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Pac-Man

A port of Pac-Man for the NEC PC-8000.

1 April 1984

Pac-Man is an arcade developed by Namco, released 1 April 1984 on Legacy Computer.

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What Pac-Man is

Pac-Man is an arcade game developed by Namco and released in 1984. It was published by Dempa Shimbunsha. It is available on Legacy Computer only.

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Pac-Man series

Pac-Man is the 31st of 282 entries we hold in the Pac-Man series. The next entry was Pac-Man in 1984.

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What it launched against

Pac-Man launched on 1 April 1984, within three weeks of H.E.R.O. and Boulder Dash.

Released around the same time: H.E.R.O., Boulder Dash.

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Quick answers

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When did Pac-Man come out?
Pac-Man was released on 1 April 1984 for Legacy Computer.

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