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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 217. Chapters: List of ZX Spectrum games, Pac-Man, Tetris, Space Invaders, Donkey Kong (video game), Street Fighter II, Elite (video game), Buck Rogers, Wonder Boy in Monster Land, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Dragon's Lair, SimCity, Lemmings (video game), Roy of the Rovers, Nightbreed, Robotron: 2084, Lone Wolf (gamebooks), Big Trouble in Little China, The Famous Five (series), OutRun, BraveStarr, Silicon Dreams, Fun School, Final Fight, Frank Bruno, Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior, Barbarian II: The Dungeon of Drax, Marble Madness, Mario Bros., Michael Jackson's Moonwalker, Football Manager (1982 series), Double Dragon, Frogger, R-Type, Lode Runner, Mercenary (video game), Gauntlet (1985 video game), Madballs, Contra (video game), Battlezone (1980 video game), Ms. Pac-Man, RoboCop (video games), Strider (arcade game), Prince of Persia (1989 video game), Formula One (1985 video game), Galaxian, The Bard's Tale (1985 video game), Space Gun (video game), Missile Command, Repton (video game), Xevious, Altered Beast, Spy Hunter, Chessmaster, Street Fighter (video game), Short Circuit. Excerpt: This is a sortable list of games for the ZX Spectrum home computer Pac-Man Pakkuman) is an arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution in the United States by Midway, first released in Japan on May 22, 1980. Immensely popular from its original release to the present day, Pac-Man is considered one of the classics of the medium, virtually synonymous with video games, and an icon of 1980s popular culture. Upon its release, the game-and, subsequently, Pac-Man derivatives-became a social phenomenon that sold a bevy of merchandise and also inspired, among other things, an animated television series and a top-ten hit single. When Pac-Man was released, the most popular arcade video games were space shooters, in particular Space...