Aihuxi.115 net.games.pacman utzoo!decvax!duke!harpo!cbosg!ihnss!ihuxi!otto Wed Mar 31 09:20:09 1982 Re: PAC in Japanese The current issue of Time identifies the "pac" of pacman as being derived from the japanese word "paku." The article also discusses the companies that own and distribute the game, or versions of the game. George Otto Bell Labs, Indian Hill