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Pacman Turns 40 Years Old

posted by martyb on Friday May 22 2020, @08:42PM   Printer-friendly
from the wakka-wakka-wakka-wakka dept.

looorg writes:

PAC-MAN was first publicly tested on May 22, 1980 and — now at 40 years old — is middle-age today. Celebrate with his wife and offspring:

https://www.pacman.com/en/:

Born on May 22, 1980, PAC-MAN immediately rose to meteoric popularity, first in video game arcades, then through an array of branding and entertainment appearances. With a brand recognition rate of 90% around the world, PAC-MAN's image is one of the most recognized on the planet and is as strong as ever as he enters his 40th year of entertaining fans of all ages.

[Ed addition: NVidia has taken this occasion to reveal it trained an AI with 50,000 hours of Pac-Man play. Not necessarily to play it, but instead to create a playable clone that was pretty close to the original.]

So take this opportunity to share some of your Pacman-memories?

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 23 2020, @12:12AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 23 2020, @12:12AM (#998021)

    My long-term memory is shot because of legalized marijuana, but I have fond memories of writing this comment on SoylentNews after reading an article about PacMan.

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