In the original Pac-Man (released in October 1980 as an arcade game in Japan), the red ghost Blinky was written to follow behind Pac-Man, Pinky is tasked with getting in front of Pac-Man ...

Pac-Man is famous for its four different-coloured ghosts, but Blinky ... which could have been dominated by eyes or nose. "The discussion didn't take very long," Iwatani said.