# Toru Iwatani
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toru iwatani (岩谷 徹, Iwatani Tōru, born January 25, 1955) is a Japanese video game designer who spent much of his career working for Namco. He is best known as the creator of the arcade game Pac-Man (1980).
== Early life ==
Iwatani was born in the Meguro ward of Tokyo, Japan on January 25, 1955.
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004: Japanese Gentlemen & Jedi
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Pac-Man | The Liquid Gamer
Pac-Man is a Japanese video game franchise created by Toru Iwatani, the father of Pac-Man, but published, developed and owned by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Entries have been developed by a wide array of other video game companies, including Midway Games, Atari and Mass Media, Inc. See acast.com/pr…
Introducing Pac-Man
Namco’s ground-breaking arcade game Pac-Man had its first focus test in a Tokyo cinema foyer on May 22nd, 1980. Created by 24 year-old Toru Iwatani, it was originally called ‘Puck-Man’ and designed to appeal to women as well as men.
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Pac-Man Fever Takes Over the 1980s
Pac-Man was a solution to a major problem. That problem? The video game industry mainly attracted teenage males; no one else was really setting foot in arcades. Game designer Toru Iwatani believed he had created the right idea to change all that.
Not only did he change the world of video games, bu…
The Legends of Arcade History: From Pong to Super Mario Bros | FOX on Games - Video Game News & Industry Analysis
We take a retrospective journey through the historical milestones that built the video game industry. From Atari's Pong accidentally launching the arcade boom to Nintendo saving its American division with Shigeru Miyamoto's Donkey Kong, we explore how these foundational hits changed entertainment f…
The Legends of Arcade History: From Pong to Super Mario Bros | FOX on Games - Video Game News & Industry Analysis
We take a retrospective journey through the historical milestones that built the video game industry. From Atari's Pong accidentally launching the arcade boom to Nintendo saving its American division with Shigeru Miyamoto's Donkey Kong, we explore how these foundational hits changed entertainment f…
533: The Garage Is Open
Author Susan Lammers joins the show to discuss the 40th anniversary edition of her classic book, Programmers at Work. We discuss what it was like to interview young and pioneering software developers like Toru Iwatani, C. Wayne Ratliff, and Michael Hawley and how the personal computer revolution wa…
Pixels (2015) Review
Welcome back to Hollywood Hangout, hosted by Boxman!
We're kicking off our Video Game Movie Month with a deep dive into the 2015 action-comedy Pixels, directed by Chris Columbus.
● The Star-Studded Cast: We talk through Adam Sandler taking the lead as Sam Brenner, Kevin James stepping into the Ova…
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