Pac-Man - Revision history

Somewhere: Adding some sales data for a couple ports

2026-01-21T11:16:56Z

Adding some sales data for a couple ports

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	\|wikipedia = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man		\|wikipedia = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man
	\|mobygames = https://www.mobygames.com/game/pac-man		\|mobygames = https://www.mobygames.com/game/pac-man
	\|tcrf = https://tcrf.net/Pac-Man_(Arcade)}}		\|tcrf = https://tcrf.net/Pac-Man_(Arcade)
			}}

	== Design ~~Documents~~ ==		== Original arcade version ==
			=== Design documents ===
	{{GalleryStart}}		{{GalleryStart}}
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	== Flyers ==		=== Flyers ===
	{{GalleryStart}}		{{GalleryStart}}
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	{{GalleryEnd}}		{{GalleryEnd}}

	== Ads ==		=== Ads ===

	== Release ==		=== Release ===

	== Photos on Location ==		=== Photos on Location ===

	== Histories ==		=== Histories ===

	== Interviews ==		=== Interviews ===
	{{GalleryStart}}		{{GalleryStart}}
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	* https://www.rcgs.jp/?page_id=204 — Series of oral history interviews with Iwatani about his entire life and career. (February 2018)		* https://www.rcgs.jp/?page_id=204 — Series of oral history interviews with Iwatani about his entire life and career. (February 2018)

	== Books ==		=== Books ===
	* ''Pac-Man: The Birth of an Icon'' by Arjan Tepstra and Tim Lapetino (ISBN 1789099390)		* ''Pac-Man: The Birth of an Icon'' by Arjan Tepstra and Tim Lapetino (ISBN 1789099390)

			== Game Boy conversion ==
			=== Sales ===
			==== United States ====
			Note that the below data is sourced from the NPD Group's TRST system, which only covered a portion of the market (estimated to be 81% of American game retailers circa 2000).

			{\| class="wikitable"
			\|-
			! Date !! Total sold
			\|-
			\| 2001-01-30<ref name="LTD 2001">[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/7d0f8897-34f1-4253-939f-849a94a61f76 "TRST Book 01-01"] (LTD sales report up through the end of January 2001; archived by the Video Game History Foundation Library)</ref> \|\| 630,332
			\|}

			==== Japan ====
			{\| class="wikitable"
			\|-
			! Date !! Total sold !! Chart position
			\|-
			\| 1990-12-02<ref name="NB">[https://nichebarrier.com/game/1369-pac-man Niche Barrier's record of ''Weekly Famitsu'''s sales charts]</ref> \|\|rowspan="2" \| 424 \|\| 10
			\|-
			\| 1991-01-27<ref name="NB" /> \|\| 28
			\|}

			== Game Boy Color conversion ==
			=== Sales ===
			==== United States ====
			Note that the below data is sourced from the NPD Group's TRST system, which only covered a portion of the market (estimated to be 81% of American game retailers circa 2000).

			{\| class="wikitable"
			\|-
			! Date !! Total sold
			\|-
			\| 2001-01-30<ref name="LTD 2001" /> \|\| 492,581
			\|}

			== References ==
			<references />

	[[Category:Game]]		[[Category:Game]]

Somewhere: Adding a new file and slightly adjusting another's date parameter

2025-05-29T05:54:17Z

Adding a new file and slightly adjusting another's date parameter

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	\|file=Pac-ManDesignDocuments.pdf		\|file=Pac-ManDesignDocuments.pdf
	\|title=Early and late concept documents		\|title=Early and late concept documents
	\|date=1979? - June 30, 1980		\|date=1979?-June 30, 1980
	\|country=JP		\|country=JP
			}}
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			\|file=Pac-Man design documents from official Twitter.pdf
			\|title=Four design documents
			\|date=1979-1980?
			\|country=JP
			\|description=Much higher quality than in the previous file
	}}		}}
	{{GalleryCard		{{GalleryCard

Somewhere: Adding a file I uploaded quite a while back but never put on this page

2025-05-25T00:04:10Z

Adding a file I uploaded quite a while back but never put on this page

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	\|description=Includes comments from [[Toru Iwatani]] and [[Masaya Nakamura]]		\|description=Includes comments from [[Toru Iwatani]] and [[Masaya Nakamura]]
			}}
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			\|file=Stan Jarocki interview in Cash Box volume 44 issue 26.pdf
			\|title=Cash Box
			\|date=November 20, 1982
			\|country=US
			\|description=Interview with then-Midway vice president Stan Jarocki that touches on several arcade games, ''Pac-Man'' included
	}}		}}
	{{GalleryEnd}}		{{GalleryEnd}}

Somewhere: Somewhere moved page Pac-Man (Arcade) to Pac-Man: Moving to broaden the page's scope to include later ports (Atari 2600, NES, etc.) in the future, in line with other pages made more recently

2025-01-26T07:33:05Z

Somewhere moved page Pac-Man (Arcade) to Pac-Man: Moving to broaden the page's scope to include later ports (Atari 2600, NES, etc.) in the future, in line with other pages made more recently

← Older revision		Revision as of 07:33, 26 January 2025
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Somewhere: Adding a recently-uploaded file. (I left the country parameter blank because, while the IHT was based in Paris, it was 100% in English and expressly made for international distribution. Therefore, it's a bit difficult to say it has ties to any specific country.)

2024-11-09T01:59:59Z

Adding a recently-uploaded file. (I left the country parameter blank because, while the IHT was based in Paris, it was 100% in English and expressly made for international distribution. Therefore, it's a bit difficult to say it has ties to any specific country.)

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	== Interviews ==		== Interviews ==
			{{GalleryStart}}
			{{GalleryCard
			\|file=Pac-Man article from International Herald Tribune June 26-27 1982.png
			\|title=International Herald Tribune
			\|date=June 26/27, 1982
			\|country=
			\|description=Includes comments from [[Toru Iwatani]] and [[Masaya Nakamura]]
			}}
			{{GalleryEnd}}
	* https://www.rcgs.jp/?page_id=204 — Series of oral history interviews with Iwatani about his entire life and career. (February 2018)		* https://www.rcgs.jp/?page_id=204 — Series of oral history interviews with Iwatani about his entire life and career. (February 2018)

Somewhere: Adding a platforms section & slightly adjusting the releases' formatting

2024-09-08T01:14:09Z

Adding a platforms section & slightly adjusting the releases' formatting

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	\|developer = Toru Iwatani, Shigeo Funaki, Toshio Kai		\|developer = Toru Iwatani, Shigeo Funaki, Toshio Kai
	\|publisher = Namco Ltd.		\|publisher = Namco Ltd.
	\|date = July 1980 ~~(JP),~~ October 1980 ~~(US)~~		\|platforms = {{plat-arcade}}
			\|date = {{Flag-JP}} July 1980<br>{{Flag-US}} October 1980
	\|wikipedia = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man		\|wikipedia = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man
	\|mobygames = https://www.mobygames.com/game/pac-man		\|mobygames = https://www.mobygames.com/game/pac-man

MorticianBot: Bot: Changing template: Infobox

2024-09-05T13:27:27Z

Bot: Changing template: Infobox

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	{{~~Infobox~~		{{InfoboxGame
	\|title = Pac-Man		\|title = Pac-Man
	\|image = Pac-Man Flyer 01 - Front.jpg		\|image = Pac-Man Flyer 01 - Front.jpg
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	\|wikipedia = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man		\|wikipedia = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man
	\|mobygames = https://www.mobygames.com/game/pac-man		\|mobygames = https://www.mobygames.com/game/pac-man
	\|tcrf = https://tcrf.net/Pac-Man_(Arcade)		\|tcrf = https://tcrf.net/Pac-Man_(Arcade)}}
	}}

	== Design Documents ==		== Design Documents ==

Somewhere: Adding a file and doing some clean-up (including adjusting the formatting to be more in line with wiki standards)

2023-12-15T22:24:39Z

Adding a file and doing some clean-up (including adjusting the formatting to be more in line with wiki standards)

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	== Design Documents ==		== Design Documents ==
	~~<gallery widths~~=~~"180px" heights="180px">~~		{{GalleryStart}}
	Pac-ManDesignDocuments.pdf\|Early and late concept documents ~~for Pac-Man. (~~1979?; June ~~30th~~, 1980)		{{GalleryCard
	~~</gallery>~~		\|file=Pac-ManDesignDocuments.pdf
			\|title=Early and late concept documents
			\|date=1979? - June 30, 1980
			\|country=JP
			}}
			{{GalleryCard
			\|file=Pac-Man concept drawings by Toru Iwatani.jpg
			\|title=Concept drawings by Toru Iwatani
			\|date=
			\|country=JP
			}}
			{{GalleryEnd}}

	== Flyers ==		== Flyers ==
	~~<gallery widths="180px" heights~~=~~"180px">~~		{{GalleryStart}}
	Pac-Man Flyer 01 - Front.jpg\|(1980)		{{GalleryCard
	Pac-Man Flyer 01 - Back.jpg\|(1980)		\|file=Pac-Man Flyer 01 - Front.jpg
	~~</gallery>~~		\|title=Flyer (front)
			\|date=1980
			\|country=US
			}}
			{{GalleryCard
			\|file=Pac-Man Flyer 01 - Back.jpg
			\|title=Flyer (back)
			\|date=1980
			\|country=US
			}}
			{{GalleryEnd}}

	== Ads ==		== Ads ==

	~~<gallery widths="180px" heights="180px">~~

	~~</gallery>~~

	== Release ==		== Release ==
	~~<gallery widths="180px" heights="180px">~~

	~~</gallery>~~

	~~== Flyers ==~~

	~~<gallery widths="180px" heights="180px">~~		== Photos on Location ==

	~~</gallery>~~

	== Photos On Location ==

	== Histories ==		== Histories ==

	== Interviews ==		== Interviews ==

	* https://www.rcgs.jp/?page_id=204 — Series of oral history interviews with Iwatani about his entire life and career. (February 2018)		* https://www.rcgs.jp/?page_id=204 — Series of oral history interviews with Iwatani about his entire life and career. (February 2018)

	== Books ==		== Books ==

	* ''Pac-Man: The Birth of an Icon'' by Arjan Tepstra and Tim Lapetino (ISBN 1789099390)		* ''Pac-Man: The Birth of an Icon'' by Arjan Tepstra and Tim Lapetino (ISBN 1789099390)

	[[Category:Game]]		[[Category:Game]]

HistoryofHowWePlay: Added flyer.

2022-01-08T19:51:04Z

Added flyer.

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	{{Infobox		{{Infobox
	\|title = Pac-Man		\|title = Pac-Man
	\|image =		\|image = Pac-Man Flyer 01 - Front.jpg
	\|developer = Toru Iwatani, Shigeo Funaki, Toshio Kai		\|developer = Toru Iwatani, Shigeo Funaki, Toshio Kai
	\|publisher = Namco Ltd.		\|publisher = Namco Ltd.
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	== Design Documents ==		== Design Documents ==
	<gallery widths="180px" heights="180px">		<gallery widths="180px" heights="180px">
	Pac-ManDesignDocuments.pdf\|Early and late concept documents for Pac-Man. (~~!979~~?; June 30th, 1980)		Pac-ManDesignDocuments.pdf\|Early and late concept documents for Pac-Man. (1979?; June 30th, 1980)
	</gallery>		</gallery>


	== ~~Previews~~ ==		== Flyers ==
	<gallery widths="180px" heights="180px">		<gallery widths="180px" heights="180px">
	~~ComputerSpaceAd01~~.jpg\|~~Cash Box ad~~ (~~1972~~)		Pac-Man Flyer 01 - Front.jpg\|(1980)
			Pac-Man Flyer 01 - Back.jpg\|(1980)
	</gallery>		</gallery>

EclecticLee: /* Books */ ISBN

2022-01-07T05:01:19Z

Books: ISBN

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	== Books ==		== Books ==

	''Pac-Man: The Birth of an Icon'' by Arjan Tepstra and Tim Lapetino.		* ''Pac-Man: The Birth of an Icon'' by Arjan Tepstra and Tim Lapetino (ISBN 1789099390)

	[[Category:Game]]		[[Category:Game]]