The ‘father of Pac-Man’ dies

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

The Father of Pac-Man Masaya Nakamura, who pioneered the release of Pac-Man and founded the Japanese video game company behind the iconic game, has died at the age of 91.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaya_Nakamura_(Namco)

Nakamura, who died on January 22, founded Namco in 1955, which started out as just two mechanical horse rides on a department store rooftop but went on to pioneer game arcades and amusement parks.

Pac-Man, designed by Namco engineer and video game maker Toru Iwatani, went on sale in 1980, and has since been played an estimated 10billion times.

http://variety.com/2017/film/asia/p...amura-founder-of-namco-dead-at-96-1201973117/

 

[Guitar]

Sucks to hear. I'm wearing a pac-man shirt right now.

 

[Jaffakeik]

Giving my deepest sorrow, and Pacman will be always in my memory as one of finest games of childhood.

 

[Beastie]

I loved Pacman too, respect to Nakamura.

*bows eastward

 

[...PACMAN...]

That is not my father, he died 10 yrs ago.

But seriously, Rip you great great man. The game that started it all for me!

 

[natr0n]

My fav games are from Namco couldn't imagine not having Ridge Racer or Tekken... RIP

 

[Xzibit]

They didn't say how he died

No cause was given, and the company did not say where he died.

I still remember watching the cartoons. I don't even want to think about how many quarters I spent playing the game.

 

[Disparia]