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> 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 e
by fuzzix 12y ago
> 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.
- peatmoss 12y agoWithout 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.
- ChuckMcM 12y agoA bit of anecdata: I spent a lot of hours on a Vectrex and didn't get any eye damage :-)