Masaya Nakamura, "father of Pac-Man," RIP

[pesco]

Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2017/01/30/masaya-nakamura-father-of-p.html

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[JemmieDuffs]

Did he die of fever?

[Mister44]

Man, if I was that guy, I’d have some fun with it and worked this sound in to my funeral some how…

[daneel]

Should take a trip over to Seattle’s Pac-Man park.

http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2017/01/chs-pics-ready-capitol-hills-pac-man-pavement-park-takes-shape/

[Cunk]

What, no one had a spare coin?

[anon63581570]

Sadly nobody had their quarter on the machine.

Games end. Memories fade.

Pioneers? They live forever.

[redesigned]

Thanks for bringing so much joy to my and so many other children’s lives.

[Franko]

i was firmly in the standup arcade machine demographic, and because i was so young at the time, i had it in my head that pac-man came first, and then galaga. today i learned that galaga came first, which is a nice bit of trivia to have. RIP, sir, and thank you for the many many many MANY happy hours.

[Garymon]

@daneel

Should take a trip over to Seattle’s Pac-Man park.

I ride by there every day on the bus. It turned out nicely.

[anon78706664]

I have trouble with this game.

I would like the attendant to restart it for me.