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...Pac-Man is bursting out all over. Not only has the 15-month-old arcade game swallowed up an estimated $1 billion in quarters to become the hottest item in the video-game market, but the little yellow creature is now invading homes and spawning nearly 200 offshoots ranging from jeans to a chart-busting pop song, Pac-Man Fever...
...Pac-Man is a pie-shaped yellow figure that scores points in a video game by gobbling up dots, colorful fruits and four ghosts that inhabit its mazy world. Pac-Man, however, wilts and vanishes when one of the ghosts eats it. The game was originally developed in Japan and is based on a ravenous folk character whose appetite could never be appeased. The name comes from pahu, the Japanese word...
Retailers have been unable to keep Pac-Man cartridges on their shelves since the Atari division of Warner Communications Inc. introduced the home version in mid-March (list price: $37.95). Richard Simon, an analyst with Wall Street's Goldman, Sachs & Co., expects Atari to sell a phenomenal 9 million units this year and to take in some $200 million in the process. He predicts that Atari's Pac-Man earnings will ultimately surpass 20th Century-Fox's profits from Star Wars, the bestselling film ever made...
...Pac-man proved entertaining for a half hour, and then we ran into the airport's only trouble spot-the gift shop. Liz, after convincing me not to buy my sister a pink straw cowboy hat, a silly-looking plastic sculpture of a cowboy, or a coffee mug with "Texas Longhorns" stamped on the side, hugged me good-bye and went off to her plane, not to be seen in Austin for days to come...
...this handy packet has a fault, it's the masterminds' regrettable tendency to gloss over the larger issues, preferring to plump for the stock phrases of money-making hype. No true follower is about to waste time reading now the tips within will help "understand the intimate nature of Pac-Man "and" use your own individual talents to design your personal Pac-Man strategy for maximum point potential." If you needed to be told about the "magnificent video game...one of the most ingenious thoroughly enjoyable games ever introduced to any public anywhere. "you probably wouldn't have gotten this...