As Capcom yesterday celebrated their 50th anniversary party, held in Yokohama prefecture, Capcom officially made its way into the Guinness Book of World Records. Namco's ultra classic coin-op Pac-Man has been listed as the "most successful coin operated game" in history.There is no question that Pac-Man was a revolution in computer gaming. It not only showed what could be done with very little processing power to the world, but it also brought computer technology to the attention of many young people
Selling 293,822 units of the arcade machine during the seven-year period from 1980 to 1987, when the arcade game was still being manufactured by Namco. David Hawksett, science and technology editor at Guinness World Records, Namco's 50th to present the official Guinness plaque to Namco founder Masaya Nakamura and the man who created the little Yellow hero, Toru Iwatani.I'm extremely honored," commented Nakamura. "I'm used to being called the 'Father of Pac-Man,' and he's like a son to me. He's smart, he's courageous, and he's tough enough that there's an M&A term called 'Pac-Man Defense' named after him. I hope that Namco will continue growing strong like Pac-Man for its next 50 years.
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