Did you know that ‘Pac-Man’ was made in order to appeal to women? A lot of video games focused on male characters and excessive violence around the time of its creation, and Pac-Man creator Toru Iwatani saw that it was pushing women away from games. On the topic, he said: “We decided to change that demographic by designing games that can appeal to women and thus to couples, therefore making game-centers desirable places to go on a date."