To: nickcarraway
2 posted on
07/09/2021 6:43:00 PM PDT by
Responsibility2nd
(I love my country. It’s my government that I hate.)
To: nickcarraway
I was an Asteroids guy, myself.
3 posted on
07/09/2021 6:43:13 PM PDT by
E. Pluribus Unum
("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
To: nickcarraway
To: nickcarraway
I can testify tat this game cost the US Army a pile of money. The break room in our barracks always had 2 or 3 guys hangin around dumpin quarters into it.
This and Pac-man. d:^)
5 posted on
07/09/2021 6:44:27 PM PDT by
CopperTop
(Outside the wire it's just us chickens. Dig?)
To: nickcarraway
I was more into PacMan and Ms. PacMan in that era.
8 posted on
07/09/2021 7:00:08 PM PDT by
PROCON
(Our rights do not come from government, therefore they cannot take them away.)
To: nickcarraway
Great piece, thanks for posting it. Shared it with my Nintendo-raised kid on FB. She’ll really get a kick out of it, esp. the business angle.
9 posted on
07/09/2021 7:07:02 PM PDT by
jocon307
(Dem party delenda est!)
To: nickcarraway
The narrative game idea ended up peaking with Leisure Suit Larry. After that one, all computer games were just “me too”.
11 posted on
07/09/2021 7:11:43 PM PDT by
Bernard
(“When once the guardian angel has taken flight, everything is lost”. – William H. Seward, 1/12/1861)
Falcon Industries’ clone, “Crazy Kong”, was all over Europe.
12 posted on
07/09/2021 7:14:08 PM PDT by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: nickcarraway
Funny, but I heard years ago that the name Donkey Kong was actually a mistranslation, and that it was supposed to Monkey Kong. Which kind of makes sense, I thought.
16 posted on
07/09/2021 7:43:50 PM PDT by
chaosagent
(Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
To: nickcarraway
20 posted on
07/09/2021 7:53:22 PM PDT by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(As long as Hillary Clinton remains free equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
To: nickcarraway
21 posted on
07/09/2021 8:12:08 PM PDT by
CtBigPat
(The time of Crisis is ending. Now comes Normalization.)
To: nickcarraway
Aware that the name Jumpman wouldn’t really work in the U.S., Nintendo decided to rename the character Mario
I played an early version of the coin-op in 1981, and the instructions clearly referred to the protagonist as "Jumpman".
23 posted on
07/09/2021 10:03:13 PM PDT by
Dr. Sivana
(“At first you go bankrupt slowly, then all at once.” -- Hemingway)
To: nickcarraway
24 posted on
07/10/2021 2:16:45 AM PDT by
FLT-bird
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