The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoDid 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.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1198arrow-down16
arrow-up1192arrow-down1imageDid 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.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·12 days agoThe Japanese pronunciation is why they wanted to call him Puck-Man! It’s apparently from a Japanese onomatopoeia for a mouth opening and closing, “Paku Paku”
minus-squareIllNess@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·12 days agoOh cool. actually very cool. I didn’t know that. Thank you for the info.
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·12 days agoNp, just learned it myself right before posting this.
The Japanese pronunciation is why they wanted to call him Puck-Man! It’s apparently from a Japanese onomatopoeia for a mouth opening and closing, “Paku Paku”
Oh cool. actually very cool. I didn’t know that.
Thank you for the info.
Np, just learned it myself right before posting this.