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Casio’s Pac-Man tribute watch is about as retro and geeky as watches can get

There are retro watches, and then there’s Casio’s newly announced Pac-Man tribute watch, which is about as geeky and retro as watches can get. The A100WEPC, to give it its full name, has not only been given the full Pac-Man theme treatment but it’s based on the Casio F-100 watch first released in 1978, the first quartz timepiece released by the company. That’s enough retro appeal to attract gamers and watch fans.

Casio A100WEPC Pac-Man watch.
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Casio has chosen the A100 watch as the base for the Pac-Man model, which is a metal-bodied reimagining of the resin-cased F-100 from 1978. The overall shape and design of the watch remain almost identical, right down to the four widely-spaced buttons below the small digital screen. It’s not a Bluetooth-connected watch like some of Casio’s recent G-Shock models, and an alarm, calendar, backlight, and stopwatch, plus water resistance, complete the feature list.

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However, you’re not going to buy this because of the features. The A100WEPC is all about the Pac-Man tie-in. The case is gold plated with black inlays around the screen and buttons, all featuring Pac-Man being chased by ghosts through a maze, complete with some cherries to eat. What really makes the watch special is found on the stainless steel strap. The top part of the band shows ghosts chasing Pac-Man, but on the bottom band, the roles are reversed, and Pac-Man is chasing down the ghosts. The band has been laser-etched, so the design should be long-lasting.

Casio A100WEPC box and watch strap.
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Flip the watch over, and the stainless steel case back also shows Pac-Man, a recreation of the maze, and various ghosts. The watch comes in its own special packaging, with a small display stand, too. Casio has announced the Pac-Man A100WEPC will launch in the U.K. on August 18 but has not revealed the price yet. No information about a U.S. release has been announced yet, but we expect it to come in the near future.

Casio A100WEPC case back.
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If you head over to Casio’s website, you can sign up to be alerted when the watch is available and also play an online version of Pac-Man for good measure. If all that doesn’t give the A100WEPC enough geeky appeal, movie fans may also remember the original Casio F-100 was modified and worn by Sigourney Weaver’s character and others in the movie Aliens (1984).

Andy Boxall
Andy is a Senior Writer at Digital Trends, where he concentrates on mobile technology, a subject he has written about for…
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