Atari’s Missile Command and Space Invaders were released in 1980. The Atari 400 sold for $500 in 1980. The Atari 800 sold for twice as much. The only significant difference was the keyboard.
Charles was 27 years old when he blew the equivalent of $1,800 just so he could do this:
Something just ain’t right about an adult playing PewPewPew… and then bragging about it four decades later.
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