Pacman
Ngo-1980 umhambisi omncinci owaziwayo ogama linguMidway wakhupha umdlalo omiselwe ukuba ube ngomnye weyona midlalo mikhulu yexesha elidala. Iphuhliswe nguNamco, uPacman ngumdlalo we-maze apho umdlali ahamba khona ngePac-man, umntu otyheli, ngokusebenzisa indlela yokutya iipilisi kunye nokuthintela iziporho.
Ngokungathandabuzekiyo uPacman unefuthe elibalulekileyo kwimveliso yomdlalo wevidiyo. Kude kube nguPacman, imidlalo yevidiyo yayiphantse ibe ‘yiSithuba sokudubula’ - imidlalo apho umdlali alawula ubugcisa bendawo ekufuneka edubule into. UPacman yayingumdlalo wokuqala ukuphuma kulo mzekelo kwaye uphumelele ngokumangalisayo. Ukusukela ngoko, imidlalo yevidiyo yahluke kakhulu kwaye iyaqhubeka isebe liye kwiindawo ezintsha nezobuchule.
Igama elithi Pacman lisuselwe kwibinzana laseJapan u-Pakupaku eliguqulela ngokukhululekileyo ‘uyadla, uyatya’. Ngapha koko, umdlalo wawukhutshwe ekuqaleni phantsi kwegama elithi Puck Man eJapan, kodwa xa umdlalo wawucholwa nguMidway ukuba ukhutshwe e-US igama latshintshwa laba nguPacman ngenxa yokoyika ukonakaliswa okunokubangelwa ngabantu baseMelika kwii-arcades kwaye iya kubandakanya ukukrwela i-P kwi-F kwigama lesiJapan elithi ‘Puck Man’.
umdlalo wokuqala owaziwayo ‘wePacman umdlalo’, apho umdlali kufuneka agqibe onke amanqanaba angama-255, aqokelele zonke iibhonasi kwaye angaze abanjwe sisiporho, wadlalwa nguBilly Mitchell ngo-1999. UBilly wabeka irekhodi kwibala lemidlalo laseNew Hampshire Ngelixa usebenzisa isicwangciso-qhinga sokuphucula kuzo zonke iiyure ze-6 zomdlalo wokudlala kwaye ungasebenzisi naziphi na iipateni eziphindaphindayo okanye amaqhinga. Amanqaku okugqibela ayi-3,333,360.