Pac-Man's eyes

SeanMcL

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When Namco started heavily pimping Pac-Man again a few years ago, I really hated how they had made his eyes out of 2 smaller pac-men. It just looked lame to me.

So it felt like I had been smacked in the face with a freshly dead trout today when I printed out a Pac flyer, and saw that my ol' Pac buddy had those eyes since 19 freaking 80.

This is worse than when I found out the Go-Go's didn't have a hit song called "Alex the Seal".
 
When Namco started heavily pimping Pac-Man again a few years ago, I really hated how they had made his eyes out of 2 smaller pac-men. It just looked lame to me.

So it felt like I had been smacked in the face with a freshly dead trout today when I printed out a Pac flyer, and saw that my ol' Pac buddy had those eyes since 19 freaking 80.

This is worse than when I found out the Go-Go's didn't have a hit song called "Alex the Seal".
Ahaha! My heart was broken by Pac Man when it was one of the first games I ever bought and in less than one hour I realized exactly how much the game blows... :(
 
Didn't notice that until you pointed it out.

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I never really thought about them as "Pac-Man" eyes till you mentioned it. I have always considered them as the vintage cartoon "Pie" eyes like Mickey Mouse and Felix the cat sometimes had in the 20's and 30's. If you look at all the pre-Pac art NAMCO did for Puck-Man it had that same look.

I have to say that the Bally/Midway two footed, bug eyed, yellow lump Pac-Man is the nostalgic version for me. It's really a shame that NAMCO seems to want to stay away from that look on any new licensed products like the Hallmark ornament.
 
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