Word: sockless
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...assist in divination, game companies bring in packs of sockless teen-agers to play prototypes, and hire as consultants professors of almost anything?engineering, psychology computer science, possibly even medieval French literature. At Bally, three teams of about 25 engineers, artists, computer programmers and game developers work on translating ideas into intricate microchip circuitry. One project started three years ago in Bally's Midway division as a black-and-white game called Catch 40. A little man ran back and forth trying to catch falling objects on his head. As the game progressed, the objects fell faster and faster. Early...