The father of one of the most iconic arcades has died at the age of 91 gamea in the world, of Pac-Man, Mr. Masaya Nakamura.
Masaya Nakamura (Masaya Nakamura) started her commercial activity by building two mechanical amusement park horses on the top floor of a department store, but managed to become a pioneer in arcade games. In the 70's he bought Atari and renamed the company Nakamura Amusement Machine Manufacturing Company or NAMCO for short.
The company created it Pac-Man in 1980, which won the Guinness Book of World Records (Guinness Book of World Records) as the most successful arcade slot game. And certainly the generation of the 80s remembers very well the coins that have been spoiled on the machine to the ufadikas. Namco's profitable history includes the arcade games Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Galaga, Dig Dug and Pole Position.
Although the game was developed by a young Namco employee named Toru Iwatani, the title "Father of Pac-Man" was given to Nakamura as the founder of the company. Legend has it that Iwatani decided to base his game around food – and Pac-Man being one pizza with a slice missing.
2004 Namco merged with Bandai and Nakamura remained on the board of directors of the company as an honorary adviser until his death at 22 in January.
