What computer game was invented by Toru Iwatani, first released in Japan in May 1980?
Toru Iwatani June 3, 2010, at the Festival of Games, Iwatani received a certificate from Guinness World Records for "Pac-Man" having the most "coin-operated arcade machines" installed worldwide: 293,822. The record was set and recognized in 2005, and recorded in the "Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition 2008". Iwatani made a cameo appearance in the film "Pixels", which prominently features Pac-Man as an antagonist. A fictionalized version of Iwatani, portrayed by Denis Akiyama, also appears in the film. Toru Iwatani Iwatani was born in Meguro ward of Tokyo, Japan. He was self-taught, without any formal training in computers, visual arts, or graphic design.
Toru Iwatani Toru Iwatani Iwatani was born in Meguro ward of Tokyo, Japan. He was self-taught, without any formal training in computers, visual arts, or graphic design. For example, he filled his school textbooks with scattered manga, which went on to influence the character designs in his video games. He joined the computer software company Namco in 1977. This was where he started his career in the video game business. There, he came up with the idea for a game called "Pakku-Man" and in 1980, he, along with programmer Shigeo Funaki (舟木 茂雄), a hardware engineer, a cabinet designer and Toshio Kai