Pac-Man Card Match

PAC-MAN is a classic arcade game created by Toru Iwatani from Namco, first released in Japan as PUCKMAN in May 1980. Midway Games brought it to the U.S. in October 1980, right when the arcade scene was dominated by stark space shooters like Galaxian and Asteroids. PAC-MAN set the standard for the maze chase genre and has become a staple in video game history, not to mention an icon of 1980s pop culture. Interestingly, there was a noticeable gender divide among gamers: a 1982 estimate found that 60% of PAC-MAN players were women, while 90% of players for the space shooter Omega Race were men.