History of Video Games (RE: "Bally Astrocade")

From: James Carter <jscarter_at_worldnet.att.net>
Date: Fri Jul 11 13:03:22 1997

At 06:05 PM 7/11/97 +0000, you wrote:
>On Fri, 11 Jul 1997, Kai Kaltenbach wrote:
>
>> Studio II, which were introduced simultaneously in 1976. The first
>> vector graphic arcade game was Lunar Lander in 1979, followed by
>> Asteroids later that year. The first (and only) vector graphic home
>
>I seem to recall spending many many hours (and quarters) with my roommate
>playing a vector graphic arcade version of Space War when we were fresh
>out of the USAF back in 1978 and spending loose hours at the Saint James
>Infirmary in Sunnyvale.
>--
>Ward Griffiths

You are correct. Space War was the world's first vector game in '78.
Lunar Lander was Atari's first vector game.


James
jscarter_at_worldnet.att.net
Received on Fri Jul 11 1997 - 13:03:22 BST