Word: frogger
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...doors is the word WELCOME. An oversize clock with Roman numerals marks the center of the building. Opposite the garage is a huge mock-Tudor house. We walk in a back door and through what Jackson calls the "game room." It is completely Lined with arcade video games Like Frogger, Space Invaders and Pac-Man. Nothing else is in it. The next room is empty except for piles of boxes. Michael is going to build a miniature of the Disneyland ride Pirates of the Caribbean here. It is pretty dark and I cannot see well. We walk into the kitchen...
...story is developed as if it were written by an amuck word processor that somehow got plugged into a survey of the viewing preferences of videogame freaks. The characters are flatter than Pac-Man and Frogger, the action is all hand-eye coordination. The concluding aerial chase above downtown Los Angeles is full of searing flashes, but it is actually as unaffecting as a round of Missile Command. The real estate takes a beating, but not a single innocent bystander is harmed as the aircraft careers around skyscrapers. That, is perhaps the least of the many implausibilities Badham hustles...
Gallup found that 51% of the PC owners it surveyed use their machines to play such video games as Frogger, Choplifter and Deadline. But many enthusiasts put their home machines to multiple use, and some of those other applications now run a close second to game playing. Forty-six percent of the home-computer owners interviewed said they use micros to do accounting or make business forecasts; 46% said they utilize them to teach their children spelling and mathematics. A sizable slice of the sampling, 37%, said they balance their checkbooks or household budgets on the machines. Less than...
...Wertheim & Co.: "We don't think the market for cartridges will peak until 1984 or 1985." But Londoner adds, "I don't think the stock market will continue to be enraptured by video games." While millions of Americans will still be looking for a Donkey Kong or Frogger game under their trees this Christmas, investors have already started the search for other hot stocks...