15 Sep
2006
15 Sep
'06
9:51 p.m.
Definitely seems questionable, especially since Missile Command (1980)
was NOT the first Atari arcade to use a trackball (spelled trakball in
Atari-speak) as there were several prior arcades in 78-79 using
trackball controllers (such as flyball, Soccer, football, basketball and
I think 1-2 others... its late and I'm a bit fuzzy right now, but I
think there should be a couple of others.)
Curt
William Donzelli wrote:
Where did you
get this "trivia" from?
Sounds pretty fishy - I think the patent on the trackball would have
expired by the time Missile Command came out.
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Will