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Fri., Oct. 22, 1999

Pac-Man greeted the curious in New York’s Time Square to commemorate the original video game character’s 20th anniversary. Pac-Man World 20th Anniversary, a new 3D game from Namco Hometek Inc., will be available nationally this week. It’s estimated that the arcade version of the game has been played more than 10 billion times since its introduction in 1980.

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