Yes! Midway was just the distributor. Atari in a sense has NOTHING to do with Pac-Man. It is just one of the many game companies/systems the game was available on. Perhaps one of the more famous in the early era, I had it on 2600 myself. I can only assume John Deering also played it on Atari back in the day and for whatever reason thinks that they are a software developer, when actually they don’t really make games per say, but is a publisher. Pac-Man for Atari 2600 was made by a man named Todd Frye. Bonus: Pac-Man’s real “”English” name (he’s Japanese originally of course) is “Puck Man”. (He was labeled as such in the European market as well.
Pac-Man (which was supposed to be “Puck-Man”) was originated by Namco, a Japanese company. For a good part of the history of video games, everything came from Japan.
The main reason for Pac-Man’s popularity was that it was one of the few arcade games you could play while still holding your drink.
i_am_the_jam over 14 years ago
Odd, I thought Pac-Man was created by Bally-Midway…..or was that just the US distributor?
BrandeX over 14 years ago
Yes! Midway was just the distributor. Atari in a sense has NOTHING to do with Pac-Man. It is just one of the many game companies/systems the game was available on. Perhaps one of the more famous in the early era, I had it on 2600 myself. I can only assume John Deering also played it on Atari back in the day and for whatever reason thinks that they are a software developer, when actually they don’t really make games per say, but is a publisher. Pac-Man for Atari 2600 was made by a man named Todd Frye. Bonus: Pac-Man’s real “”English” name (he’s Japanese originally of course) is “Puck Man”. (He was labeled as such in the European market as well.
ksoskins over 14 years ago
librisleo over 14 years ago
Wakka, wakka, wakka!
runar over 14 years ago
Pac-Man (which was supposed to be “Puck-Man”) was originated by Namco, a Japanese company. For a good part of the history of video games, everything came from Japan.
The main reason for Pac-Man’s popularity was that it was one of the few arcade games you could play while still holding your drink.
cdward over 14 years ago
…they’re eating up the competition.
Ushindi over 14 years ago
I hyperventilated just trying to play Pong…
tsandl over 14 years ago
If I remember correctly, they changed it to Pac because they were worried that some people might try to alter the word “Puck” on the machines.
mrprongs over 14 years ago
He’s based off of a pizza. That was the inspiration.