PAC-MAN is an arcade video game originally released in 1980 by Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. (previously Namco).
Once it was officially introduced in the US in October 1980, it gained popularity far higher than in Japan which was called “PAC-MAN fever”.
It spawned a wide merchandising program with more than 400 items and a TV series with high ratings (56% of share) in the US,
which resulted in receiving the “Most Successful Coin-Operated game machine” award from the Guinness World Records in June 2005.
With new console and mobile games launching every year, its popularity has crossed the globe for more than 40 years.