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


== Design Documents ==
== Original arcade version ==
=== 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
|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
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== Flyers ==
=== Flyers ===
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== Ads ==
=== Ads ===


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


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


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


== 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
}}
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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 />


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Latest revision as of 11:16, 21 January 2026

Original arcade version

Design documents

Flyers

Ads

Release

Photos on Location

Histories

Interviews

Books

  • 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).

Date Total sold
2001-01-30[1] 630,332

Japan

Date Total sold Chart position
1990-12-02[2] 424 10
1991-01-27[2] 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).

Date Total sold
2001-01-30[1] 492,581

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "TRST Book 01-01" (LTD sales report up through the end of January 2001; archived by the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Niche Barrier's record of Weekly Famitsu's sales charts