Cartridge Atari

Anybody know the original release date of Pac Man for the Atari?

I was talking with friends about all the people waiting for the PS3. I recalled when I was a kid that my dad bought my brother and I a Pac Man cartridge for the Atari on the very first day it came out. He came home from work and was like, "here you go". We were trying to narrow down when that game was released. It was some time between 1980 and 1982 because I was in middle school. Anybody know when it was originally released?

It was released in Japan in 1979 and the US in 1980 by NAMCO, then was released by Atari in 1982.

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