PAC-MAN FEVER Buckner & Garcia 1982 Vinyl 8" Picture Disc SEALED LIMITED EDITION

Sold Date: January 7, 2022
Start Date: December 28, 2021
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Wow, perfect condition throwback to the 80s, Pac-Man Fever, flipside Pac-Man Fever instrumental version in a square shaped picture disc format. Disc measures approximately 8“ x 8“ and is still sealed in the package, seal has not been broken, it has never been played. It does have a small hole drilled in the upper left corner to indicate it is a cut out. I guess the fad faded.
It also has the trademark of Bally – Midway Manufacturing Company copyright 1980 Midway Manufacturing Company in the front right corner of the pic disk. The flag is in the picture to verify how vivid the colors are and it’s not included in the sale. The sticker on the front does have some mottling, I’m going to guess that is from the glue coming through it but I have no idea what it looked like when I bought it - it was a long time ago and I’m old. I found this in a box in my office today where it has sat for many years. If I wasn’t downsizing and selling my house and moving, it would probably sit there for many more. Let the pictures be your guide.  Thanks for looking & questions are welcome.

Pac-Man Fever" is a hit single by . Capitalizing on the video game craze of the early 1980s, the song, about the classic video game , peaked at number 9 on the  in the United States in March 1982.

That same month, it was certified  by the  for over one million units shipped to retailers; the single sold 1.2 million copies by the end of 1982, and 2.5 million copies in total as of 2008.  ranked it at number 98 on their list of 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s.

A follow-up release in May 1982, "Do the ", just missed the Billboard chart, ranking number 103.

This song was featured in the  episode "" as well as the  episode "", both aired in 2017.


Buckner and Garcia were in the Atlanta area in 1981, recording TV jingles and other low-profile studio work. They were eating at a restaurant down the road in , and they saw other diners swarming around a brand new  machine. The duo had never heard of the game before, but they waited their turn and played it too, and ended up playing for two hours straight. After that, they decided to write a novelty song about the game. Their manager shopped the song at radio stations nationwide, but no one wanted to play it. However, when they shopped it locally,  in Atlanta decided to play it for fun on their show one morning. The station was bombarded with calls from listeners who begged to hear it again and again. This got the attention of  as well as other stations across the country, and the single hit #9 on the US Billboard charts in 1982.

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