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Feel old yet? Pac-Man turns 40 on Friday!
FILE - Visitors watch 3D images of Namco Bandai Games Inc.'s 'Pac-Man' projected on a screen during the Tokyo Game Show 2010 at Makuhari Messe on September 16, 2010 in Chiba, Japan. (Photo by Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images)
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSTM) — Pac-Man turned 40 on Friday! The video game debuted in Tokyo, Japan at an arcade on May 22, 1980.
The game originally was called, "Puck-Man." The name was changed because the games American distributor was worried that kids would change the "P" to an "F" on the marquee. Thus, "Pac-Man" was born.
To this day, only a handful of people have completed a perfect game. This is when players finish with no lives lost and the maximum number of points at each level.
The maze video game revolutionized entertainment with a defined main character and the first "power up."
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