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==Remakes and sequels==
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''Pac-Man'' was followed by a series of sequels, remakes, and re-imaginings, and is one of the longest-running video game franchises in history. The first of these was ''[[Ms. Pac-Man]]'', developed by the American-based [[General Computer Corporation]] and published by Midway in 1982. The character's gender was changed to female in response to ''Pac-Man''{{'}}s popularity with women, with new mazes, moving bonus items, and faster gameplay being implemented to increase its appeal. ''Ms. Pac-Man'' is one of the best-selling arcade games in North America, where ''Pac-Man'' and ''Ms. Pac-Man'' had become the most successful machines in the history of the [[amusement arcade]] industry.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Past Presidents See Dip In Video Collections |magazine=[[Cash Box]] |date=20 November 1982 |page=56 |url=https://archive.org/details/cashbox44unse_23/page/56 |publisher=Cash Box Pub. Co.}}</ref> Legal concerns raised over who owned the game caused ''Ms. Pac-Man'' to become owned by Namco, who assisted in production of the game. ''Ms. Pac-Man'' inspired its own line of remakes, including ''[[Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness]]'' (2000), and ''[[Ms. Pac-Man: Quest for the Golden Maze]]'', and is included in many Namco and ''Pac-Man'' collections for consoles.

Namco's own follow-up to the original was ''[[Super Pac-Man]]'', released in 1982. This was followed by the Japan-exclusive ''[[Pac & Pal]]'' in 1983.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Parish |first1=Jeremy |title=Remembering Pac & Pal, Pac-Man's Strangest Arcade Adventure |url=https://www.usgamer.net/articles/weekly-classic-pacpal |website=[[USgamer]] |access-date=23 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123175821/https://www.usgamer.net/articles/weekly-classic-pacpal |archive-date=23 January 2018 |date=23 July 2013}}</ref> Midway produced many other ''Pac-Man'' sequels during the early 1980s, including ''[[Pac-Man Plus]]'' (1982), ''[[Jr. Pac-Man]]'' (1983), ''[[Baby Pac-Man]]'' (1983), and ''[[Professor Pac-Man]]'' (1984). Other games include the isometric ''[[Pac-Mania]]'' (1987), the side-scrollers ''[[Pac-Land]]'' (1984), ''[[Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures|Hello! Pac-Man]]'' (1994), and ''[[Pac-In-Time]]'' (1995),<ref>{{cite journal|title=Pac-In-Time |journal=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=6|publisher=[[Imagine Media]]|date=June 1995|pages=113–4|url=https://archive.org/details/nextgen-issue-006/page/n125/mode/2up}}</ref> the 3D platformer ''[[Pac-Man World]]'' (1999), and the puzzle games ''[[Pac-Attack]]'' (1991) and ''[[Pac-Pix]]'' (2005). Iwatani designed ''Pac-Land'' and ''Pac-Mania'', both of which remain his favorite games in the series. ''[[Pac-Man Championship Edition]]'', published for the [[Xbox 360]] in 2007, was Iwatani's final game before leaving the company. Its neon visuals and fast-paced gameplay was met with acclaim,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/pac-man-championship-edition/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox-360 |title=Pac-Man Championship Edition for Xbox 360 Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=25 April 2020}}</ref> leading to the creation of ''[[Pac-Man Championship Edition DX]]'' (2010) and ''[[Pac-Man Championship Edition 2]]'' (2016).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hatfield |first1=Daemon |url=http://uk.xboxlive.ign.com/articles/113/1134848p1.html |title=Pac-Man Championship Edition DX Review |publisher=[[IGN]] |access-date=25 March 2020 |date=16 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101119160028/http://uk.xboxlive.ign.com/articles/113/1134848p1.html |archive-date=19 November 2010}}</ref>

[[Coleco]]'s [[Handheld electronic game|tabletop]] [[Coleco#History|Mini-Arcade]] versions of the game yielded 1.5&nbsp;million units sold in 1982.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Mini-Arcades 'Go Gold' |journal=[[Electronic Games]] |date=November 1982 |volume=1 |issue=9 |url=https://archive.org/stream/electronic-games-magazine-1982-11/Electronic_Games_Issue_09_Vol_01_09_1982_Nov#page/n11/mode/2up |access-date=February 5, 2012 |page=13 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813230736/http://www.archive.org/stream/electronic-games-magazine-1982-11/Electronic_Games_Issue_09_Vol_01_09_1982_Nov |archive-date=August 13, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Coleco Mini-Arcades Go Gold |journal=Arcade Express |date=August 15, 1982 |volume=1 |issue=1 |url=http://www.digitpress.com/library/newsletters/arcadeexpress/arcade_express_v1n1.pdf |access-date=February 3, 2012 |page=4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108044413/http://www.digitpress.com/library/newsletters/arcadeexpress/arcade_express_v1n1.pdf |archive-date=November 8, 2012}}</ref> [[Nelsonic Industries]] produced a ''Pac-Man'' [[LCD]] [[wristwatch]] game with a simplified maze also in 1982.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Official Midway's Pac-Man Game Watch Instruction Manual |type=booklet |publisher=[[Nelsonic Industries]] |url=http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Manuals/Nelsonic-PacManWatch.pdf |access-date=November 3, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924024827/http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Manuals/Nelsonic-PacManWatch.pdf |archive-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref>

[[Namco Networks]] sold a downloadable Windows PC version of ''Pac-Man'' in 2009 which also includes an enhanced mode which replaces all of the original sprites with the sprites from ''Pac-Man Championship Edition''. Namco Networks made a downloadable bundle which includes its PC version of ''Pac-Man'' and its port of ''[[Dig Dug]]'' called ''[[List of Namco retro video game compilations#Namco All-Stars: Pac-Man and Dig Dug|Namco All-Stars: Pac-Man and Dig Dug]]''. In 2010, [[Namco Bandai]] announced the release of the game on [[Windows Phone 7]] as an Xbox Live game.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bestwp7games.com/a-quick-look-at-some-of-the-new-wp7-games-from-namco.html |title=A quick look at some of the new WP7 games from Namco |date=November 9, 2010 |work=BestWP7Games |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101112002527/http://www.bestwp7games.com/a-quick-look-at-some-of-the-new-wp7-games-from-namco.html |archive-date=November 12, 2010}}</ref>

{{anchor|Google Pac-Man}}For the weekend of May 21–23, 2010, [[Google]] changed the logo on its homepage to a playable version of the game<ref>{{cite web |title=Google gets Pac-Man fever |url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20005528-52.html |publisher=cnet |date=May 21, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027001141/http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20005528-52.html |archive-date=October 27, 2010}}</ref> in recognition of the 30th anniversary of the game's release. The [[Google Doodle]] version of ''Pac-Man'' was estimated to have been played by more than 1&nbsp;billion people worldwide in 2010,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/google-gives-pac-man-boost-with-over-223613 |title=Google gives Pac-Man boost with over 1&nbsp;billion playing Goggle Doodle game in three days |work=Mirror |last=Fricker |first=Martin |date=May 24, 2010 |access-date=August 25, 2021}}</ref> so Google later gave the game its own page.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pac-Man |url=https://www.google.com/pacman/ |access-date=November 3, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829041556/http://www.google.com/pacman/ |archive-date=August 29, 2012}}</ref>

In April 2011, Soap Creative published ''[[World's Biggest Pac-Man]]'', working together with [[Microsoft]] and Namco-Bandai to celebrate ''Pac-Man''{{'}}s 30th anniversary. It is a multiplayer browser-based game with user-created, interlocking mazes.<ref>{{cite web |title=World's Biggest Pac-Man Is Web Sensation |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/worlds-biggest-pac-man-online-game-international-web/story?id=13417709&singlePage=true |author=Ki Mae Huessner |publisher=ABC News Internet Ventures |access-date=April 13, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415195034/https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/worlds-biggest-pac-man-online-game-international-web/story?id=13417709&singlePage=true |archive-date=April 15, 2014}}</ref>

For [[April Fools' Day]] in 2017, Google created a playable of the game on [[Google Maps]] where users were able to play the game using the map onscreen.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Garun|first=Natt|date=2017-03-31|title=Google Maps morphs into Ms. Pac-Man for April Fools' Day|url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/31/15136848/google-maps-april-fools-ms-pac-man-easter-egg|access-date=2021-12-27|website=The Verge|language=en}}</ref>

A ''Pac-Man''-themed [[downloadable content]] package for ''[[Minecraft]]'' was released in 2020 in commemoration of the game's [[Pac-Man 40th Anniversary|40th anniversary]]. This pack introduced a ghost called 'Creepy', based on the [[Creeper (Minecraft)|Creeper]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/pac-man-40th-anniversary-minecraft-twitch-stream-live-studio-ai|title=Pac-Man Celebrates 40th Anniversary With Minecraft DLC, a Game You Play on Twitch, and Weird AI Programs|website=IGN|date=May 22, 2020|language=en|access-date=June 1, 2020}}</ref>