Pac-Man for Arcade

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Pac-Man

Online version of Pac-Man for Arcade. Pac-Man is an arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution in the U.S. by Midway, first released in Japan. Pac-Man is universally considered as one of the classics of the medium, virtually synonymous with video games, and an icon of the 1980s popular culture. Pac-Man's goal is continually challenged by four ghosts: The shy blue ghost Bashful (Inky), the trailing red ghost Shadow (Blinky), the fast pink ghost Speedy (Pinky), and the forgetful orange ghost Pokey (Clyde). One touch from any of these ghosts means a loss of life for Pac-Man...

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Released in

1980

Publisher

Atarisoft

Developer

Namco Limited

Platforms

Arcade (1980), Atari 2600 (1981), Atari 8-bit, Atari 5200 (1982), PC Booter, C64, Apple II, Intellivision, TI-99/4A, VIC-20, ZX Spectrum (1983), MSX (1984), NES (1993), Neo Geo Pocket (1999), Game Boy, Game Gear (1991), GBA (2004), Wii (2007), iPhone,Xbox

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Game Boy AdvancePC DOSAtari 2600Game BoyGame Boy ColorZX SpectrumSEGA Game GearApple IINES

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Online emulated version of Pac-Man was originally developed as arcade game or coin-op game, a coin-operated entertainment machine typically installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games or merchandisers. While exact dates are debated, the golden age of arcade video games is usually defined as a period beginning sometime in the late 1970s and ending sometime in the mid-1980s.
Virtually all modern arcade games (other than the very traditional Midway-type games at county fairs) make extensive use of solid state electronics, integrated circuits and cathode-ray tube screens. In the past, coin-operated arcade video games generally used custom per-game hardware often with multiple CPUs, highly specialized sound and graphics chips, and the latest in expensive computer graphics display technology. This allowed arcade system boards to produce more complex graphics and sound than what was then possible on video game consoles or personal computers, which is no longer the case in the 2010s.

This emulation is powered by MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) project, an open-source emulator designed to recreate the hardware of arcade game systems in software on modern personal computers and other platforms. Its intention is to preserve gaming history by preventing vintage games from being lost or forgotten.