Did you know that PAC-MAN was originally PUCK-MAN? It was changed when it came to NA due to worries that the "P" would be too easy to vandalize on arcade cabinets.
The Japanese pronunciation is why they wanted to call him Puck-Man! It's apparently from a Japanese onomatopoeia for a mouth opening and closing, "Paku Paku"
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zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 94 pts · 25d
Thanks Scott.
0ops@piefed.zip · 42 pts · 25d
cattywampas@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 25d
"Do you know Pac-Man?"
"I know of him."
zarathustrad@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 25d
Ok, I'll leave you alone forever now.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 66 pts · 25d
WitchKnight@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 17 pts · 25d
EfficientEffigy@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 25d
I know OF it
HeHoXa@lemmy.zip · 15 pts · 25d
... Lesbians?
woelkchen@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 25d
I was in front of one recently:
IllNess@infosec.pub · 5 pts · 25d
Cool. Was this in Japan?
woelkchen@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 25d
No. A computer museum. No idea where the arcade machine was originally from.
IllNess@infosec.pub · 4 pts · 25d
Cool. Thank you.
woelkchen@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 25d
Forgot to mention which museum: https://www.bicomm.de/
zarathustrad@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 25d
20 seconds in:
https://youtu.be/YNmFocIWzz8
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 25d
Ohhh, now I get the top comment.
zarathustrad@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 25d
Your welcome.
This crap just runs in my head.
It's like that show noone remembers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman's_Head
albbi@piefed.ca · 5 pts · 25d
I loved Herman's Head!
albbi@piefed.ca · 3 pts · 25d
Now I get the bottom comment too.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 25d
I'm surprised Namco didn't just call him Fuck Man from the beginning. It would be a typical Japanese thing to do.
a1studmuffin@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 25d
If it was a Hideo Kojima game it would have been Fuck-hard Man
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 25d
N0t_5ure@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 25d
With a black sharpie you could make it "Fuck Man" and turn the nose into a dick and balls.
Zarxrax@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 25d
The artist knew what he was doing with that nose.
justaman123@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 25d
Honestly missed opportunity, we could had edgy fuck man
IllNess@infosec.pub · 7 pts · 25d
So I'm guessing the name stuck for the Japanese market.
パックマン
The first character is pronounced "pa".
This isn't the case with Mega Man being Rockman or Astro Boy being the Mighty Atom.
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 25d
The Japanese pronunciation is why they wanted to call him Puck-Man! It's apparently from a Japanese onomatopoeia for a mouth opening and closing, "Paku Paku"
IllNess@infosec.pub · 8 pts · 25d
Oh cool. actually very cool. I didn't know that.
Thank you for the info.
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 25d
Np, just learned it myself right before posting this.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 25d
And they were right about the easy target of vandalism. I already thought thats what it said at first glance.
mrfriki@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 25d
Fuck, man... Didn't knew.
froh42@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 25d
This is the lesson the German car sharing brand MILES has learned too late.
A lot of the stickers on the MILES cars read MILFS nowadays.
alleycat@feddit.org · 4 pts · 25d
Wait, it's actually called MILES?
froh42@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 24d
https://www.miles-mobility.com/de
FoxAlive@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 25d
What would the vandals do to Ms. Fuck man
realitista@lemmus.org · 3 pts · 25d
Smart move. I wanted to do it immediaty upon seeing that logo. It was literally my first knee jerk reaction.
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe · 2 pts · 25d
That phallic nose isn’t helping the matter.
Etterra@discuss.online · 2 pts · 25d
In what accent does Fac Man make sense then?