Amhuxt.402 net.games.pacman utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ihnss!wheps!eagle!mhuxt!presley Tue Mar 30 19:57:57 1982 PAC in Japanese If the pac in PacMan comes from Japanese, then it probably derives from "paku paku", which is similar to our "chomp chomp". It's used quite often in Japanese comics (as in a family eating "paku paku paku ...."). I guess PacMan looked better than PakMan. Joe Presley mhtsa!mhuxt!presley