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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
  |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
  |tcrf = https://tcrf.net/Pac-Man_(Arcade)
  |tcrf = https://tcrf.net/Pac-Man_(Arcade)}}
}}


== Design Documents ==
== Design Documents ==
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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
}}
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|file=Pac-Man design documents from official Twitter.pdf
|title=Four design documents
|date=1979-1980?
|country=JP
|country=JP
|description=Much higher quality than in the previous file
}}
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== Interviews ==
== Interviews ==
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|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]]
}}
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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}}
* 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)



Latest revision as of 07:54, 29 May 2025

Design Documents[edit]

Flyers[edit]

Ads[edit]

Release[edit]

Photos on Location[edit]

Histories[edit]

Interviews[edit]

Books[edit]

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