
1981 - Pandemic Sweeps the Nation!
After the gas crisis of the seventies, and an economic recession, the country was finally ready to look towards the possibilities of the future. But a unforeseen threat loomed on the horizon, we were at war with a new pandemic. These lyrics from a popular song by popular music duo, Buckner & Garcia reflect what ailed the nation:
I got a pocket full of quarters, and I'm headed to the arcade.
I don't have a lot of money, but I'm bringing ev'rything I made. I've got a callus on my finger, and my shoulder's hurting too. I'm gonna eat them all up, just as soon as they turn blue.
'Cause I've got Pac-Man
fever; Pac-Man fever.
It's driving me crazy.
Driving me crazy.
I've got Pac-Man fever;
Pac-Man fever.
I'm going out of my
mind. Going out of my
mind.
I've got Pac-Man
fever;Pac-Man
fever.
Under the lead of Dr. Ignatius M. Skinny, Vaci - Nation® (a subsidiary of Satyricom Global Concern®), worked tireless hours to develop a vaccine that could fight the multi-symptom effects of Morbeo Vir Pacus (with little to no side effects) that would tackle the patients prognosis. Fighting such virus is a problem since Morbeo Vir Pacus presents a range of symptoms such as stiff shoulders, callused finger(s), increased appetite for things colored blue, empty pockets, and finally insanity. Until this time vaccines were usually made to fight only one ailment at a time, a 5 -way treatment was needed.
History has shown us that some people may be ingrained with a knack for a certain type of thinking. They sometimes call it "thinking outside the box." It had long been a tradition to combine functions of two or more Satyricom®brand products with each other to create all-in-ones™. From Otto von Dünnmager's all-in-one Whaling Vessel/Rendering plant that ran on whale oil, to great-great-great-great grandson, Dr. Skinny's, innovations in home appliances such as the X-erspinnner (Salad Spinner and exercise bike). There was one thing that Satyricom did well, it was making multi-functional items. So with some laboratory tinkering and a little all American know how, Vaci-Nation's® newest fight against Morbeo Vir Pacus was ready to be put to the test.

A file photo of youth infected with
Pac Man Fever