Chomp! Pac-Man, arcade classic, is 30

[derrian]

Pac-Man, the most successful coin-operated video game in history, was released in Japan 30 years ago this week. The game became a pop-culture sensation and spawned more than 400 products, including a cartoon, a breakfast cereal and a hit song.<div class="feedflare">
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[Minn07speed6]

And the old machines are SOOOO easy to work on as long as the chips and boards aren't CANNIBALCANNIBALCANNIBALCANNIBALCANNIBAL.

 

[mndsm]

They really are. Rebuilt enough of em.....