Oct 24, 2026, 7:43 PM@kims I saw this game the first time in a summer camp in the cantina. It impressed me so much it became one of my first coding projects once I got my C64.
The first video gam I ever played was Pong (~1974) at Madam Tussaud in London.
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My summer camp cantina only had pinball machines. And for money every week they gave us scrip, which was rather challenging to convert into quarters. I would often accept 7 quarter for $2, even less if I was desperate.
I was often desperate, which was good news for the counselors at Kutsher's Sports Academy
But the real jackpot was knowing the secret trail to the Kutsher's Hotel which had a real video arcade
Also, super cool about the coding project!
Oct 25, 2026, 8:21 AM@kims The summer camp shared the cantina with the British Army, so the facilities were above summer camp average 😁. We also got fireworks from nightly air defense exercises. The cold war was strong in Northern Germany.