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It's a fun article, but: "Though it has never been substantiated by historians, the anecdote goes that on a trip to the United States, Khrushchev was so smitte
by weloytty 11y ago
It's a fun article, but:
"Though it has never been substantiated by historians, the anecdote goes that on a trip to the United States, Khrushchev was so smitten with the arcade games he saw that, upon his return, he invited all the game makers to come to Russia and showcase their best games. "
Khrushchev was kicked out of power in 1964, and died in 1971.
- soylentcola 11y agoIt lines up though. He visited the US in 1959 and a little while after returning, the Soviets started working on their own arcade games. I guess there's no proof that he really did order Soviet games to be made but it's plausible.
- GFK_of_xmaspast 11y agoAre you aware of the state of arcade games in the US in 1959.
- strictnein 11y agoPong was released in 1972. A decent timeline of other releases: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_arcade_video_game_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_arcade_video_game_...
- DerekL 11y agoYou don't seem to understand that various kinds of arcade games existed before video games. Go to the article and scroll down to the “Winter Hunt” and ”Basketball” machines.
- scj 11y agoThat was one of my first thoughts too, but take a look at the pictures in the article. They are not just video games, but also the older mechanical arcade games.