Happy Winter Solstice to our followers in the Northern Hemisphere! ☃️ Artwork from the 1987 Namco calendar. #namco #winter #pacman #mappy #digdug

In the 1987 documentary “Clive James in Japan,” Australian journalist Clive James visits the Namco headquarters. He meets the receptionist robot Uketsuke Komachi and Kyūji-kun, a robot that served tea to visitors. Both robots appeared in the Namco Musuem series. Source: Continual Brew on YouTube

The legal issues surrounding Ms. Pac-Man can be traced back to the 2000 Ms. Pac-Man / Galaga "Class of 1981" reunion cabinet GCC saw this as breaching their original agreements with Namco, so an arbitration was set between 2002-2007 that covered Ms. Pac-Man's future releases.

This 2000 arcade flyer from Namco advertises a redemption game known as Pac-Man's Ticket Factory. As with other machines of its caliber, the idea is that players push an action button to stop the rotating wheel for the chance of earning tickets.

Pac-Man Christmas Album (1982) The album was released as an LP vinyl from Kid Stuff Records, a now defunct American record label that produced children’s records. They were known for licensing popular characters for their records including Pac-Man who was featured in several Kid Stuff records.

Illustrations of characters from Meirou Yakata no Chana, a manga illustrated by Valkyrie designer Hiroshi Fuji, from a holiday postcard inside the December 1991 issue of Namco Community Magazine NG. #namco #christmas #holidays #manga #迷廊館のチャナ

Publicity artwork for “Christmas Comes to Pacland,” a 1982 Christmas special produced by Hanna-Barbera. #namco #pacman #christmas #holidays #videogames #cartoon

Namco Community Magazine NG February 1988 issue cover Been getting snow where I’m at, so I’m posting for the occasion. This is one of my favorite Namco magazine covers. #namco #pacman #digdug #mappy #thetowerofdruaga #videogames #retrogaming #winter #snowman

Pac-Man stock character art illustrated by Namco artist Hideki Tanaami. (1998) #namcohistory #namco #pacman #videogames #retrogaming #christmas #holidays

Buried in the July 1999 build of Pac-Man World is the original depiction of Ghost Island, as seen in early press screenshots The game's textures have been drastically re-arranged since the map's creation, inadvertently giving it a much darker look (Video capture by Pac-Modder)

Pac-Man holiday-themed illustration by Greg Martin #namco #pacman #videogames #christmas #holidays

Advertisement for Erika to Satoru no Yume Bōken printed in Namco Community Magazine NG. Released in Japan by Namco for the Famicom and developed by Atlus, the game is infamous for its hidden message written by a frustrated developer. #namco #famicom #erikatosatorunoyumebouken #えりかとさとるの夢冒険

Although it launched as a digital-only title, the Switch release of Namco Museum did see boxart pop up on online retailers, implying it would have seen physical copies at some point. The compilation would later come to physical as part of Namco Museum Arcade Pac in 2018.

Promotional poster for The Snowman… the Ride. Based on the 1978 children’s book by British author Raymond Briggs, the simulator ride was located in Namco’s Wonder Eggs amusement park during the 1999 and 2000 holiday season. #namco #amusementpark #thesnowman #wondereggs #christmas #holidays

Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man signage at a Namco Land amusement center in Hyuga, Miyazaki, Japan. #namco #pacman #mspacman #retrogaming #videogames #arcade #gamecenter

Illustration of Gil and Ki by Yuichiro Shinozaki for Namco Community NG Magazine. #namco #retrogaming #retrogames #videogames #thetowerofdruaga #ドルアーガの塔 #christmas #holidays

As Bally Midway were eyeing the impact of the "video craze" and the then-impending irrelevance of pinball, Mr. & Mrs. Pac-Man was developed in 1982 to provide some life support for the pinball market using the immense popularity of Pac-Man.

Namco merchandise as seen in Namco Community Magazine NG. #namco #magazine #videogames #retrogaming #pacman #mappy #robotbandpicpac

The Pac-Man balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

中村製作所、1970年広告 (レジャー産業資料 1970年1月号より) #Namco #1970 #arcade #arcadecabinet #classicarcade #retrogame #obslive

Happy Thanksgiving from the Namco Historian! 🦃 Screenshot from Happy Pacs-Giving, the series finale of the Pac-Man cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera. #namco #pacman #mspacman #videogames #retrogaming #hannabarbera #cartoon #thanksgiving

Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man mascot costumes from the 56th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (1982) #namco #pacman #mspacman #videogames #retrogaming #thanksgiving #macysthanksgivingdayparade

A Galaga arcade cabinet appears in the 1987 film “Planes, Trains & Automobiles,” a Thanksgiving buddy comedy starring Steve Martin and John Candy. #namco #galaga #retrogaming #videogames #movies #thanksgiving

【765】【#パックマス】「PIZZA-LA」×「アイ MAKE IMP@CT！」」コラボキャンペーン🍕👻好評につき、 販売延長が決定！💞【1/6(火)まで！】 #パックマスピザーラ #pacman #PACMAN45TH #アイマス20周年イヤー #idolmaster

Namco Museum strategy guide (Vol. 1)

The 1982 Pac-Man cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera is on Tubi, free to stream with ads. (Available in certain regions.) tubitv.com/series/30001... #namco #pacman #cartoon #hannabarbera #tubi #videogames #retrogaming

Namco Museum Vol.5 "Grand Finale" Fortunately this turned out to be a lie and we got an "Encore" soon after

In 2012, Namco Museum DS and the DS version of Pac-Man World 3 were re-released together in a bundle for $19.99. This boxart comes from a slip that the games' cases were bundled in.

Namco Museum Vol. 1 was released 30 years ago today in Japan. This was part of a series of PlayStation game compilations of Namco’s classic arcade library. The PS Namco Museum series featured an interactive museum with exhibits and unique game rooms. #namcomuseum #pacman #galaga #poleposition

It's Nov 22nd in Japan which means it's the 30th anniversary of Namco Museum Vol. 1 These days thanks to Hamster & Namco, we also have home ports of games like Aqua Jet & Tokyo Wars which didn't even exist in arcades when Vol.1 released Every era is a Namco era

The website has quite a bit of visitors from Japan according to the data from my hosting provider. Therefore, I added Japanese translation to the Namco Historian website. 日本語訳はナムコヒストリアンのウエブサイトにあります

I appreciate the feedback I got for the Namco Historian website. If you like the site and have a gaming site of your own, please use a banner or button to link to the Namco Historian website. www.namcohistory.com/link.html

Knowing that aging Namco fans like nothing more than a nice comfy snooze, Kadokawa are releasing 3 Namcot Famicom Box Blankets Printed on both sides with the front & rear of the boxes, they come in replica boxes, all with a 16 page FC Namcot game booklet. 3,300円 each www.famitsu.com/article/2025...

Developed by Bandai Namco, Pac-Man was introduced as a playable character in this installment of Nintendo’s popular fighting series, which also had references to other classic Namco games.

Bomb Bee promotional flyers (1979). Bomb Bee (sequel to Gee Bee (1978)) is available on modern game consoles from Arcade Archives. #namco #videogames #retrogaming #bombbee #geebee #arcade #arcadearchives

April 1991 Namco Community Magazine NG cover art work featuring Albatross and Leila from Rolling Thunder 2 #namco #rollingthunder #videogames #retrogaming

AMOA trade show advertisement for the Namco arcade games Galaxian, Rally-X, Tank Battalion, and Pac-Man. (1980) This was the first photo I posted on the Instagram account. #namco #pacman #galaxian #rallyx #tankbattalion #retrogaming #retrogames #videogames

New resources were added to the Archives on the Namco Historian website. www.namcohistory.com/archives/ind...

Today, The Namco Historian is celebrating its first anniversary! The Instagram account started on this day last year. I created it for fun to just share history and images from my favorite game developer when it comes to retro gaming. Namco Community Magazine NG front cover, November 1987

Advertisement for Pac ‘N Party, an arcade shooting game part of the Shooting Medal series #namco #pacman #arcade #retrogaming

The Namco Historian has reached 100 followers on Bluesky! I appreciate everyone’s support.

Happy Birthday to Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo game designer who created Mario and The Legend of Zelda. In a 1986 interview, he stated he was a big fan of Namco games Xevious and The Tower of Druaga. He designed the game Pac-Man Vs. Photos from the children’s book “The Stars of Famicom Games” (1989).

Pac-Man World 3 was released on this day 20 years ago. Developed by Blitz Games in the United Kingdom, this is the last game in the Pac-Man series released before the Bandai Namco merger. Pac-Man World 3 concept art by Duncan Nimmo. #namco #pacman #pacmanworld3 #videogames

Reposting because today is the 20th Anniversary of Pac-Man World 3.

Bandai Namco still uses the Namco branding for its amusement facilities in Japan. A Namco facility in Okinawa, Japan has two shisa mascots. Shisa are creatures from Okinawan mythology resembling a cross between a dog and a lion. #namco #videogames #arcade #gamecenter #okinawa #shisa

おはようございます！ソニックとパックマン仲いいの和む😃

Cover artwork for the Kosodate Quiz: My Angel PlayStation port (1997) #namco #kosodatequizmyangel #子育てクイズマイエンジェル #playstation #videogames #retrogaming

Metro-Cross promotional flyer #namco #metrocross #videogames #retrogaming

Two gaming icons unite! The Sonic the Hedgehog collaboration DLC is available for Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac. youtu.be/oGpcg4IhMK4

Advertisement for Mappy on the Game Gear from Namco Community Magazine NG (1991) #namco #mappy #videogames #retrogaming #gamegear