The album 'Pac-Man Fever' was quickly released in January of 1982 featuring 8 songs based on Donkey Kong, Frogger, Asteroids, Centipede, and other popular games. It was so popular the label encouraged them to record an entire album with video game themed songs. Initially released as a single in December, 1981, it eventually reached #9 on the pop charts. The game's cult status in the early 80's was such that it inspired a hit single by 'Buckner and Garcia' called 'Pac-Man Fever'. Unlike the Japanese version, the American version has no DIP switch for alternate ghost names.Notice that the pink ghost's nickname remains unchanged from the Japanese version.Shadow - "Blinky" (red ghost) Speedy - "Pinky" (pink ghost) Bashful - "Inky" (cyan ghost) Pokey - "Clyde" (orange ghost) The name/nickname combinations for the ghosts in this version are:.Refer to the Namco Upright version entry, Trivia section, for details behind this name change. The game's name (and likewise its main character) has been changed to Pac-Man.Midway made the following changes to the game (from the original Namco version): Bally/Midway, meanwhile, took Pac-Man and "Rally-X". The other game they got was released as "King & Balloon". Game Plan won and chose a tank game (which they released as "Tank Battalion") over Pac-Man. Game Plan's Ken Anderson reports that he and Bally's Dave Marofske flipped a coin to see who would get first crack at the games. Reportedly, when Bally/Midway obtained the rights to Pac-Man, Namco was offering four different games, which ended up being licensed to Game Plan and Bally/Midway. 932 TRIVIA Pac-Man was released by Midway Manufacturing, under license from Namco, in the USA on October 10, 1980. For more information about the game itself, please see the original Japanese release entry, "Puckman ". Game developed by Namco and originally known as Puckman in Japan. Export release by Bally/Midway for North America. Arcade Video game published 43 years ago: Pac-Man © 1980 Midway Mfg.
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