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Pac-Man was designed to bring more women into arcades

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In an era dominated by violent space shooters, a brilliant developer created a wildly colorful arcade game explicitly centered around the universal concept of eating food. This deliberate design shift successfully brought massive crowds of young women into neon arcades for the very first time.

Pac-Man was designed to bring more women into arcades
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