All those bloody Star Trek and other basic games went a long, long way to build momentum. Throw in rogue-like games, especially multiple player, and spacewar clones and the market was prepped. Yeah, standalone hardware required Pong to show it was possible. But there’s a whole software ecosystem that traces to Unix, vax and earlier games.
All those bloody Star Trek and other basic games went a long, long way to build momentum. Throw in rogue-like games, especially multiple player, and spacewar clones and the market was prepped. Yeah, standalone hardware required Pong to show it was possible. But there’s a whole software ecosystem that traces to Unix, vax and earlier games.
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