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Pac-Man video game turns 40

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The legendary video game Pac-Man is turning 40.

Arguably one of the worlds most well-known games, the little yellow circle has been a family favourite long before Fortnite came along.

Pac-man was first launched on May 22 1980, and a lifetime of maze-crazed dot-eating missions began.

Facts about Pac Man
The ghosts have names – Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde. In addition to their names, they all have their own personalities.
The person who designed and developed Pac-Man, Toru Iwatani had no formal training when he created Pac man.
The maximum high score for Pac-Man is 3333360 points!
This score has been achieved by just 12 people… so far!
Pac-Man was designed to get more girls into gaming!

14 Responses

  1. Pac Man has come so far. It has been one of my favourite games and Its so cool to see it turn 40!

  2. I really like it and i’m one of the people to achieve 3333360 points in the score!

    one of the only 12 in the world with no hacks

  3. i`m not into pac man but i still like to play it . I am only into roblox because its fun and blocks all the bad words.

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