Masaya Nakamura, "Father Of Pac-Man," RIP

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Masaya Nakamura, the founder of Nakamura Amusement Machine Manufacturing Company (Namco) who unleashed Pac-Man fever on Japan and the United States, has died at age 91. Under his leadership, Namco built its business on Galaxian (1979) and Pac-Man (1980) and later console games like Ridge Racer (1983) and Tekken (1994). In 2007, the Japanese government honored Nakamura with an "Order of the Rising Sun" decoration.

http://boingboing.net/2017/01/30/mas...ther-of-p.html

https://arstechnica.co.uk/gaming/201...-man-has-died/