Object Details
distributor of the pac-man video game
Bally/Midway
maker
Superior Toy & Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Description
In 1980, Namco released Pac-Man, an extremely popular video game designed by Toru Iwatani and distributed in North America by Bally/Midway. It was the first video game to spawn a marketing phenomenon, including licensed books, clocks, radios, a Saturday morning cartoon, and gadgets like this combination gumball machine and coin bank.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
from Bally Manufacturing Corporation
Date made
ca 1983
ID Number
1990.3099.26
nonaccession number
1990.3099
catalog number
1990.3099.26
Object Name
bank
Physical Description
plastic (overall material)
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1277873