IllNess comments on Did 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.

[–] IllNess@infosec.pub 7 points 4 months ago (3 children)

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.

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[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world [S] 15 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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"

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[–] IllNess@infosec.pub 8 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Oh cool. actually very cool. I didn't know that.

Thank you for the info.

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[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world [S] 7 points 4 months ago

Np, just learned it myself right before posting this.

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