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unusual facts about Pac Man



Glossary of North American railway terms

Pac-Man: A nickname for Canadian Pacific Railway's 1968-1996 logo featuring a black triangle within a white half-circle, which resembles the main character of the video arcade game Pac-Man.

Page orientation

Portrait mode is popular with arcade games that involve a vertically oriented playing area, such as Pac Man and Donkey Kong.


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3-Demon

Ironically Wolfenstein 3D, a title widely thought to have later popularized the first-person shooter genre, featured a secret level based on Pac-Man and early in its development designer Tom Hall had suggested a name along the lines of "3-Demon" before id Software decided to do a semi-remake of the once popular Apple II game Castle Wolfenstein.

3D Maze Man: Amazing Adventures

In 2000, Pac-Man copyright holder Hasbro sued to prevent the production and distribution of the game.

Austin Powers: Welcome to My Underground Lair!

There are a few mini-games included, such as Mojo Maze, a Pac-Man clone, Domination (an Austin Powers-themed version of Reversi), a digitalized version of Rock-Paper-Scissors, and 'Kin'-Evil, which is a motor bike racing game whose name is a play on Evel Knievel.

Devil World

On IGN's "Top 10 Pac-Man Clones", Devil World was ranked fourth.

Don Leicht

In 1982, art writer Glenn O'Brien in a review in Artforum magazine states, "Leicht’s piece consists of a sequence of creatures that exist only on a video screen- Pac Man, Donkey Kong, and other Atari-type stable mates.

Go! Go! Kokopolo

The developers cite arcade classics such as Pac-Man, Flicky, Door Door and Chu Chu Rocket as inspiration for the main gameplay mechanics, and video game characters, such as Wario, for the mischievous humor abundant in the game.

Herman Li

For example, Li has been known for making several Pac-Man-like noises in the song "Through the Fire and Flames" on Inhuman Rampage.

Jr. Pac-Man

The game also contains several purely cosmetic changes from Pac-Man: It features a lower-case anti-aliased font for scores and game text, and Clyde has been replaced by a third orange ghost named Tim.

Midway Manufacturing Co. v. Artic International, Inc.

The plaintiff, Midway Manufacturing sued defendant Artic International, Inc. for allegedly infringing copyrights on two of its video arcade games, Pac-Man and Galaxian.

Midway State Park

The family arcade, meanwhile, includes games such as skeeball, Pac-Man and Galaga.

Mullen Advertising

The agency has also earned critical acclaim for its viral film Pac-Man Puppet Show.

NGC 281

Colloquially, NGC 281 is also known as the Pacman Nebula for its resemblance to the video game character.

Phonag Records

It also marketed electronic Atari game consoles including Pac-man etc., a series of Arkade compilations and later on VHS video cassettes.

Sandcastles in the Sand

Barney makes two video game references, once when he says 'Finish Him!' from Mortal Kombat, and shortly after, when he makes the sound of Pac-Man's death animation.

The Pac-Man/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show

The Pac-Man/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show was a package show produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1982 for ABC Saturday mornings.

The Way Way Back

He has a brief interaction with the manager, Owen, while Owen is playing Pac-Man.

Time Bandit

Some worlds incorporate elements of text adventure games, and most contain gameplay references to other popular games of the time, such as Pac-Man and Centipede.

Twitch gameplay

Most classic arcade games such as Space Invaders and Pac-Man were also twitch-based.

Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny

Samuel L. Jackson, Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog, Santa Claus, Goku, R2-D2, C-3PO, Jawa, the DeLorean, Tobias Fünke, and Pac-Man appear in the music video but are not mentioned in the lyrics.

What in the World

A "blip"-like sound comparable to the sounds later made by Pac-man and the Nintendo Entertainment System pulses throughout the song, which, coupled with extremely rhythmic guitar solos, creates a frantic pace.

William Leymergie

Leymergie sang the French-language version of the theme song of the television series based on the Pac-Man arcade game, and has appeared in small roles in various movies.