may 22, 1980 - Pac-Man
Description:
Pac-Man is an arcade game designed by Toru Iwatani of Namco and first released in Japan as Puck Man in May 1980. Licensed for distribution in the United States by Midway Games, it was released in October 1980 when top arcade games were stark space shooters, such as Asteroids. Pac-Man established the conventions of the maze chase genre, and is considered one of the classics of the medium and an icon of 1980s popular culture. The game and subsequent entries in the series became a social phenomenon that crossed over to other media, such as the Pac-Man animated television series and the top-ten Buckner and Garcia single "Pac-Man Fever. Dozens of similarly-styled maze games appeared over the next several years, with some becoming successful in their own right.Added to timeline:
Date:
may 22, 1980
Now
~ 45 years ago