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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:
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?
(Score: 2) by driverless on Saturday May 23 2020, @06:02AM (1 child)
Yeah but think of the poor guy now that he's in his forties. Still expected to chase down nimble young ghosts half his age while he worries about his lumbago, high blood pressure, the fact that he has to wear glasses to be able to read anything at all, and he's overdue for a prostate exam that Mrs Pac Man has been nagging him about for months. Oy vey, and the cost of keeping the kids in college, especially the youngest...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 24 2020, @03:31AM
And to think, Mrs. Pac Man used to be a Mr. Not sure where Ms. Pac Man fits into this.