The original name of this very popular game was changed only because it sounded very close to one of the most common swear word used in the ENGLISH language!
The short form is WTF! Though according to Sheldon it may be What the Fracas!
The Game is a pretty simple one in which you have a central character who looks like the first emoticon! And all it does is gobble up the dots on the screen while trying to escape from ghosts like characters!
Got the game? Well, it is PAC MAN!
By the way it was first called PUCK MAN! No need ask why they changed it to PAC right!?
The idea of Pac-Man was taken from both the image of a pizza with a slice removed and from rounding out the Japanese symbol (kuchi, lit. “mouth”).
The character was made to be cute and colorful to appeal to younger players!
The actual name was derived from the Japanese phrase ‘paku paku taberu’ which apparently means “to gobbling something up”!
The title was changed in international releases to avoid it sounding too similar to an expletive (the Japanese pronunciation of paku being similar to ‘pucku’) and due to fear of arcade cabinets being vandalised by altering the P in ‘Puck-Man’ to an F!
Pac-Man has the highest-brand awareness of any video game character in many countries, becoming an icon in video games and pop culture. He is credited as the first video game mascot character and the first to receive merchandise. He also appears as a playable guest character in some other games, most notably in the Super Smash Bros. series (specifically in the fourth and fifth installments) and in the Ridge Racer series!
In most of the earlier Game zones or malls or even game events; there was at least one Pac Man zone or game! The simplicity of the game along with the fast paced nature of the game made it instantly and constantly popular!
The player controls Pac-Man, who must eat all the dots inside an enclosed maze while avoiding four colored ghosts. Eating large flashing dots called “Power Pellets” causes the ghosts to temporarily turn blue, allowing Pac-Man to eat them for bonus points.
The character has been included on several lists for the greatest, most iconic, or most influential video game characters of all time.
And to think that it was almost called Puck; man!
Luckily it’s all not in only in the name! Of course by any other name the great Tribal artist Sri Pandi Ram Mandavi would still be great!
Another well deserved Padma
Do read about him
Shubh ratri…
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