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Re:Space Invaders by deepnet on Sunday January 12, 2020 @08:41AM (#22026223)
Space Invader Arcade Equipment from 1954, probably pinball

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xB4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA88&dq=...

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Re:Space Invaders by Luc on Sunday January 12, 2020 @09:01AM (#22026293)
It's actually a shooting game: https://strangewars.livejournal.com/21891.html
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Re:Space Invaders by Symbiote on Sunday January 12, 2020 @10:42AM (#22026738)
The Oxford English Dictionary has let me down, it doesn't have anything prior to the 1979 game.

https://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/185414#eid2154...

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Re:Space Invaders by Joeboy on Sunday January 12, 2020 @09:18AM (#22026356)
Good answers! I feel slightly more confident in the integrity of the universe now.
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Re:Space Invaders by adamsea on Sunday January 12, 2020 @12:28PM (#22027538)
That’s a great link. And the gun in the shooting game is very very similar to Han Solos ...
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Re:Space Invaders by khazhoux on Sunday January 12, 2020 @04:31PM (#22029596)
Wow, that 1954 issue of "The Billboard" magazine was absolutely fascinating. Industry info on music charts, jukebox sales, pinball machines, TV, radio, film... full of history!
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