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Genre: Action
System(s): XBOX 360
ESRB: Unknown
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Pac-Man (or Puckman) is an arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution by Midway that was first released in 1980. Immensely popular from its first release through today, Pac-Man is universally considered one of the classics of the medium, virtually synonymous with video games, and an icon of 1980s popular culture. This non-violent game appealed to both boys and girls.
Until Pac-Man was released in the arcades, arcade video games in North America were primarily "space shooters", or video games where people controlled spaceships in space that had to shoot something (asteroids, aliens, etc). Since then, video arcade games have widely diversified (and even became educational in some cases), and as such, Pac-Man is credited with being a landmark in arcade gaming.
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