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{{ | {{InfoboxGame | ||
|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. | ||
|date = July 1980 | |platforms = {{plat-arcade}} | ||
|date = {{Flag-JP}} July 1980<br>{{Flag-US}} October 1980 | |||
|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) | |||
}} | }} | ||
== | == Original arcade version == | ||
=== Design documents === | |||
Pac-ManDesignDocuments.pdf|Early and late concept documents | {{GalleryStart}} | ||
{{GalleryCard | |||
|file=Pac-ManDesignDocuments.pdf | |||
|title=Early and late concept documents | |||
|date=1979?-June 30, 1980 | |||
|country=JP | |||
}} | |||
{{GalleryCard | |||
|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 | |||
|file=Pac-Man concept drawings by Toru Iwatani.jpg | |||
|title=Concept drawings by Toru Iwatani | |||
|date= | |||
|country=JP | |||
}} | |||
{{GalleryEnd}} | |||
=== Flyers === | |||
{{GalleryStart}} | |||
{{GalleryCard | |||
|file=Pac-Man Flyer 01 - Front.jpg | |||
|title=Flyer (front) | |||
|date=1980 | |||
|country=US | |||
}} | |||
{{GalleryCard | |||
|file=Pac-Man Flyer 01 - Back.jpg | |||
|title=Flyer (back) | |||
|date=1980 | |||
|country=US | |||
}} | |||
{{GalleryEnd}} | |||
== | === Advertising === | ||
== | === Features === | ||
{{GalleryStart}} | |||
{{GalleryCard | |||
|file=Pac-Man AMOA report in Cash Box November 22 1980.png | |||
|title=Cash Box | |||
|date=November 22, 1980 | |||
|country=US | |||
|description=Report from AMOA 1980 | |||
}} | |||
{{GalleryEnd}} | |||
=== Histories === | |||
=== 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]] | |||
}} | |||
{{GalleryCard | |||
|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) | |||
=== 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). | |||
< | {| 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]] | ||
Latest revision as of 00:42, 12 September 2026
Original arcade version
Design documents
Flyers
Advertising
Features
Histories
Interviews
International Herald Tribune
June 26/27, 1982
June 26/27, 1982
Includes comments from Toru Iwatani and Masaya Nakamura
- https://www.rcgs.jp/?page_id=204 — Series of oral history interviews with Iwatani about his entire life and career. (February 2018)
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "TRST Book 01-01" (LTD sales report up through the end of January 2001; archived by the Video Game History Foundation Library)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Niche Barrier's record of Weekly Famitsu's sales charts
