Pacman

Mu 1980 wofalitsa wina wodziwika dzina lake Midway adatulutsa masewera omwe adayenera kukhala amodzi mwamasewera apamwamba kwambiri nthawi zonse. Wopangidwa ndi Namco, Pacman ndimasewera olimbirana pomwe wosewera amayenda ndi Pac-man, wachikaso, kupyola mapiritsi odyera komanso kupewa mizukwa.

Pacman mosakayikira adakhudza kwambiri makampani opanga masewerawa. Mpaka Pacman, masewera apakanema anali pafupifupi ‘Space Shooter’ okha - masewera pomwe wosewera amawongolera luso lamlengalenga lomwe liyenera kuwombera kena kake. Pacman anali masewera oyamba kutuluka mu mtunduwo ndikukhala opambana modabwitsa. Kuyambira pamenepo, masewera apakanema asintha mosiyanasiyana ndikupitilira magawo atsopano komanso opanga.

Dzinalo Pacman limachokera ku mawu achijapani Ultaku omwe amatanthauzira kuti ‘amadya, amadya’. M’malo mwake, masewerawa adatulutsidwa koyambirira pansi pa dzina la Puck Man ku Japan, koma masewerawa atanyamulidwa ndi Midway kuti atulutsidwe ku US dzinalo lidasinthidwa kukhala Pacman poopa kuwonongeka komwe kumatha kuchitidwa ndi anthu aku America kumtunda ndipo ziphatikizira kukanda P kukhala F mu dzina lachi Japan ‘Puck Man’.

Woyamba kudziwika ‘wangwiro Pacman masewera’, momwe wosewera mpira ayenera kumaliza milingo yonse 255, kusonkhanitsa mabhonasi onse osagwidwa ndi mzukwa, idaseweredwa ndi Billy Mitchell ku 1999. Billy adalemba mbiriyo pamalo achitetezo ku New Hampshire pomwe tikugwiritsa ntchito njira yodziwikiratu m’maola 6 amasewera osagwiritsa ntchito njira zobwereza kapena njira zina. Mapeto omaliza anali 3,333,360.