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The title is misleading. The interview took place in 1986, but the game was released in 1980. [0] Also, it's Pac-Man, not PacMan. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org
by muterad_murilax 7y ago
The title is misleading. The interview took place in 1986, but the game was released in 1980. [0]
Also, it's Pac-Man, not PacMan.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man
- dang 7y agoLet's hyphenate.
- dicytea 7y agoThe interview took place in 1986? Well, he's definitely pretty spot-on with his prediction of the future of game design.
- danso 7y agoThe "1986" comes from the publication year of the book that the interview is from, Programmers at Work. In any case, the title is still accurate enough since Iwatani was producer and director, respectively, for Pac-Land (1984) and Pac-Mania (1987): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toru_Iwatani https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toru_Iwatani