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Atari's vector game of splitting rocks and drifting inertia earned more than anything else the company put in arcades. Its three-letter high-score entry turned a private achievement into a public claim.
Coin-operated video games reached their commercial peak with machines like this one, and American arcade revenue climbed to levels the trade would not see again. The initialed high-score table was the more durable invention, establishing that a game could keep a public record of its players and turn skill into local reputation.
