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Pac-Man Battle Royale at the factory

Pac-Man Battle Royale at the factory

arcadehero January 21, 2011 1

Last week we ran the news that Namco’s Pac-Man Battle Royale arcade game is available for purchase and now Namco America has complimented that news with a press release and some pictures of the

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Pac-Man Battle Royale now shipping

Pac-Man Battle Royale now shipping

arcadehero January 12, 2011 20

When Namco was revealing the different ways in which they celebrated Pac-Man’s 30th anniversary last year, no one product they revealed was more surprising than Pac-Man Battle Royale. We first got a chance to

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Pac-Man Halloween Lawn Decorations

Pac-Man Halloween Lawn Decorations

arcadehero October 15, 2010 8

(Thanks to reader Brian for the tip!) I was browsing a local store a couple of weeks ago and I came across something in the Halloween decorations area that immediately caught my attention –

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Pac-Man, Milk and You

Pac-Man, Milk and You

arcadehero September 24, 2010 0

Newsfeed 931 via  While Namco has been going all out in promoting Pac-Man’s 30th anniversary, most notably with the two arcade titles Pac-Man Battle Royale and Pac-Man’s Arcade Party, it looks like the merchandising

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Pac-Man creator Toru Iwatani shows off early game sketches

Shaggy June 24, 2010 0

Newsfeed 843 via I have to apologize for not getting to this earlier – I had see the link a day or two ago but I forgot to mention it. But better late than

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Cabinet options: standard, deluxe, Lego (?!)

HeavyElectricity May 19, 2010 2

This is the kind of story I always love to see, as it shows the ingenuity of arcade fans. Lego enthusiast Ben Fleskes has done some pretty cool things in the past – a

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The Official Pac-Man website

Shaggy April 6, 2010 1

Via Bandai Namco isn’t done gearing up for the 30th anniversary of their signature character Pac-Man yet, as they have now launched two websites  (which include a countdown to that anniversary) dedicated to the

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New pixel art Coin-Op Posters for charity are pretty cool + Pac-Man in Vegas pic

Shaggy March 25, 2010 1

z Thanks to for the news Art and arcades have always gone together in some form and while this story doesn’t have anything to do with sideart, it does have something to do with

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Amusement Expo 2010: Pac-Man Battle Royale Hands-on

Shaggy March 12, 2010 19

To begin our coverage of the 1st Amusement Expo which took place in Las Vegas, NV, I’ll start out with the Namco booth and work my way from there. Namco had a sizable booth

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Pac-Man returns to arcades with Pac-Man Battle Royale at Amusement Expo 2010

Shaggy February 25, 2010 14

Ever since Namco first announced Pac-Man CE for Xbox Live Arcade, I thought that the game in particular would be a perfect fit in arcades, which I have mentioned before in posts and to

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The last Pac-Man cake you'd ever need

Shaggy February 11, 2010 6

People making cakes about popular video game/arcade characters is becoming more of an art, as the boutique cake business creates fascinatingly detailed sculptures based upon different themes on a daily basis. Here is a

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Take a stroll through the virtual Pac-Man museum

Shaggy June 13, 2009 4

Not many video games have enough material created around them to garner the attention needed for a museum type display but Pac Man certainly has and that has led to the creation of an

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