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May 12, 2005
Pac-Man Hits 25
That's right kids, the big yellow mouth we spent so much time with as children is a quarter-century old. CNN points out that the franchise has taken in more than $100 million over the years, especially impressive considering games back then made their money one quarter at a time, not from $50 software sales.
The classic story is that game designer Toru Iwatani was inspired by a pizza – the pie looked like a giant mouth after he picked up the first slice. In Japan, Pac-Man was actually Puck-Man, you know, like a hockey puck, but you can just imagine what an army of early '80s teens would have done with a game called Puck-Man…
In the interest of full disclosure, we must reveal that we own an original vinyl copy of Buckner & Garcia's Pac Man Fever album (the title cut went to #9 on the charts in 1982).
Link: http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/10/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/index.htm
Posted by gamegal at May 12, 2005 01:05 PM