| Pac-Man | |
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| Genre | |
| Based on | Pac-Man by Toru Iwatani |
| Developed by | Jeffrey Scott |
| Written by | Jeffrey Scott |
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| Voices of | |
| Composer | Hoyt Curtin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 42 (+ 2 specials) |
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| Editor | Gil Iverson |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | September 25, 1982 – November 5, 1983 |
| Related | |
| Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures | |
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Pac-Man is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and based on the Namco video game franchise of the same title. It premiered on ABC and ran for 44 episodes over two seasons from September 25, 1982, to November 5, 1983.[1] It was the first cartoon based on a video game.[2]
It was the highest-rated Saturday morning cartoon show in the US during late 1982.[3] Upon its debut, it was watched by an audience of over 20 million children in the US, in addition to adults.[4] The show also inspired the 1984 arcade game Pac-Land.
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- ^ "100 Defining Moments in Video Games". Game Informer. No. 100. August 2001. p. 51.
- ^ Ressner, Jeffrey (20 November 1982). "Stan Jarocki: Expanded Player Base Is The Key To The Future". Cash Box. Cash Box Pub. Co. pp. 52–56 (56).
- ^ "Look out, Saturday morning TV! Here comes... Pac-Man-imation!". Electronic Fun with Computers & Games. Vol. 1, no. 4. February 1983. pp. 44–6.