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Author Topic: Father of Pacman dies  (Read 1727 times)

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Father of Pacman dies
« on: January 30, 2017, 07:30:47 am »
A sad day as I'm sure many of you have stuck more than a few coins into a Pacman machine.
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/517cba5f0e62444bbc4cd59253276522/japanese-arcade-pioneer-father-pac-man-has-died

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Re: Father of Pacman dies
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2017, 09:51:53 am »
Figured it was only a matter of time after Pac-Man ate his hand in that documentary Pixels.


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Re: Father of Pacman dies
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2017, 04:18:05 pm »
Namco made Ridge Racer and a drumming game.

Looks like that article did some quality research.
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Re: Father of Pacman dies
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2017, 10:13:35 pm »
RIP, thanks for the game I enjoyed as a kid

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