japanese game-maker Namco installed the first Pac-man machine in a movie theater in Tokyo.When Pac-Man was released, it was the most popular arcade video game.


  Pac-Man succeeded by creating a new genre and appealing to both genders.The game was brought to America by Midway in 1981 and quickly rose in popularity and sales, overtaking even Space Invaders, which had been unrivaled until that point. The name Puck-Man was changed to Pac-man to avoid possible confusion with an English expletive.