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Re:Cool-retro-term: A terminal emulator which mimics the old... by fuzzix on Thursday October 02, 2014 @06:42AM (#8400161)
> When you fire a missile, the screen effect is insanely bright.

There was a rumour that people who played on a Vectrex (a vector display home console) would experience eye damage after protracted sessions.

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Re:Cool-retro-term: A terminal emulator which mimics the old... by ChuckMcM on Thursday October 02, 2014 @01:39PM (#8401945)
A bit of anecdata: I spent a lot of hours on a Vectrex and didn't get any eye damage :-)
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Re:Cool-retro-term: A terminal emulator which mimics the old... by peatmoss on Thursday October 02, 2014 @11:07AM (#8401012)
Without any reasonable understanding of what amount of light results in eye damage, I find this plausible. My reaction to seeing Asteroids for the first time in many years was to try and draw comparisons to other things. I ruled out welding light as being far too bright, but the comparison did suggest itself.
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