The most played song at the roller rink in 1980 was “Call Me” by Blondie, while the top movie at the theater was “Star Wars: ...

Among the artifacts that Bandai Namco shared with the city for the exhibit are some of the original sketches of the game’s ...

Inspired by a lunchtime pizza, Bandai Namco’s bright yellow mascot has endured remarkably since he first started chomping 45 years ago. From Saturday morning cartoons to cereal, pop songs to pyjamas, ...

Running from 1982-83, Hanna-Barbera's Pac-Man was the first cartoon based on a video game. The P-M Fever was scorching in late '82 when it was the highest-rated Saturday morning cartoon ...

“We spent a long time trying to respect the entire 50-year history with Pac-Man and did a lot of retro-style, cute cartoon Pac-Man s---. Eventually, me and Dave were like, we just gotta do the ...

Born in the golden age of arcade games, Pac-Man turned a yellow circle and four quirky ghosts into a global obsession that’s ...

In that cartoon, Pac-Man’s famed maw was accompanied by a tongue, arms, legs, a nose and eyes crowned by two rather prominent brows. That feels like a more workable version of the character in a ...

Released in 1982 during the franchise’s Hanna-Barbera cartoon era, Pac-Man’s foray into holiday music is almost certainly not what you’re expecting. It isn’t an album filled with ...

with a 1980s animated TV series of the same name that ran on ABC and a 2013 cartoon show “Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures” that played on Disney XD in the United States. But until now ...

When Pac-Man was released in 1980 — featuring a yellow circle with a mouth that a player piloted around a maze eating dots while being chased by four ghosts — there was no indication that it ...

Pac-Man debuted in Japanese arcades on May 22 ... It went on to generate sequels, spinoffs, pop songs, a Saturday morning cartoon, and loads of merchandise. Fifteen years ago, its 30th anniversary ...

Jon Porter is a reporter with five years of experience covering consumer tech releases, EU tech policy, online platforms, and mechanical keyboards. Pac-Man, of course, is no stranger to the ...