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Imagine pitching Joust when nobody had heard of it before. (startrek.website)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, so many games made so little sense back then. If you could program it, I think they gave it a green light. Qbert? Berserk? Even Pac Man, what the hell is that guy?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I think for a lot of them, they must have come up with some cool looking sprites and then tried to make a game/story around that.