Since then 22 Pacman/Pac man booklets followed and static's show that over one million Pacman booklets have been sold. Pacman/Pac man made it to Japan only in 1980, a combination of the Japanese word for 'addition' and the Japanese pronunciation of the English word 'Pacman.'Ħ years after it release Nikoli renamed Kasan Kurosu as Pac man, and released the first Pac man/Pacman booklet. Since then Pacman aka Pac man have been a regular feature in every arcade arena in the US and also in xarcades arenas. The first Pacman were called Pac man and were published by Tell Magazines ( they introduced Pacman puzzles to the world a decade later).