(FILES) This file picture taken on May 2, 2005 shows Namco chairman Masaya Nakamura (C) flanked by Bandai president Takeo Takasu (R) and Namco vice chairman Kyushiro Takagi (L) at a press conference in Tokyo.
Masaya Nakamura, the Japanese video game pioneer known as the “father of Pac-Man”, died on January 22, 2017 at age 91, his firm said January 30, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Kazuhiro NOGI
Masaya Nakamura, the Japanese video game pioneer known as the “father of Pac-Man”, has died aged 91, his company said Monday.
Nakamura, who passed away on January 22, founded a company in 1955 that would later become Namco.
