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Inky
Inky may refer to: People People with the given name Inky * Inky Mark (born 1947), Canadian politician * Inky Moore (1925–2000), American conservationist People with the nickname Inky * Pete Incaviglia (born 1964), American professional baseball player * Keith Ingram (headmaster) (1929–2007), British head teacher Arts, entertainment, and media * Inky (ghost), the cyan ghost in the arcade game ''Pac-Man'' * Inky, a nickname for ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' Other uses * Inky (police dog), a police dog who appeared in the British police drama ''Softly, Softly: Taskforce'' * Inky, slang for a printer (publishing), printer See also *Ink *Inki *Inkie {{disambiguation, given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inky (ghost)
originally called ''Puck Man'' in Japan, is a 1980 maze action video game developed and released by Namco for arcades. In North America, the game was released by Midway Manufacturing as part of its licensing agreement with Namco America. The player controls Pac-Man, who must eat all the dots inside an enclosed maze while avoiding four colored ghosts. Eating large flashing dots called "Power Pellets" causes the ghosts to temporarily turn blue, allowing Pac-Man to eat them for bonus points. Game development began in early 1979, directed by Toru Iwatani with a nine-man team. Iwatani wanted to create a game that could appeal to women as well as men, because most video games of the time had themes of war or sports. Although the inspiration for the Pac-Man character was the image of a pizza with a slice removed, Iwatani has said he also rounded out the Japanese character for mouth, kuchi ( ja, 口). The in-game characters were made to be cute and colorful to appeal to younger play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
