What Pac-Man Brought to Game Design | Design Icons

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While a nascent games industry was laser focused on emulating the success of Taito’s Space Invaders, one designer tried to make something completely different - and ended up creating our second design icon: Pac-Man.
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Extra Footage
Tokyo Landscapes | Bolo Bellheimer
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The Ultimate Early 80s Arcade Tribute | Patrick Scott Patterson
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Pinball Machine, 1970s USA | thekinolibrary
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80s Japan - Video Arcade | NichiBeiTrader
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Happy Birthday Pac-Man: A look at news coverage in 1982 | Patrick Scott Patterson
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Professor Toru Iwatani Gamelab Legend Award Interview | Gamereactor
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Traffic, Busy Streets, Shibuya Crossing | thekinolibrary
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Manhattan, New York 1980 | Mackenzie Rough
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Buckner & Garcia - Pacman Fever | EDUARDO ANDRES CONTRERAS NOBIZELLI
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1984 Pac-Man Cereal Commercial | xntryk1
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Pac-Man Atari commercial compilation | Toy lover
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When Pac-Man was King - CBS Evening News | Shatner Method
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Music used in this episode
Sun Bleach - Lifeformed (lifeformed.ban...)
Various - Lee Rosevere (leerosevere.ba...)
Pac-Man Fever - Buckner & Garcia
Wreck-It Ralph © Disney
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Little Ghost Q-Taro © TV Asahi
Casper the Friendly Ghost © DreamWorks
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World © Universal Pictures
Pac-Man © Warner Bros
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