22 May: Pac-Man meets the public, and a bowl of Pork Miso Soup
On 22 May 1980 Namco first put Pac-Man in front of players at a Tokyo arcade, and the hungry yellow hero has been munching through mazes ever since. Tonjiru suits his appetite: a miso soup packed with pork, daikon, carrot, burdock, taro, tofu and konnyaku to gobble one after another.
Pork Miso Soup
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Tonjiru is a hearty Japanese miso soup filled with thin slices of pork and plenty of root vegetables, such as daikon, carrot, burdock and taro, along with konnyaku and tofu. The pork and vegetables are sautéed in a little sesame oil before dashi is added, then miso is dissolved at the end.
Read about Pork Miso Soup and get the recipe →What happened
Namco tests Pac-Man (then Puck Man) with players at a Tokyo arcade for the first time.
Sources
- PAC-MAN official site: History
- The Guardian: 40 facts on Pac-Man's 40th birthday
- Guinness World Records: Most successful coin-operated arcade game
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