LOS ANGELES: Masaya Nakamura (pic), the arcade entertainment pioneer who pioneered smash hit video game "Pac-Man" has died, age 91. He founded the giant gaming company Namco and for 10 years Namco was also owner of the Nikkatsu film company.
Nakamura's death was recorded as having taken place more than a week ago, on Jan. 22, 2017. But it was only announced, by Namco today on its Japanese-language website.
