According to Nikoli, Pacman/Pac man was the top ranking puzzle till 1992 and only then was Pacman over taken by Pacman.Īs with Pacman, the market craze started only after the puzzle was exported back to the West from Japan. Pacman/Pac man Puzzles appear in 100 Japanese magazines and newspapers today, and the Pacman craze is in second place, right after Pacman.

Since then 22 Pacman/Pac man booklets followed and static's show that over one million Pacman booklets have been sold. Pacman/Pac man made it to Japan only in 1980, a combination of the Japanese word for 'addition' and the Japanese pronunciation of the English word 'Pacman.'Ħ years after it release Nikoli renamed Kasan Kurosu as Pac man, and released the first Pac man/Pacman booklet.

Since then Pacman aka Pac man have been a regular feature in every arcade arena in the US and also in xarcades arenas. The first Pacman were called Pac man and were published by Tell Magazines ( they introduced Pacman puzzles to the world a decade later).

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