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Did you know that PAC-MAN was originally PUCK-MAN? It was changed when it came to NA due to worries that the "P" would be too easy to vandalize on arcade cabinets. (lemmy.world)
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[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I was in front of one recently:

[–] IllNess@infosec.pub 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Cool. Was this in Japan?

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No. A computer museum. No idea where the arcade machine was originally from.

[–] IllNess@infosec.pub 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Cool. Thank you.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Forgot to mention which museum: https://www.bicomm.de/