1. The idea of the game came from "eating."
2. The original purpose was to attract female gamers.
3. Iwatani-san, Pac-Man's papa, referred to the ghosts as "monsters."
4. The algorithm for only the orange ghost is "random."
5. Even a monkey can play the game, and Iwatani-san brought a video clip to prove it.

The bit about the algorithms even surprised Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, who told Iwatani-san he hadn't heard that before.

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