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Like&subscribe 🥳👍🙏💖Pac-Man[a] is a Japanese video game franchise developed, published and owned by Bandai Namco Entertainment, a video game publisher that was previously known as Namco. Entries have been developed by a wide array of other video game companies, including Midway Games, Atari and Mass Media, Inc., and was created by Toru Iwatani. The eponymous first entry was released in arcades in 1980 by Namco, and published by Midway Games in North America. Most Pac-Man games are maze chase games, but it has also delved into other genres, such as platformers, racing, and sports. Several games in the series were released for a multitude of home consoles and are included in many Bandai Namco video game compilations.

Pac-Man
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Genre(s)
Maze
Developer(s)
Namco
Bandai Namco Studios
Publisher(s)
Namco
Bandai Namco Entertainment
Creator(s)
Toru Iwatani
Composer(s)
Toshio Kai
Platform(s)
Ports
Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, VIC-20, Commodore 64, Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System, Atari 7800, MSX, Apple II, ZX Spectrum, Atari 8-bit family, MSX2, Intellivision, Sega Genesis, Game Boy, Game Gear, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, PlayStation, Dreamcast, Windows, Mobile phone, Game Boy Color, Neo Geo Pocket Color, WonderSwan, LCD game, Nintendo 64, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, iPod, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, Wii U, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5
First release
Pac-Man
May 22, 1980
Latest release
Pac-Man World Re-Pac
August 26, 2022
Pac-Man is one of the longest-running, best-selling, and highest-grossing video game franchises in history, and the game has seen regular releases for over 40 years, has sold nearly 48 million copies across all of the platforms, and has grossed over US$14 billion, most of which has been from the original arcade game. The character of Pac-Man is the official mascot of Bandai Namco, and is one of the most recognizable video game characters in history. The franchise has been seen as important and influential, and is often used as a representation for 1980s popular culture and video games as a whole.

Arcade games
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Pac-Man
Original release date(s):[1]
JP: May 22, 1980
NA: October 1980
Release years by system:
1980 – Arcade[1]
1982 – Atari 2600 (Mar)[2] See Pac-Man (Atari 2600),[3] Atari 8-bit (Jun),[4][2] Atari 5200 (Nov)[2][5]
1983 – Intellivision (Oct),[6][2] Apple II,[7] IBM PC (PC booter),[8] VIC-20,[9] Commodore 64,[10] TI-99/4A[2]
1984 – ZX Spectrum,[2]Nintendo Entertainment System, MSX[11][12]
1990 – Game Boy[13]
1991 – Game Gear[14]
1999 – Neo Geo Pocket Color, Game Boy Color[15][16]
2003 – Mobile[17]
2004 – Game Boy Advance
2006 – Xbox Live Arcade, iPod Classic[18][19]
2007 – Virtual Console[20]
2010 – Windows Phone 7
Notes:
Designed by a team of nine people led by Tōru Iwatani
Over 350,000 arcade cabinets were sold during the 1980s.[21]
Players compete to obtain the highest scores and fastest play times[22]
In 2004, the NES version was rereleased for the Game Boy Advance in the NES Classics Series.
Ms. Pac-Man
Original release date(s):[23]
February 1982
Release years by system:
1982 – Arcade
1983 – Atari 2600, Atari 5200
1984 – Commodore 64
1986 – Atari 7800
1990 – Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Genesis, Atari Lynx
1993 – Nintendo Entertainment System (Alt version)[24]
2006 – Xbox 360
2016 – Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC
Notes:
Developed by General Computer Corporation and published by Midway.
Namco provided creative input on character design and collected royalties.[25]
Became the most successful arcade game in North America.
Pac-Man Plus
Original release date(s):
March 13, 1982
Release years by system:
1982 – Arcade
Mr. & Mrs. Pac-Man
Original release date(s):[26]
April 1982
Release years by system:
1982 – Pinball
Notes:
Pinball game with minor maze-game elements, developed by Bally Midway.

Super Pac-Man
Original release date(s):
JP: August 11, 1982
NA: October 1, 1982
Release years by system:
1982 – Arcade
Baby Pac-Man
Original release date(s):[27]
October 11, 1982
Release years by system:
1982 – Pinball
Notes:
Hybrid pinball/video game, developed by Bally Midway.

Pac & Pal
Original release date(s):
July 1983
Release years by system:
1983 – Arcade
Professor Pac-Man
Original release date(s):
August 12, 1983
Release years by system:
1983 – Arcade
Jr. Pac-Man
Original release date(s):
1983
Release years by system:
1983 – Arcade
Notes:
Developed by General Computer Corporation and published by Midway Games.
Pac-Land
Original release date(s):
1984
Release years by system:
1984 – Arcade
Pac-Mania
Original release date(s):
1987
Release years by system:
1987 – Arcade
Notes:
This is the first 16-bit Pac-Man game in the series.
Pac-Man Arrangement
Original release date(s):
March 1996
Release years by system:
1996 – Arcade
Notes: