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Namco, the famous worldwide game devolper, produce several films from their hit games back in the late 80's.

Nickname: Space Pac-Man
(late 80's)

Namco (late 1980's)

Logo: On a black space background, the camera spans around space until, out of almost nowhere, as close of "Pac-Man", Namco's official mascot,mascot and the title character from the legendary video game, floats out from the screen away from us. Jumping down, he lands on the "NAMCO" logo letters, N, A, M and they light up but he leaves the C and O but they light by themselves. The company sign logo turns 90c to the right to face us. Then, from the left, Pac-Man cheaply jump on top of the logo (a-la Silver Spidey Marvel 1986) and happily gives his regular pose to the camera. The Namco letters than shines.

FX/SFX: This logo clearly used full CGI animation, quite an early method for its time.

Cheesy Factor: The leaping of Pac-Man is so low-tech, it cracks a smile.

Music/Sounds: Starts with a synth rock guitar chord with whoosing sounds for Pac-Man's apperance. Three small synth trumpets note are played in tune to Pac-Man's steps. We end we a synth horn fanfare and a video-game sound for the letters.

Availability: Extremely Rare. Can be found on the hard-to-find video game spin-off "Mirai Ninja" or "Cyber Ninja" in the US from 1988.

Scare Factor: Medium. The low-tech animation and Pac-Man's sudden apperance might scare a few.