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Toru Iwatani (born January 25, 1955) was a video game designer in the in the 1980s, and created one of the most popular arcade games of all time, Pac-Man.Iwatani was born in the Meguro ward of Tokyo, Japan. He joined a computer software company called Namco in 1977, where he started his career in the video game business. There, he came up with the idea for a game called 'Puck-Man' and in 1979, he, along with programmer Hideyuki Mokajima and three other Namco employees, finished the game. It was released to the Japanese public on October 10 of that year, where it became a huge success. It caught the attention of arcade-game manufacturer Bally/ MidwayMidway is: #An island in the Pacific Ocean: see Midway Atoll #A battle in World War II fought on and around that island: see Battle of Midway #A 1976 movie based on the events of this battle: see Midway (movie) #A U. Navy aircraft carrier named after the, who bought the United StatesThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in rights for the game and released the game in the U.S.The United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in as 'Pac-Man', fearing that kids may deface a Puck-Man cabinet by changing the 'P' to an 'F'. Its success in North AmericaNorth America is the third largest continent in area and the fourth ranked in population. It is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the North Pacific Ocea, and later around the worldIn English, World is rooted in a compound of the obsolete words were man, and eld age; thus, its oldest meaning is "Age of Man. World can refer to the domain of discourse, but it can also mean many other things: Physical locations dymaxion map World is of, solidified its place in the history of video gamescreenshot of Tetris for the Nintendo Game BoyA video game is a game played using an electronic device with a visual display. Overview Often "video game" is taken in a narrow sense to mean those games played on consoles for television and similar handhelds.
Iwatani went on to create a few other other video games, including Libble Rabble , but none of them reached the amount of success that Pac-Man did. He was promoted within the ranks of Namco, and still works there today overseeing the administration of the company.
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