Pac-Man has also racked up awareness-boosting cameos over recent years in big budget animated kids films including Wreck-It Ralph (2012) and Pixels (2015), while last month Bandai Namco released ...

In Pixels, Sandler alongside Kevin James, Peter Dinklage, Josh Gad and Michelle Monaghan must save the world from an alien invasion of real-life video game characters such as Pac-Man and Donkey Kong.