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1. • • Nakamura, who died on Jan. 22, founded Namco, part of Bandai Namco, in 1955. It started out as just two mechanical horse rides on a department store rooftop but went on to pioneer game arcades and amusement parks.
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   • Masaya Nakamura, president of Namco, playing a game of Pac-Man. He was known for testing the company’s games himself. Bettmann Masaya Nakamura, a Japanese toy and game entrepreneur whose company’s most enduring creation, Pac-Man, became a worldwide cultural touchstone, died on Jan. 22. He was 91.

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   • Masaya Nakamura, the founder of Namco who helmed the company as it delivered Pac-Man and multiple hits to spark arcade video gaming's global boom in the 1980s, has died. Nakamura was 91 and often called "the father of Pac-Man" by the company.

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   • Masaya Nakamura, a Japanese toy and game entrepreneur whose company’s most enduring creation, Pac-Man, became a worldwide cultural touchstone, died on Jan. 22. He was 91. His death was announced on Monday by Bandai Namco, the business where he retained the title of honorary adviser. No cause was given, and the company did not say where he died.

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   • Mr. Nakamura was an early believer in their potential. In the 1970s, he hired software engineers and directed his growing company, Nakamura Manufacturing — later renamed Namco — to develop titles for arcades. His first hit was Galaxian, a Space Invaders derivative that he sold to the American company Midway Games in 1979.

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3. www.nytimes.com › 2017/01/30 › businessMasaya Nakamura, Whose Company Created Pac-Man, Dies at 91

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   Jan 30, 2017 · Jan. 30, 2017. Masaya Nakamura, a Japanese toy and game entrepreneur whose company’s most enduring creation, Pac-Man, became a worldwide cultural touchstone, died on Jan. 22. He was 91. His...

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   Jan 30, 2017 · Masaya Nakamura, the founder of Namco who helmed the company as it delivered Pac-Man and multiple hits to spark arcade video gaming's global boom in the 1980s, has died. Nakamura was 91 and...

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5. www.nytimes.com › notable-deaths › masaya-nakamuraNotable Deaths 2017: Masaya Nakamura - The New York Times

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   Jun 6, 2018 · Masaya Nakamura, president of Namco, playing a game of Pac-Man. He was known for testing the company’s games himself. Bettmann; thumbnail, The Asahi Shimbun, via Getty Images, 1992

6. www.telegraph.co.uk › obituaries › 2017/05/16Masaya Nakamura, entrepreneur behind Pac-Man – obituary

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   May 16, 2017 · Masaya Nakamura, who has died aged 91, started out working in his father’s gun repair shop in Yokohama, Japan, and went on to found Namco and build a global entertainment empire; its best known...

7. www.wired.com › 2017 › 01Masaya Nakamura—the 'Father of Pac-Man'—Dies at 91

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   Jan 30, 2017 · Masaya Nakamura, the man who founded Namco and was known as the "Father of Pac-Man ," has died. He was 91 years old. Nakamura founded Namco as Nakamura Manufacturing in 1955. Originally a...

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   Jan 30, 2017 · Tokyo (AP) -- Masaya Nakamura, the "Father of Pac-Man" who founded the Japanese video game company behind the hit creature-gobbling game, has died. He was 91. Nakamura, who died on Jan. 22,...

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    Jan 30, 2017 · Masaya Nakamura, founder of Namco and frequently referred to as the father of Pac-Man, died on Sunday, Jan. 22, at 91.