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PAC OF ALL TRADES

You’ll be inundated with memorabilia, both new and old, from Pac-Man costumes, to lamps and cuddly toys. Pac-Man’s appeal in the Eighties was readily apparent to Namco and the astute company soon lined up a bunch of merchandising opportunities. “I have a pretty extensive collection of vintage Pac-Man ephemera,” admits Van Burnham, the author of Supercade: A Visual History Of The Videogame Age. “Lunchboxes, albums… the phone

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