Father dies of Pac-Man

Masaya Nakamura, the Japanese company video game, Pac-Man has died at the age of 91.

He founded Namco in Japan, in 1955. Although he died on January 22, the company reported the death on Monday, but no comment on the cause of death, or other data. The company became a pioneer of arcade games.

The first video game was the original Gee Bee Namco in 1978, which was followed by Galaxian in 1979, which revolutionized the video game industry as the first use RGB color charts.

However, he was Pac-Man, published in 1980 that was eventually named internationally recognized company Namco. Idea of ​​the game bore the appearance of a pizza that is cut a slice. Nakamura said he chose the word "Pac" to show chewing during the game Pac-Man.

The game was released in a moment as they were on the market a number of rival games like Space Invaders. It is believed to play more than 10 billion times as the game.