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| The Anomaly of PAC-MAN |
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| indenton:
Now I wouldn't classify myself as a retro gamer, but I do have a great appreciation for the retro scene and the huge strives in game design which were made during the time. PAC-MAN is a solid example. Now here's my issue: PAC-MAN hit arcades in the US & Japan in 1980. That's the US & Japan... what happened with the EU. The date of Pac-Man's debut in EU is almost intentionally avoided on the wikipedia entries. The earliest arcade release in Europe I can uncover is Pac-Mania in 1987? Does anybody have another source, it couldn't of taken 7 years for Pac-Man to make the scene in Europe, could it?! |
| davifus:
Maybe, It wasn't that popular in EU. Best Pac Man Stage Music |
| pacpix:
Hell yeah! Pac & Pal is severely underrated. My personal favorite game of the classic arcade series. As for the arcade release of Pac-Man in the EU I have never actually thought about it before. It would seem strange to me that it would take so long to be released there considering how popular it was, but I know little about EU games and even less about the arcade scene. Even if it didn't make it over in arcade form until Pac-Mania I'd imagine there were some home ports or clones released before then. |
| sin2beta:
--- Quote from: indenton on February 04, 2016, 12:06:43 pm ---Now I wouldn't classify myself as a retro gamer, but I do have a great appreciation for the retro scene and the huge strives in game design which were made during the time. PAC-MAN is a solid example. Now here's my issue: PAC-MAN hit arcades in the US & Japan in 1980. That's the US & Japan... what happened with the EU. The date of Pac-Man's debut in EU is almost intentionally avoided on the wikipedia entries. The earliest arcade release in Europe I can uncover is Pac-Mania in 1987? Does anybody have another source, it couldn't of taken 7 years for Pac-Man to make the scene in Europe, could it?! --- End quote --- It's not too surprising to me that it was released in the EU much later. Taking arcades out of your country is difficult. Shipping is probably the biggest thing. I might be wrong on this, but I believe Nolan Bushnell commented that taking his arcades to Japan was on of his biggest regrets. Marketing and placement is a whole other thing too. You almost need a distributor. |
| fazerco:
The problem may be that here there weren't many arcade halls. |
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