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guidedlight01/22/20251 replyview on HN

Such an incredible game.

I’m amazed what the Atari 2600 was capable of with 2 player sprites, 2 missile sprites, a ball sprite, 128 bytes of memory, no buffer, and a 1.19 MHz CPU.

Because of what talented developers (like David Crane) could deliver, the console had an incredible 15 year lifespan (longer than the NES).


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cmiller101/22/2025

According to Wikipedia the NES had a lifespan of 20 years.

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