Namco

Namco was a Japanese video game and arcade-machine company founded by Masaya Nakamura as Nakamura Seisakusho. It became known for games such as Pac-Man and merged with Bandai in 2005 to form Bandai Namco.

Pac-Man: A maze game in which a player guides a character eating dots while avoiding ghosts. Its 1980 arcade release became Namco’s signature global hit.
Masaya Nakamura: A Japanese entrepreneur who founded Nakamura Seisakusho and led the company later known as Namco. His amusement-business venture became the company’s starting point.
Arcade game: A coin-operated video game designed for play on a dedicated machine in a public venue. This format was Namco’s original setting for many of its best-known games.
Video game mascot: A fictional character used to represent a video game, series, or game company. Pac-Man became one of the earliest globally recognizable game-company mascots.
Galaga: A fixed-screen shoot ’em up in which a spacecraft fights waves of alien insects. This 1981 arcade game became one of Namco’s enduring shooter series.
Nakamura Seisakusho: The original name of the Japanese amusement company founded by Masaya Nakamura in 1955. Namco began under this name, supplying mechanical rides before entering arcades.
Arcade cabinet: A housing that contains an arcade game’s display, controls, electronics, and payment mechanism. Namco designed cabinets and controls as part of the arcade experience.
Video game music: Music composed or arranged for video games, including themes, sound effects, and adaptive scores. Namco’s arcade soundtracks helped establish game music as a recognizable form of popular music.
Ridge Racer: A racing-game series known for arcade-style handling and high-speed drifting. Its 1993 arcade debut demonstrated Namco’s strength in 3D racing games.
Namco Museum: A series of video-game compilations and exhibitions preserving games from Namco’s history. Its releases collected and reintroduced the company’s arcade-era catalog.

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Tōru IwataniRelated: Iwatani developed Pac-Man while working at this company.