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| This summer, The Franklin Institute's feature exhibit was "The Ultimate Arcade." While the exhibit was here, Amy took a look around the web for information about the video game world--past, present, and future. |
| The exhibit suggests that the popularity of home video games paved the way for the home personal computer. User-friendly video games, like Pac-Man, Q*Bert, and Donkey Kong, helped average Americans become comfortable with computer technology in their homes, even if they had little computer experience. |
| Today, industry leaders like Nintendo and Atari offer state-of-the-art video games that push the technology ahead even further. If the trends of the past three decades continue, the home computer will follow. |
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