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Arcades: Nostalgia Abounds

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The NotQuite Eyes Odd Shirt

Pong was based on a 1958 video game Tennis for two did you see video of that game of tennis for two? Yeah, it's played on a radar oscillator. That's how the game is played, but it's actually pretty sophisticated if you watch it. There was another game that was on a round screen was it Was it computer space? Did you see that one? I didn't I was at a square screen? I don't know Anyway, something in my memory bank tells me there was another one on around screen because They just you know, that's what graphic screens were like in the 60s. They were radar screens yeah.

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