It’s quite astonishing to learn that Pac-Man was allotted 14-pages in a porn mag whose format was dedicated to nudity, dirty jokes and cigarette ads. Even more surprising is no one complained that he was.
Writer, historical researcher and self-confessed vidiot Cat DeSpira unpacks an odd feature from the April 1982 issue of Oui Magazine in this blog post for her site Retro Bitch. [CW boobs and butts]
Trivia highlight connect the dots:
ᗧ•··ᗣ Oui also covered the rise of Atari in their September 1974 issue.
ᗤ···ᗣ Rip Taylor and Joan Rivers competed in The Atari Celebrity Pac-Man Olympics held on April 1, 1982.
ᗧ•··ᗣ The Pac-Man sounds on Buckner and Garcia’s hit novelty song “Pac-Man Fever” were recorded at a real arcade, and if you listen carefully, you can hear a man ordering a pastrami sandwich in the background noise.