The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoDid you know that PAC-MAN was originally PUCK-MAN? It was changed when it came to NA due to worries that the "P" would be too easy to vandalize on arcade cabinets.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square37linkfedilinkarrow-up1199arrow-down16
arrow-up1193arrow-down1imageDid you know that PAC-MAN was originally PUCK-MAN? It was changed when it came to NA due to worries that the "P" would be too easy to vandalize on arcade cabinets.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square37linkfedilink
minus-squareIllNess@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoSo I’m guessing the name stuck for the Japanese market. パックマン The first character is pronounced “pa”. This isn’t the case with Mega Man being Rockman or Astro Boy being the Mighty Atom.
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 months agoThe Japanese pronunciation is why they wanted to call him Puck-Man! It’s apparently from a Japanese onomatopoeia for a mouth opening and closing, “Paku Paku”
minus-squareIllNess@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoOh cool. actually very cool. I didn’t know that. Thank you for the info.
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoNp, just learned it myself right before posting this.
So I’m guessing the name stuck for the Japanese market.
パックマン
The first character is pronounced “pa”.
This isn’t the case with Mega Man being Rockman or Astro Boy being the Mighty Atom.
The Japanese pronunciation is why they wanted to call him Puck-Man! It’s apparently from a Japanese onomatopoeia for a mouth opening and closing, “Paku Paku”
Oh cool. actually very cool. I didn’t know that.
Thank you for the info.
Np, just learned it myself right before posting this.