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One of my 'favorites' is the patent for (1986) Atari Gauntlet: "Multi-player, multi-character cooperative play video game with independent player entry and dep
by tigeba 10y ago
One of my 'favorites' is the patent for (1986) Atari Gauntlet: "Multi-player, multi-character cooperative play video game with independent player entry and departure"
It seems they could have caused quite a bit of carnage for later multi-player games if they had decided to enforce it.
The full filing has a bunch of similar flow charts, and a bonus 100+ page rom dump :)
https://www.google.com/patents/US4738451 https://www.google.com/patents/US4738451
- kabdib 10y agoHas some additional history, too: Atari coin-op essentially borrowed/stole the idea from an Atari 800 game called Dandy (which was really, really cool), done by my housemate when he was at MIT. [Insert legal stuff . . . they settled for a copy of the arcade machine. Being a housemate, I got to help move it every time we moved. Those things are heavy]
- tigeba 10y agoHah, I have moved my Atari Gauntlet cab many times and I agree it is both heavy and treacherous :)