Pac-Man (1980)

An original Midway Pac-Man upright from the collection of The Strong National Museum of Play, with its side art: Pac-Man fleeing a ghost with his mouth wide open under the arched logo. Namco released the game in Japan in 1980, and Midway brought it to the United States later that year in this bright yellow cabinet. Restorers know two quirks of these machines: the yellow is sometimes speckled with pink or blue paint, and the plastic edging around the cabinet was originally orange. A single four-way joystick is the whole control panel, which is why everyone could play it.