Pac-Man - Did You Know Gaming? Feat. Guru Larry

did you know Pacman's name was inspired by the Japanese onomatopoeia Paku Paku a sound that when spoken forces a mouth to open and close in rapid succession much like pac-man himself pac-man was created in 1979 by a team of 10 at Namco led by Toro era Thani era tarney he wanted to create a game that would appeal to a broad audience and what was available at the time era tonia stated all of the computer games available at a time with a violent type wargames a space invader types there were no game for everybody could enjoy and especially none for women I wanted to come up with a comical game that women could enjoy this led the development team to include cute creatures and relatable things like eating packmaster design was partially inspired by the rounding of the Japanese symbol for mouth and also by the shape of a pizza that is missing a slice the original pac-man arcade cabinet was released in Japan in 1980 with the name pac-man which is said to be because of his hockey puck shaped design this name was changed when the arcade machine was brought to the west after fear the logo be vandalized to spell on obscenity by changing the P to an F while planning for an international release Namco originally contacted Atari to work out a distribution deal for the United States at AI reportedly turned down the offer because they thought the game was too easy so instead pac-man was licensed by Midway where it quickly became one of their most popular titles Midway's alteration to the original Japanese version contained a series of awkward translations that potentially put english-speaking gamers at a disadvantage the original Japanese version listed personality traits for the ghosts that were made to indicate each enemies unique behavior for instance the red ghost chases pac-man the pink and blue enemies tried to position themselves in front of pac-man and the orange ghost chases pac-man most of time but moves towards the lower left corner when it gets close as such the Japanese personalities listed worth tracer ambusher fickle and stupid in English translation however these personalities are discarded and replaced with shadow speedy bashful and pokey because of this many Western players assume the enemies moved randomly I were not aware they could plan their movements based on the color of the ghosts the original pac-man is regarded as the most influential game of all time for one it was the first video game to feature power-ups ear attorney stated this concept was born from Popeye the sailorman a character that becomes much more powerful after eating a can of spinach pac-man was also the first game to feature cutscenes in between gameplay according to the Davy Brown index pac-man has a highest brand awareness of any video game character recognized by 94% of American consumers the arcade machine is included as part of a collection a myths Odeon institution in Washington DC as well as the New York's Museum of Modern Art in 1982 the books mastering pac-man and how to win at pac-man were both in the New York Times bestseller list interestingly enough though it's not actually possible to win pac-man in a traditional sense the game has no ending programs as simply increases in speed are for each level after the 256 level the game is broken by a glitch that makes it impossible to continue in 1999 the highest possible score of three million three hundred thirty three thousand three hundred and sixty points was finally reached over the course of six hours by professional gamer Billy Mitchell the pac-man series shows no sign of declining in popularity in 2010 Google celebrated a 30th anniversary of pac-man by creating a small playable version of the original game to temporary replacement websites logo is thought that 500 of five million unique users were active on google.com on the data pac-man logo went live because so many people play the game at work is estimated a loss in productivity cost the economy over 120 million dollars the sequel to pac-man ms pac-man was originally called crazy Otto and was developed as an elaborate enhancement of the original game by a small American company called general computer corporation this modification featured different characters new maze designs and extra warp tunnels general Computer Corporation presented their enhanced version to Midway in hopes of gaining permission to sell fortunately Midway a grown impatient for Namco to develop a sequel to pac-man and immediately purchased the rights to the modification the game would then be further modified into what we know now as miss pac-man miss pac-man was chosen to replace her male counterpart as a response to the growing female audience the original game had attracted after the success of miss pac-man general computer corporation a Midway entered a legal battle over royalties for a game however since neither company had obtained permission from the original license holder or rights were turned over to Namco miss pac-man was the first in a series of unauthorized sequels which would eventually lead to Namco revoking Midway's distribution rights for a pac-man franchise these unauthorized sequels were pac-man plus ayby pac-man Junior pac-man and Professor pac-man Midway wasn't the only company in the business of making pac-man closed pac-man was one of the most unofficially copy titles in the early 80s and is estimated at the combined sales of all counterfeit machines match the sales or the official machine some notable rip hops are pac-man include hang Lee man piranha Locke and chase and snapper among others one pac-man clone for the Magnavox Odyssey 2 known as KC munchkin was responsible for legal disputes but established how u.s. copyright law would apply to the look and feel of computer software pac-man was one of the best-selling franchises for its publisher Midway but despite this tour attorney sadly never received much attention for creating his popular game a rumor spread that irritant left the industry after receiving a $3,500 bonus for creating one a most lucrative video games to date these rumors are untrue however in an interview for the publication the ultimate history of video games ear attorney stated I don't recall receiving anything special although I am told I received recognition in my semi-annual bonus even though his bonus was nothing worth mentioning yo Donny didn't leave Namco he was later assigned as general manager of research and development since the serious debut in 1980 pac-man has appeared in over 30 officially licensed sequels and spin-offs beside the original only one of these were designed by tour attorney this game was pac-man Championship Edition originally released for the Xbox 360 arcades as a pre-release promotion in 2007 Namco held the pac-man World Championship in New York City tenkan from eight countries were invited to participate including pac-man record holder Billy Mitchell who was defeated in the second round the representative from Mexico Carlos Romero won the championship and was given a one-of-a-kind pac-man theme decks box by Tori returnee himself while handing over the prize ear attorney told Romero please do not utilize eBay or your lap board of Microsoft as your enemy ear attorney retired after release of pac-man Championship Edition making it the last game he ever designed that's all for today but don't forget to subscribe - did you know gaming and follow did you know gaming on Facebook and Twitter make sure you also check out did you know gaming common and if you like this video be sure to check out our other videos for those of you who don't know me I'm guru Larry I cover lots of modern and retro video games especially ones about obscure and often terrible video games that never made it out of Europe with my game Jenks can't wait series you might even like my latest video for I look at famous video game cover art that's been being inspired by other more famous works of art tear our for now you

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Length: 7min 43sec (463 seconds)

Published: Sun Mar 16 2014

Reddit Comments

[u/517634]

This is obviously not directly ashen related. Although no one else on redditt would know who Guru Larry is off the top of their heads.

I'm sure Ashens wouldn't mind...

Edit: I'm also adding a link to a video that Ashens and Larry made together, on Larry's channel. They recap E3.

[u/IAMA_Plumber-AMA]

Really hope Mentski does a DYKG sometime... It'd be hilarious!

[u/Salmontaxi]

He should've done the Minecraft one and given nothing but misinformation.