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From the penny arcades of the very early 1900s to the nickelodeons on up through the pinball boom of the 1950s, Americans have loved their coin-operated amusements. But nothing that had ever come before would equal the arcade boom of the late 1970s and early 1980s. The reign of the video game had begun, and it was a legitimate pop culture phenomenon. Video game characters broke out into toys, animation, and even hit songs. And The Beatles of this particular invasion were a round yellow ball with an insatiable appetite for dots and his four implacable ghost antagonists. Return with us now to the thrilling days of Pac-Man Fever!