I had played Asteroids on dozens of devices in my life, on everything from PC to TI-83, before I finally tried it on an original vector display arcade cabinet -

I had played Asteroids on dozens of devices in my life, on everything from PC to TI-83, before I finally tried it on an original vector display arcade cabinet - and it blew my mind! I had never loved the game and found it merely quirky and interesting as an example of video game history, but something about the vivid cyan lines and the responsiveness of the vector display changed the experience and made it much more engaging. It didn’t just look better, it played better, and made me understand why it was such a big hit.