Pacman Turns 40 Years Old
looorg writes:
PAC-MAN was first publicly tested on May 22, 1980 and - now at 40 years old - is middle-age today. Celebrate with his wife and offspring:
Born on May 22, 1980, PAC-MAN immediately rose to meteoric popularity, first in video game arcades, then through an array of branding and entertainment appearances. With a brand recognition rate of 90% around the world, PAC-MAN's image is one of the most recognized on the planet and is as strong as ever as he enters his 40th year of entertaining fans of all ages.
[Ed addition: NVidia has taken this occasion to reveal it trained an AI with 50,000 hours of Pac-Man play. Not necessarily to play it, but instead to create a playable clone that was pretty close to the original.]
So take this opportunity to share some of your Pacman-memories?
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