Google and Pac-Man are celebrating the 45th anniversary of the iconic maze video game with a new Google Doodle, allowing fans to play a special version of the game. Since its initial release in 1980, ...

Pac-Man, the best-selling arcade game of all time, celebrates its 45th anniversary. An official Pac-Man cookbook with over 60 recipes is available for purchase. Google's 30th anniversary playable ...

Pac-Man's iconic yellow pie-shaped chomper turns 45 today. The game was officially released on May 22, 1980 in Japanese arcades before launching in the United States in October 1980, according to the ...

A simple circle colored yellow with a piece taken out, and four colored “ghosts,” sparked a cultural phenomenon in 1980 that remains 45 years later. Even if you’ve never played PAC-MAN, the ...

How a young game designer at Namco turned a simple idea about eating into a worldwide gaming icon. How each of Pac-Man’s ghosts has its own unique behavior that’s driven by early game logic. Why the ...

It takes a specific kind of marketing mind to imagine that a dark and gritty reboot of a beloved children’s character can amount to anything good. While the Golden Age of Comic Books ultimately gave ...

On the Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025 episode of The Excerpt podcast: When Pac-Man first made its way into arcades back in 1980, it took the gaming industry by storm. Chris Morris, an independent journalist ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Pac-Man made the jump to 3D way back in 1999 with Pac-Man World, which earned solid reviews and went on to become something of a cult classic. It ...

Pac-Man turned forty-five last year. The yellow circle who endlessly munches dots through mazes while avoiding ghosts changed the world of video games forever. He has starred in countless games, a ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...