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Asteroids used crisp vector graphics in 1979, drawing luminous lines instead of filling the screen with conventional pixel artwork. One more layer: Bonus fruit, ships, bells and other strange objects became score bait because a rare target gives players a reason to break their safe routine. Old arcade sound effects are short because they had a difficult job: be heard over every other old arcade sound effect.

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A small but excellent fact

High-score tables turned arcade cabinets into local competitions. Three letters could become a tiny public signature,assuming your initials survived long enough before someone beat the score. There is a bonus fact hiding here too: The attract mode on an arcade machine exists to sell the game while nobody is playing. Flashing demos, high scores and sound effects were basically tiny animated advertisements built into the cabinet.