Pac-Man (Atari 2600)

The Atari 2600 port of Pac-Man was developed and published by Atari in 1982. It was the first port of the arcade game, which was developed by Namco and was first released in Japan in 1979 and then in the U.S. in 1980. Atari was the licensee for the video game console rights. At the time, the 2600 was the most popular video game console in the world and Pac-Man was the most popular arcade game in the world, so Atari widely promoted the 2600 version of the game. Upon release, however, the quality of the adaptation of the game was criticized and sales were well below expectations, and even those who bought and kept the game were often dissatisfied. Along with E.T. (also for the 2600), Pac-Man is believed to have triggered the video game crash of 1983 by destroying customer loyalty to Atari and, by extension, consumer confidence in video games in general.
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