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TC wrote:
> I remember spending $50 on a handheld version of "Space Invaders" (battery
> powered LED game). A lot of money back then. And then I spent even more on
> batteries ;-)
One year I got a computer game for my birthday.
Only thing is... no computer. The "screen" actually just projects a
repeating loop from a reel of film inside the machine. There's a control
to move your ship from side to side, but really it just moves the
viewpoint a bit. Enemies don't actually disappear when you shoot them,
but hitting them does make a small mechanical rev counter count up. (I
presume the machine has something like a music box pin barrel to tell it
where the enemies are.) And there's a difficulty level, which just
adjusts the power to the electric motor scrolling the film.
Yes. A 100% mechanical computer game. With better graphics than the
actual computers of the time, by the way. (And probably much cheaper and
less likely to get busted by small children!) But damn, the thing took 4
big, chunky batteries!
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