Monday, May 23, 2005

'Pac Man' game to enter Guinness book of world records

Namco's popular "Pac Man" has been recognized as the world's No. 1 arcade game, paving the way for it to be included in the Guinness Book of Records, it has been learned.

A total of 293,000 Pac Man arcade machines were sold across the world in the eight years after the game was released in 1980. In the game, a round-shaped character munches his way through dots inside a maze. The Pac Man character was reportedly devised by Namco's Toru Iwatani based on the shape of a pizza.

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