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Pac-Man Gumball Bank

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In 1980, Namco released Pac-Man, an extremely popular video game designed by Toru Iwatani and distributed in North America by Bally/Midway. It was the first video game to spawn a marketing phenomenon, including licensed books, clocks, radios, a Saturday morning cartoon, and gadgets like this combination gumball machine and coin bank.

Credit Line: from Bally Manufacturing Corporation

Object ID: 1990.3099.26

Division: Division of Information Technology and Communications

Subject(s): Family & Social Life, Advertising

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