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PacMan…and I said it all. Designed 26 years ago by Toru
Iwatani at NAMCO, PacMan is synonym for video gaming and a pop-culture phenomenon.
Today the most beloved game of all times has reborn due to Xbox 360 gaming platform.
Microsoft teamed up with NAMCO BANDAI Games and "Pac-Man Championship
Edition" was introduced in in New
York City at the first-ever Xbox 360 Pac-Man World
Championship, presented by Quiznos. The
10 participants from four continents and eight countries around the world competed
at The Supper Club in New York City's Times Square. To advance to the championship finals, each
participant had to earn the highest "Pac-Man" score in their
respective home country during the qualifying rounds that took place from May 4
through May 10, 2007.
Of course the game is updated with six new timed game game
modes, new soundtracks and high-definition graphics.
"I'm deeply honored that people view 'Pac-Man' as my
lasting legacy and am so excited to come full circle by releasing the 'Pac-Man
Championship Edition' with its exciting new mazes and modes on Xbox LIVE Arcade
on the Xbox 360," said Iwatani, creator of "Pac-Man" and
currently a professor at Tokyo Polytechnic University. "It gives me great
joy to know that my final contributions in my corporate career were to crown
the Xbox 360 Pac-Man World Champion and to leave the world with an amazing new
'Pac-Man' game for generations to enjoy."
"Pac-Man Championship Edition" is available for
download on Xbox Live Edition and it costs 800 points.
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