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Video Games and the Cold War

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Since we're all gamers here, I figured I'd share this with you guys. Highly recommend watching it.
(Wrote this on mobile so links might be a bit funny.)

Nuclear Fruit Playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL ... neDK0MrsfU

68-minute superedit, only if you have an hour to kill. https://youtu.be/15dxuAbTC0A
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watching them now...
quite interesting. i did not know of the differences in the pacman ghost AI.. never really played that game very much. more of a space invaders guy ... lol
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In that case you might find the second segment more interesting. It's all about space, and if I remember correctly, Space Invaders makes an appearance.
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sure did. several versions of Elite get a nod as well funny though elite 2 got the first nod...

watched all 5, very interesting... a lot of memoriec of games being played back in the day... but no Battle Chess for the Amiga??? sacrilege!!!!!
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spud42 wrote:
No Battle Chess for the Amiga??? sacrilege!!!!!
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