# Masaya Nakamura passed away (1925-2017)

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [February 3, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masaya-nakamura-passed-away-1925-2017/778867 "2017-02-03T00:57:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masaya-nakamura-passed-away-1925-2017/778867/1 "2017-02-03T00:57:02Z")

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> **[Namco Founder Masaya Nakamura Passes Away - Retro GamerRetro Gamer](https://www.retrogamer.net/blog_post/namco-founder-masaya-nakamura-passes-away/)**
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> A Japanese arcade pioneer has died at the age of 91

The founder of Namco (Nakamura Amusement Machine Manufacturing Company), the company which produced some timeless games such as Pac-man, passed away at the age of 91.

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**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masaya-nakamura-passed-away-1925-2017/778867/2 "2017-02-03T01:38:06Z")

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wow …ive made the dude richer for almost 35 years … too bad they merged with Bandai… possibly the only game maker that’s worse than LJN and akklaim …