> IIRC, it actually said "Fireball!" out loud when you entered 3 ball mode, and > I don't think 1972 machines talked.
They did not. In 1972 voice output could ONLY have come from a tape loop or the like. Fireball was apparently popular enough that they re-issued it, at least once. These re-issues would have been built with then-current tech. Just like Dragon's Lair was built with a random-access videodisc player inside. Computers of the day could not generate animation-quality video in real time. If it were to be re-issued now it'd just generate the video directly through a PC with video card. Probably not even a very high-end one. -- Jim _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
