stackyFACTSInstead of a neon-lit amusement center, the birth of arcade gaming took place in a drab university common room. In 1971, the creators of 'Computer Space' installed their fiberglass machine at Stanford University just to see if students would actually drop coins into a slot to poke buttons. Spoiler alert: they absolutely did.
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