Yet it was unusually popular in America: > When first launched in Japan by Namco in 1980, the game received a lukewarm response, as Space Invaders and other si

Yet it was unusually popular in America: > When first launched in Japan by Namco in 1980, the game received a lukewarm response, as Space Invaders and other similar games were more popular at the time. However, Pac-Man's success in North America in the same year took competitors and distributors completely by surprise. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man#Reception https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man#Reception