Puck-Man

When it was first released, Pac-Man was known as Puck-Man because of the eating sound for "chomp" in Japan, which is "paku-paku." But because of the potential for the "P" in "Puck-Man" to chip off and look like an "F," "Puck-Man" was rejected in the United States and renamed "Pac-Man."

May 21, 2010 8:00 AM PDT

Photo by: Namco Bandai

| Caption by: Daniel Terdiman