Pac-Man

Everyone knows Pac-Man. If you don't, you're considered  "non American". Thats how significant this arcade game is to our culture. It appeared in October of 1980, and became a social phenomenon. It generated more than 2.5 billion dollars in quarters by the 1990's, marking itself one of the highest grossing video games of all times. The point of the game is to navigate Pac-Man through a maze while collecting all of the little pellets. Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde roam the maze trying to kill you, and if one of them touches you, you lose a life. When all lifes are lost, the game is over. This all time classic arcade game was at the height of its time, and is even shown in the Smithsonian Institution in Wahington D.C. Pac-Man was marketed from t-shirts and toys to hand-held video game imitations, and even specially shaped pasta. Pac-Man pasta... I think yes!