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Arcades: Nostalgia Abounds

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Pac-Man Fever

Pac-Man came along in 1980 and said boom Yeah, Pac-Man was the first It was a Namco game a Japanese gaming company. They were trying to make more money and you know, it was sort of a boys thing at the time. I had a Pac-Man lunchbox and matching thermos that I was like one of my prize possessions the Pac-Man cartoon. There's a song Pac-Man fever. We really need to shout out on The Verge by Laura June from back in 2013. She points out that Pac- man fever sold a million records in 1982  and survivors eye of the tiger which was the number one hit of 1982 only sold a million more

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