![]() Puck Man, derived from the Japanese phrase "paku-paku," (meaning to open and close one's mouth), was the game's original title, but, of course, "Puck" was changed to "Pac" to avoid unfortunate alterations. Toru Iwatani, creator of the classic arcade game Galaxian, thought of it while staring at a pizza with one missing slice. Here's the condensed story on the P-Man: He was born in June 1980 in Japan, then introduced to the United States. This is everyone's game - boys and girls, men and women, ages 5 to 95. They appeal not to any narrow demographic niche. Indeed, whether at Dave & Busters inside White Flint Mall in North Bethesda, or at the Lazy Sundae ice cream shop in Clarendon, or at the Wonderland Bar and Grill in Columbia Heights, Pac-Man and Ms. "The thing about Pac-Man is he's everywhere, although you don't realize he's everywhere," brags Scott Rubin, general manager of Namco America. ![]() Later this summer, Namco, which originally brought us Pac-Man, will release Pac-Mania, the 3-D sequel. 1 arcade game of all time he's featured in a traveling exhibit called "Game On," at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago until September. Sometime this year, he'll be included in Guinness World Records as the No. No, the P-Man is not going through a quarter-life crisis, thank you very much in fact, he's enjoying a rebirth as one of your favorite cell-phone games. This month, the bright yellow bloke - forever wary of ghosts Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde, forever stuck in that maze - is a quarter-century old. Oh, the absolute thrill of being 25! The dots before you, waiting to be connected.
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