
30th Anniversary of PAC-MAN: The Greatest Arcade Game of All Time
What’s so special about the 30th of anything? If it’s an anniversary, that means there have been 29 days earlier! Let’s face it: Unless you are celebrating your first birthday twins or triplets, the 30th is mostly a marketing gimmick. But still, with all due respect to the marketing department — we love you guys. Especially because in this case it gave us something pretty amazing. To mark 30 years of Pac-Man and its subsequent versions, the Japanese video game giant Bandai created an arcade machine called “Pac-Man CE” (short for “Compact Edition”) which brought Pac-Man back home for everyone to enjoy once again — and even better than before! Read on to learn more about this special edition machine as well as its historical significance in the world of gaming.
The Return of Pac-Man
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