<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Pac - Man / パックマン </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> North American flyer </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Developer ( s ) </Th> <Td> Namco </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Publisher ( s ) </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> JP / EU : Namco </Li> <Li> NA : Midway </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Designer ( s ) </Th> <Td> Toru Iwatani </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Programmer ( s ) </Th> <Td> Shigeo Funaki </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Composer ( s ) </Th> <Td> Toshio Kai </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Series </Th> <Td> Pac - Man </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Platform ( s ) </Th> <Td> Arcade , Various </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Release </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> JP : May 22 , 1980 </Li> <Li> NA : October 26 , 1980 </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Mode ( s ) </Th> <Td> Single - player </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Cabinet </Th> <Td> Standard upright , mini-upright and cocktail </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Arcade system </Th> <Td> Namco Pac - Man </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> CPU </Th> <Td> 1x ZiLOG Z80 @ 3.072 MHz </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Sound </Th> <Td> Namco WSG ( three - channel mono ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Display </Th> <Td> Vertically oriented , 224 × 288 , 16 palette colors </Td> </Tr> </Table>
when was pac man released in the us
October 26 , 1980