Invented by Toru IwataniBy Eric Farnhagen

Pac man

Pac man

Creator- Toru Iwatani Programmer- Shigeo Funaki Composer- Toshio Kai Publisher to the Game- Namco

Midway Developers- Namco Release date- May 22, 1980 but the

date was suppose to be in October of 1980 but there was technical problems with it.

Genre- Maze games.

Basic information

Blinky- The Red Guy and his personality shadow.

Pinky- The Pink Guy and her personality is speedy.

Inky- The Blue Guy and his personality is Bashful.

Clyde- The Slow Guy and his personality is pokey.

How it effects the world and me. Millions of people played Pac man. It was a major part of my childhood as well as

millions of other kids. It was one of the first video games ever out so its

important towards the world. They made a huge franchise in the world that

was thought at the time to not be able to happen. Made the industry of video games bigger. Made competition towards themselves by making

video games so important in people lives. Raised the bar for video games and force other

companies to make better video games.