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It saved the console industry and took game design to a level never seen before
Don't even make me get into the restrictions they smashed through on the coding side of things...and showed the world the capabilities of assembly language

You post inspired me, so I looked back at my time growing up with games. I thought you might get a kick out of it. https://steemit.com/gaming/@themerge/a-look-back-at-40-years-of-gaming-and-the-games-that-impacted-my-life