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Re:History of Video Games (1940's – 2010's) (list of firsts) by d--b on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @01:07AM (#34689328)
Don’t know. I think that history is very much a work in progress.

Hunter’s world was a bit more coherent, in that it had no “jumps”.

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Re:History of Video Games (1940's – 2010's) (list of firsts) by bdowling on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @03:04AM (#34690039)
That could be it. The ideas were in the hands of many. When does one flawed implementation of an idea count as a "first" while another doesn't?
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