Answer the following question: Information: - Ms. Pac - Man Maze Madness ( ) is a 3D , four - directional control ( block - based ) puzzle game starring Ms. Pac - Man . It released on the Sony PlayStation console first , with subsequent releases on the Nintendo 64 and Sega Dreamcast . Unlike the previous 20th Anniversary Pac - Man World , the player must follow along designated paths . It was well received for its simple gameplay , staying true to the original ' Ms. Pac - Man ' game , but its multiplayer mode was at times heavily criticized . - Ms. Pac-Man is an arcade video game from the Golden Age. It was produced by Illinois-based Bally/Midway Manufacturing corporation, the North American publisher of "Pac-Man". "Ms. Pac-Man" was released in North America in July 1981, and is one of the most popular arcade video games of all time. This popularity led to its adoption as an official title by Namco, the creator of "Pac-Man", which was released in the United States in late 1980. Ms Pac-Man introduced a female protagonist, new maze designs, and several other improved gameplay changes over the original Pac-Man. Ms Pac-Man became the most successful American-produced arcade game, selling 115,000 arcade cabinets. - A video game is an electronic game that involves human or animal interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor. The word "video" in "video game" traditionally referred to a raster display device, but as of the 2000s, it implies any type of display device that can produce two- or three-dimensional images. Some theorists categorize video games as an art form, but this designation is controversial. - Namco was a front-runner during the golden age of arcade video games. "Pac-Man" went on to become the best-selling arcade game in history and an international popular culture icon. Namco was also known for creating successful franchises such as "Galaxian", "Ridge Racer", "Ace Combat", "Tekken", as well as the "Soul" and "Tales" series. - Early life. Iwatani was born in the Meguro ward of Tokyo, Japan. He joined the computer software company Namco in 1977. This is where he started his career in the video game business. There, he came up with the idea for a game called "Pakku-Man" and in 1980, he, along with programmer Shigeo Funaki ( ), a hardware engineer, a cabinet designer and Toshio Kai ( ) for sound and music, finished the game. It was released to the Japanese public on May 22 of that year, where it became a huge success. It caught the attention of arcade-game manufacturer Midway, who bought the United States rights for the game and released the game in the U.S. as "Pac-Man". Due to its innovative concept and continuing international popularity, it is regarded as one of the all-time classic video games. Iwatani returned to his "Pac-Man" roots in 2007 when he developed "Pac-Man Championship Edition" for the Xbox 360, which he states is the final game he will develop. - , stylized as PAC-MAN, is an arcade game developed by Namco and first released in Japan in May 1980. It was created by Japanese video game designer Toru Iwatani. It was licensed for distribution in the United States by Midway and released in October 1980. Immensely popular from its original release to the present day, "Pac-Man" is considered one of the classics of the medium, and an icon of 1980s popular culture. Upon its release, the gameand, subsequently, "Pac-Man" derivativesbecame a social phenomenon that yielded high sales of merchandise and inspired a legacy in other media, such as the "Pac-Man" animated television series and the top-ten hit single "Pac-Man Fever". Pac-Man was popular in the 1980s and 1990s and is still played in the 2010s. - Japan ("Nippon" or "Nihon" ; formally "" or "Nihon-koku", means "State of Japan") is a sovereign island nation in Eastern Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, It is lying off the eastern coast of the Asia Mainland (east of China, Korea, Russia) and stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and near Taiwan in the southwest. What is the relationship between 'ms. pac-man maze madness' and 'namco'?
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