Pac-Man – Success of the Atari 2600 (VCS)

In 1982, Atari 2600 (Atari VCS) sold a staggering 5,100,00 units, beating Nintendo’s Game & Watch by half a million. The same year Pac-Man chomped its way to homes everywhere, selling over 9 million copies on three plaforms, including Atari's chart-topping home video game console.