Happy Birthday Pac-Man!

 

Happy Birthday Pac-Man!

designed by Toru Iwatani and published by Namco and Midway Games. It was initally released in Japan as PUCKMAN in May 1980, followed by the United States in October of the same year. Other popular arcade games at the time were  Space Invaders, Galaxian, and Asteroids, with the most noticeable difference being racing games and derivatives of Pong. Pac-Man received a lukewarm response from critics initially, but has retrospectively been regarded as one of the greats.