Gakken Games

Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. (Kabushiki-gaisha Gakken Hōrudingusu) is a Japanese publishing company founded in 1947 by Hideto Furuoka, which also produces educational toys.

In 1981 Gakken released “Super Puck Monster“, a tabletop LCD arcade game that resembled Pac-Man. Coleco also licensed “Super Puck Monster” and released it as an official Pac-Man game. Gakken also released an official Dig Dug game, unlike “Super Puck Monster” this game was only sold in Japan and never exported.