TIL: A company called General Computer Corporation created Ms. Pac-Man as a mod to the original Pac-Man arcade machine.
Posted by
Mop (aka rburriel)
Jul 27 '20, 20:23
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They got busted by Atari for making mods to their arcade machines (not necessarily illegal) and rather than suing them, Atari hired GCC, who went on to develop several games for the Atari 2600, 5200, and even designed the Atari 7800. One of their mods was to Pac-Man - a non-Atari console - and when they got in hot water with Atari, they offered their mod to the manufacturer, Midway, who bought the game and turned it into Ms. Pac-man.
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