Paku Paku (2011) · Tastebuds

Paku Paku is a Pac-Man inspired game developed for DOS and Commodore 64 in 2011. The DOS version is capable of running on the very first IBM computers.

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Plot-driven, intimate, nostalgic and spare.

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Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Released: March 8, 2011

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