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In 1982 or so, I watched two guys on different days get high scores by following what each of them said was a description he had read somewhere. Basically, advice on how to move through early levels safely by pausing, reversing, etc. at key moments. Each guy actually was following a different "script" I noticed. It might be useful to add a section on this kind of player networking for historical interest, because it occurred long before there was an internet. Martindo ( talk) 01:27, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
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Under Merchandise, what's supposed to be bumper stickers is 'bumber stickers.' Thanks. 108.29.191.228 ( talk) 10:14, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
Hiya, wanted to point out a little bit of subjective writing in the Film section, specifically the Black Mirror part, that should be removed.
"cool conspiracy, but likely untrue."
Thanks in advance. 155.4.83.214 ( talk) 19:29, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
Do we have a more official source for this? We've all heard it before but it just sounds to me like a myth or urban legend. The name apparently was changed from "Puck Man" to "Pac Man" early on, but this could be due to some other reason, like, maybe "Puck Man" was simply an early mistake which they later corrected. The Wikipedia article also sort of contradicts itself, because in the second paragraph it says "Pac Man" ("Pakku Man") is supposed to be a play on the Japanese onomatopoeia "paku paku" (which sounds a lot more plausible to me: I mean why would they name him "Puck" Man when the game's got pretty much nothing to do with pucks but a whole lot to do with opening and closing the mouth and gobbling stuff up? However, there should be a source cited for the "paku paku" as well, because it's completely uncited and might just be speculation). 2603:8080:C6F0:48B0:0:0:0:1468 ( talk) 00:34, 11 September 2023 (UTC)
Recalling the discovery of Pac-Man, “the most successful ‘name’ in the history of the coin machine business,” Hank [Ross, co-founder of Midway] told about how he and Stan Jarocki first saw the game in Japan, where it was called “PuckMan.” The first part of the name, because it “rhymed with a nasty word” just wouldn’t do, said Hank, so we submitted 10 names to Japan and they telexed back their disapproval of all 10 and their suggestion of “Pac,” thus Pac-Man the name was born when Midway licensed the game — the rest is history!
I seem to remember reading somewhere (JoyStik perhaps) that the split screen IS playable. Noticed the article says it isn't. I'll see if I can track down the article. Thoughts? THX1136 ( talk) 16:28, 20 October 2023 (UTC)
A wide variety of Japanese computer ports of Pac-Man exist on systems such as the NEC PC-8801, NEC PC-9801, Sharp X1, Sharp MZ, FM-7, FM-8, etc. I feel it's necessary to mention these versions of the game under genres, but as I'm not a registered user, I can not make such changes, so just bringing awareness to the fact and hoping someone make these improvements in the future. Pengo82 ( talk) 04:12, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
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In 1982 or so, I watched two guys on different days get high scores by following what each of them said was a description he had read somewhere. Basically, advice on how to move through early levels safely by pausing, reversing, etc. at key moments. Each guy actually was following a different "script" I noticed. It might be useful to add a section on this kind of player networking for historical interest, because it occurred long before there was an internet. Martindo ( talk) 01:27, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
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Under Merchandise, what's supposed to be bumper stickers is 'bumber stickers.' Thanks. 108.29.191.228 ( talk) 10:14, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
Hiya, wanted to point out a little bit of subjective writing in the Film section, specifically the Black Mirror part, that should be removed.
"cool conspiracy, but likely untrue."
Thanks in advance. 155.4.83.214 ( talk) 19:29, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
Do we have a more official source for this? We've all heard it before but it just sounds to me like a myth or urban legend. The name apparently was changed from "Puck Man" to "Pac Man" early on, but this could be due to some other reason, like, maybe "Puck Man" was simply an early mistake which they later corrected. The Wikipedia article also sort of contradicts itself, because in the second paragraph it says "Pac Man" ("Pakku Man") is supposed to be a play on the Japanese onomatopoeia "paku paku" (which sounds a lot more plausible to me: I mean why would they name him "Puck" Man when the game's got pretty much nothing to do with pucks but a whole lot to do with opening and closing the mouth and gobbling stuff up? However, there should be a source cited for the "paku paku" as well, because it's completely uncited and might just be speculation). 2603:8080:C6F0:48B0:0:0:0:1468 ( talk) 00:34, 11 September 2023 (UTC)
Recalling the discovery of Pac-Man, “the most successful ‘name’ in the history of the coin machine business,” Hank [Ross, co-founder of Midway] told about how he and Stan Jarocki first saw the game in Japan, where it was called “PuckMan.” The first part of the name, because it “rhymed with a nasty word” just wouldn’t do, said Hank, so we submitted 10 names to Japan and they telexed back their disapproval of all 10 and their suggestion of “Pac,” thus Pac-Man the name was born when Midway licensed the game — the rest is history!
I seem to remember reading somewhere (JoyStik perhaps) that the split screen IS playable. Noticed the article says it isn't. I'll see if I can track down the article. Thoughts? THX1136 ( talk) 16:28, 20 October 2023 (UTC)
A wide variety of Japanese computer ports of Pac-Man exist on systems such as the NEC PC-8801, NEC PC-9801, Sharp X1, Sharp MZ, FM-7, FM-8, etc. I feel it's necessary to mention these versions of the game under genres, but as I'm not a registered user, I can not make such changes, so just bringing awareness to the fact and hoping someone make these improvements in the future. Pengo82 ( talk) 04:12, 4 July 2024 (UTC)