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Did you know that PAC-MAN was originally PUCK-MAN? It was changed when it came to NA due to worries that the "P" would be too easy to vandalize on arcade cabinets.

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Did you know that PAC-MAN was originally PUCK-MAN? It was changed when it came to NA due to worries that the "P" would be too easy to vandalize on arcade cabinets.

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I’m surprised Namco didn’t just call him Fuck Man from the beginning. It would be a typical Japanese thing to do.
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  If it was a Hideo Kojima game it would have been Fuck-hard Man

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